HAMPTON / Hygrove HOUSE, Minsterworth 1950's (General)

by Kitty, Thursday, April 14, 2016, 20:58 (3145 days ago) @ goudgess

As a keen family historian and great grand-daughter of the late Arthur Henry Curtis of Minsterworth I take exception to the comment in the previous post that "their kids haven't a clue". I have researched this family for more than ten years, in a search that has taken me back generations, to the National Archive, the British Museum, Ireland and on a fascinating journey unearthing a treasure trove of surprises. It took me no more than a week waiting for a death certificate to find Arthur Henry and I did not pay a private detective. This cost no more than £9 for the cost of the certificate. I am surprised that someone would take payment for a relatively simple piece of family research. I am also surprised that in the course of this research no one tracked down my mother, the daughter from the first marriage of one of Arthur's sons and one of the "kids who haven't a clue".