I have a list of topics that I hope to add to this blog in the coming weeks.  If you have looked at the blog’s layout, you will have realized that I am using the top menu as a means to provide a lot of information that should not change much (unless I have got it all wrong).  So I have created a number of static pages in the sections called “Family Stories” and “Family Trees”.  I consider these pages as providing basic information about the Smith family, focusing on the male line as far back as we can go at present.  There is no doubt much more I can learn about the Smiths from doing additional archival research.  But this is what I know or believe now.  I will update the pages as I need to and will post a message to let you know what was changed.

Posts are shorter than pages and they cover topics that will probably change over time and will include different perspectives in response to your comments.  All the posts are found at http://williamsmithfamilyhistory.com

Comments are always welcome because they will help me to improve the information on the blog.  They will also help me to focus on the topics that are of interest to you.  I have my own ideas of what is interesting but that doesn’t mean you will agree.  Maybe there is a topic you are longing to know about and I haven’t mentioned it yet.  Let me know what it is!

Meantime, to give you an idea of what else will be on the blog soon, here is my current list of the topics to be covered (not necessarily in this order):

• The life of Lizzie Bouskill
• William Smith of HM Customs and his family
• Eliza Upton and her ancestors in Tipperary
• Agnes McSymon Anderson and her Scottish background
• Elizabeth Westgarth and her family in Gamblesby
• Hannah Huddart, Methodism and her Gamblesby roots
• The Smiths of Cumberland after 1850
• Thomas Smith of Blackhall 1833-1873
• Household accounts at Blackhall
• The Hardys of Park Head
• The Mortons of Gamblesby and Melmerby
• Tipperary Connections: the Mounseys, Brindleys and Nicholsons

I will update this list periodically in response to your suggestions and in light of new information I come across.