Blogging, pah! What nonsense. It will never catch on. Who has time to read all this stuff? Who would be interested? Blogs are written for the blogger not for an audience.
Well, I don't think I disagree with any of the above. I do write an occasional blog on other subjects and I know that people really have too much to read without bothering with the ramblings of the ill informed. However the current lockdown (the first reference on this blog to an event of historical importance) means that I can no longer ignore my hobby, and what is Family History if it is not shared?
There are lots of really good family history/genealogy blogs. Some for the general reader (often highly educational) and many more about individual families. I intend this occasional blog to be a mixture of both. This means that not every entry (and there won't be that many) will be of interest to all subscribers (at the time of writing there are of course no subscribers but I hope in time to get into double figures). Who do I expect to read it? The Trendall family, at least my branch of it, and other connected people - and perhaps a couple of others, will be enough to satisfy me.
As well as sharing what I have found I have another motive. Two actually:
1. I want people to check what I am saying. Have I got it wrong? Have I been led down the path of error or have I simply got hold of the wrong end of the stick? The views of others will be very helpful.
2. I want to use this format to preserve a few things. Computer and web based material is no less transitory than other forms of record but it is ANOTHER place to set things down. Being old fashioned I will also print out and store the pages in a folder.
These are my ramblings. I will try and keep on subject. I will fail, but I will try.
Let's give this a go..................
24th April 2020
Bramfield
Hertford
Note: The picture is of a pedestrian route at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. It is probably named after the distinguished Australian academic A D Trendall.
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