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genealogy of the Bird and Musgrove families

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My name is Simon Bird and I hope you enjoy reading the stories on this website. I am particularly interested in the places and the lives of the people in my tree. They include the wealthy and the poor; those living in manor houses and in the slums of London; the soldier and the farmer; the English aristocracy and the Scottish highlanders.

I was adopted at birth and for 50 years thought I was the quintessential Englishman. Imagine the suprise to find you are 75% Scottish with a smattering of Irish thrown in. I hope you enjoy looking through my website to find out about my 4 parents, 8 grandparents, 16 great grandparents and all their siblings !

If there have been any accidental infringements of copyright please let me know and the offending item will be removed.

Brick Walls - I am looking for information about these ancestors. Can you help?

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If you have any questions or comments about anything on this site, please contact me. I look forward to hearing from you.

MY GENEALOGY BLOG 52 ancestors in 52 weeks challenge

CANADA BLOG Read the blog from our 2013 trip

BIRD Georgie, The Rhodrons and the motor car

HASKINS the bead maker in Regent Street
and COCKERELL who was executed

JOHNSON The Clan of Border Raiders

BENSON Hugh 'Pop' Benson - the war hero

MUSGROVE death on the Somme
and a Halifax bomber is shot down

ANDERSON The incredible story of Bill Anderson
and the Anderson Clan

WAREHAM Ellis, coffee maid to the Queen
and the ancestor who died in the Ilfracombe disaster

MY STORY The story of my adoption and search for my birth mother
and I have also now found my birth fathers family

We will remember these relatives who died in WW1 and in WW2

If you enjoyed reading these stories, you will find many more by clicking on the 'Histories' tab on the left hand menu