Roy Stockdill is a retired national newspaper journalist in England. He edited the Journal of One-Name Studies (for the Guild of One-Name Studies) for 10 years, is on the Board of Trustees of the Society of Genealogists and is commissioning editor of the ‘My Ancestors…’ series of books. He also writes regularly for Family Tree magazine in England. He is also a kind host to visiting American genealogy tourists, such as myself. I have known Roy for years and I love his sense of humor. I have mentioned Roy's many talents a number of times in this newsletter. You can read my past articles about him if you start at http://goo.gl/Osi01.
Now Roy Stockdill has applied his talents to documenting the families of well-known personalities, both living and dead.
Roy's first effort was documenting the rather hazy facts surrounding Charlie Chaplin's birth and family. Several claims have been made about Chaplin, who always seemed to keep those facts secret.
Roy's second article details the beginnings of veteran actress Anne Reid, MBE, who stars in the latest BBC TV series of Upstairs Downstairs as cook Mrs Thackeray.
Roy details not only the famous person but parents, grandparents, other relatives, and even household boarders whenever possible. He paints a picture of the entire family, not just of the famous person.
You can read Roy Stockdill's Famous Family Trees in the findmypast.co.uk blog at http://blog.findmypast.co.uk/category/famous-family-trees/.
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