Figuring out the line that was documented on my hand drawn family tree with the assistance of Ancestry.com, I identified 12 generations of the Jesson family. I then researched Thomas Henry Percy Touchet-Jesson, an actor, mauafacturer, a baron and married briefly to Sir Winston Churchill’s daughter.

Are you putting off a Family History research project? Set a goal to work on it THIS YEAR. Stay on track by being accountable to me or another fellow researcher.

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