Jewitt Tribal Pages Website

And now my research is finally online - on Tribal Pages. (At the moment, a visitor password is needed, as I realise suddenly how many odd entries might be included in uploading my entire Family Historian file! Once I'm a little happier with that, I hope to make it no password required.)

Between this blog with family stories, updates and details and all the info now on Tribal Pages, I feel a bit happier that I'm finally doing some constructive sharing of my research. About time!

Unexpected Twist in the Jewitt tale...

Briefly having access to some 19th C newspapers revealed that Edward Jewitt (b.1756) went bankrupt when John Rodgers Jewitt was missing. All my research had led me to believe that there was only one Edward Jewitt, smith, who was father of both John and Francis Jewitt, but I've always been bothered by Edward's apparent prosperity against Francis's lack of it... If Edward went bankrupt, that explains a lot - particularly why Francis went to London in search of a better life instead of staying in Hull and minding his father's business...

I can't help wondering though if it was anything to do with John's adventure? Maybe he was too worried to put his mind to business as usual - or spent money trying to find news of his lost son?

Better stop romanticising...!