I
started my Ivall family history blog in 2007 with an article about the life of
James Ivall (1745-1809), but didn’t add the next item until 2012. I have now
posted a total of 83 items (including this one). The blog is published using
Google Blogger, which provides statistics on the number of people who have
looked at it.
The
total number of page views so far is 43,428. This seems a surprisingly large
number, as I would expect that the blog would only be of interest to those
related to people called Ivall, a very uncommon surname. The largest number of
page views came from the United States (12,045) followed by the UK (7,512),
Russia (5,267), Germany (4,398) and France (2,436). Why my blog has been viewed
in Russia, Germany and France is not clear to me, since Ivall is not a surname
in these countries.
The
items with the most page views are
839
: David Victor Dick (1924-2001), jump jockey
568
: Samuel Oram MD, FRCP (1913-1991), eminent cardiologist
542
: Dennis Endean Ivall (1921-2006), artist and art teacher
435
: Charles Ivall (1779-1832), 4th child of James Ivall
355
: Emma Heywood nee Ivall (1835-1886), New Zealand pioneer
206
: George William Ivall (1880-1934), bus conductor and caretaker
202
: Fred Gregory Bampton (1891-1917), soldier who died in World War One
189
: William Frank Ivall (1871-1953), postman
153
: David James Ivall (1830-73), artist and coach maker
147
: Kenneth Bolton Legg (1889-1990), surveyor and centenarian
Several
people have seen my blog and contacted me with additional information and
pictures, for which I am most grateful.
