While I was searching for articles about Thomas Briggs for today’s Trove Tuesday post, I found a death notice, that created a bit of a puzzle. The death certificate for Elizabeth Briggs, nee Sharp, had shown that their youngest child was Sydney, but the death certificate indicated he was deceased. I therefore decided to check… Continue reading Sydney Briggs
Last week, I featured articles I found for Alfred Owen Briggs, and his wife. This week, I decided to look for articles for his parents, Thomas Briggs and Elizabeth Sharp – Elizabeth was my great grandmother’s sister. I was unable to find any articles for Elizabeth. Since Thomas Briggs is a common name, I decided… Continue reading Trove Tuesday – Thomas Briggs
This week I decided to use My Heritage to work out which person to use for today’s post. I found there was an article about the drowning of Alfred Briggs in 1903. I then used Trove to find more articles, to determine if this Alfred Briggs was the same Alfred as the one in my… Continue reading Trove Tuesday – Alfred Owen Briggs
