New names and new professions for a new year
It feels odd to start my research with a brick wall, rather than ending up at one in the usual way of things. But I’ve long accepted that my 3x great-grandfather Joseph Riboldi (born, at a guess, in the late-1700s) is my ultimate ‘BW’ and I suspect his origins in Italy will remain a mystery.
But never mind that for now. Even the simplest searches at Ancestry and Findmypast reveal rakes of tantalising records that, without question, place the Riboldi family in Ireland in the first half of the 19th century. New names, new professions and a new part of the world to explore – I can’t wait
