Mullion Cove, Cornwall (courtesy Geograph UK/Wikiwand) TRACING one’s ancestors is akin to joining Poirot as he unravels the threads of an Agatha Christie mystery. Except that the little Belgian detective eventually provides acceptable answers. Not so with family history. So many detours and distractions. So many loose ends. So much that is left unexplained. Such was the case when on the trail of my Cornish cousins, the Jose clan from the Lizard area. This took a fresh twist when I discovered one branch had put down their roots a little more than an hour’s drive from where I had made… Continue reading