Blackmore: Copyhold Farm. Reader's Request For Information

Hello  I am trying to find out some details of the Tucker family and Copyhold Farm, Blackmore.  The 1901 Census shows them as living in Cornwall.  The 1911 in Hertfordshire.  In 1903 there was a birth at Copyhold Farm, and two deaths one in 1905 and 1906.  I think that they may have leased the farm but any information that you may know would be greatly appreciated.  As I live in Western Australia, it is difficult for me to visit the Essex Records Office and I find their website unhelpful.

Many thanks

Kind Regards

Lyn Tucker

Ancestry DNA Result

The results are in. My wife bought me an Ancestry DNA kit for Christmas, perhaps to settle a query as to how much local heritage I have. Knowing that on all four sides of my family my relations were born within the last 200 years, probably, not further away from where I live in the Colchester area, Middlesex and Cambridgeshire there was always a question as to whether my family jumped the English Channel in 1066.  The results are as expected except an indication of Norwegian or Swedish heritage.

I don't usually share personal history on this blog, but know that family historians look by and might be interested in this topic.

Do please share any comments you have about DNA testing.  We are interested here to learn from those who have done the test, not the outcomes of paternity suits.

High Ongar: Wheatsheaf Pub Demolition

The public house formerly known as The Wheatsheaf, for some while derelict, is currently being demolished. This photograph taken just after 7.00am today.