ALBERT MILSTED

It was not a surprise to find that the majority of my maternal and paternal ancestors came from Wales and the Forest of Dean. It was also no surprise to discover that I descended from miners and farmers. However, Albert Milsted was a surprise, and I have been researching this man for over ten years. In some ways, Albert remains a mystery to me, and I am not sure if I like him or not: hopefully, this blog will give some insight into why I feel this way... Why Albert Milsted? I have been researching my family history for over thirty years: it started as a primary school project and my curiosity of "where I come from" stemmed from that point. I enjoyed listening to the stories told by older relatives of the family long since gone and looking at photographs, imagining how.