Nov 10, 2024 | Family Matters
Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day are annual national moments of reflection, during which those who gave their lives while serving in the United Kingdom’s Armed Forces are honoured. Virtually every family has a ‘war story’. My maternal family has at least two, one...
Jun 16, 2020 | Family Matters
The biggest problem with taking up genealogy is that, in many ways, it is just a really nerdy game of Whack-a-Mole. Just when you think you have an understanding of a situation, a piece of information appears that changes everything. Suddenly, you’re working on...
May 4, 2020 | Family Matters
Who do you think you are? As a question, it can have negative connotations and is usually asked of those considered “bolshie” or with plenty to say for themselves… which might explain why I seem to have heard it rather a lot. But it can also be a...
