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About 20 years ago I wished for a London born ancestor, I really felt an affinity with London for some reason. All I knew was I had family from Suffolk, Essex and Durham. In early 2004 I found my great gran was born in Islington, London. Sometimes I wonder is it meant to be, the want for a London ancestor was because I had one.
I was the same with Irish ancestors, Coombs. Having found several in my wife's ancestry, I had always bemoaned that I had none. I don't know why, I've never been there, but for some reason I felt a little empty. Imagine my surprise when I broke down two separate brickwalls to find three lines of Irish ancestors. I have raised a Guiness in triumph every March ever since. 
And Wotty, I did a similar thing. I had old photos of when my great grandmother held the licence on a pub just out of Adelaide. My wife and I went there one day, armed with the photos. The manager was fascinated, and even pointed out which window was which as some had been bricked up. A great day.
Good feeling isn't it? And my London born ancestor's paternal gran was from Shoreditch, the East End, a Cockney ancestor. Her paternal grandad from Soho. True London people from 2 very London areas, Soho and Shoreditch.
Researching:
LONDON, Coombs, Roberts, Auber, Helsdon, Fradine, Morin, Goodacre
DORSET Coombs, Munday
NORFOLK Helsdon, Riches, Harbord, Budery
KENT Roberts, Goodacre
SUSSEX Walder, Boniface, Dinnage, Standen, Lee, Botten, Wickham, Jupp
SUFFOLK Titshall, Frost, Fairweather, Mayhew, Archer, Eade, Scarfe
DURHAM Stewart, Musgrave, Wilson, Forster
SCOTLAND Stewart in Selkirk
USA Musgrave, Saix
ESSEX Cornwell, Stock, Quilter, Lawrence, Whale, Clift
OXON Edgington, Smith, Inkpen, Snell, Batten, Brain
