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I had been told as a small boy that my Great Grandfather had been a Headmaster at "Newport Grammar School".  In 1967, I was in the Royal Air Force, at Sharjah (Trucial Oman) and with nothing better to do one night, penned a letter to The Principal, Newport Grammar School, Monmouthshire.

Result.. nothing ... until 3 months later, I received a detailed letter from a retired gentleman who had been Principal of the Newport Technical Institute. He had done some research on the history of education in South Wales and came across a lot of information about my forebear. There was even a booklet published when the school re-organised, which had a picture and a write-up on Great Grandfather. He was a very clever man it seems. He bred white blackbirds as a hobby!!  We're all mad, I tell you! 

I was hooked - but only returned to it last year. Now it takes over my life!

Les
Bedford

I am particularly interested in sources of immigration records and bearing in mind that I have only the vaguest of year numbers and no idea of the place of landing, I fear that such may prove an impossible task. My relatives (surname CRAIGEN) left Aberdeen/Kincardine early 1900s.

Any and all help will be appreciated.

Les
Bedford UK