St. Marys

The hunt for Skinners in Kent

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May 21st 2010
Geo: 51.1756, 0.753484Kim has been doing work on her family tree and after hitting some dead ends with her family she spent some time working on the Skinner line. After doing some research she discovered that my great, great, great grandfather was from Kent England and lived in the village of Pluckley. Last Saturday we packed up the dog in the car and drove over to see the motherland. As we w ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more