The Family Detective

I've been contemplating turning my bedroom wall into something resembling a police detective's wall. Post it notes covering it in an attempt to get a visual image of my family history. I'm a visual person, and find sometimes I don't get all the facts right because I haven't got a great grasp on the information. Today I used Timeglider to make a family time line of Henry Laing & Sarah Weatherstone. Already by doing this I realised I had the birth or death dates of two of his children out of date. It's a handy tool and I'm keen to use it to test out some ideas such as comparing if two people were in the same area at the same time etc. While Timeglider can cost money, I've made the following timeline just using the free version. Hope you find this helpful.

Henry & Sarah Laing settled into married life along with Sarah's 2 year old son, Henry Thompson from a previous marriage. Her husband had died around the time little Henry was born and Henry Laing would be the only father he knew. [I've been informed this information is incorrect, and that Henry Thompson may have been adopted to the Keens Family, something that will be explored in the Sarah Weatherstone post when I finally get it done ... it's going to be a book!] Before he had been married 8 months, Henry would have another child, John Henry Laing born 13 July, 1845. (a seperate post will be made) Site of Family Home in Forbes Street, Liverpool Henry & Sarah went on to have another 5 children: Elizabeth Martha Laing (1848-1922), Henry Laing (1855-1933), Adam Laing (1855-1855), Sarah Ann Laing (1857-), Samuel Laing (1860-1899). Little else is really known about Henry apart from the fact that his death certificate shows he died 11 September, 1875, (11 days shor...