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Out of Time – a novel about family history
As a writer who is also a professional genealogist, I find that my work feeds my writing, and the research I do for my novels feeds my family history research. It is rather a perfect marriage. I have been writing … Continue reading
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Women during WWI – Florrie Read – Marriage and early death
My Great Aunt Florrie died young. My mother thought that she had probably never married. That’s about all I knew about her before carrying out my research. According to her baptism record (published on Ancestry.co.uk), she was born Florrie Read … Continue reading
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Women during WWI – Marriage and Motherhood – Agnes Reid
This is the third in my series of Women during WWI – focusing on the lives of my grandmother and her sisters. Before researching Agnes I knew very little about her, except that my mother thought that she had been … Continue reading
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Guide to Wills and Probate in the UK – FREE
I am running a promotion on my Guide to Wills at the moment. My ebook, Guide to Wills and Probate in England is available for FREE to the first 50 people – by going through this Facebook Link. Finding a … Continue reading
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Women during WWI – Widowhood & Emigration – Alice Reid
This is the second in my series about my grandmother and her six sisters and their lives, focusing on how the First Word War affected them. This article is about the second eldest sister, Alice. Continue reading
Women During WWI – Nurses – Maud Reid
Before writing this, these are the facts I knew about my great-aunt Maud Reid: She was born in Manchester in about 1882, and before, during and after the war she was a nurse. My mother remembers her husband as ‘Uncle Willie’. Mum also remembers her as a handsome, elegant woman. Continue reading
Women During World War I – the Seven Reid Sisters
With the centenary of World War I starting this year, I thought it would be a good idea to create a series of blogs about women during the World War I. But I don’t want to do just a generalised history of women at this time. Instead, I am going to use my grandmother and her six sisters to give a more personal viewpoint of what life was like for women before, during and after the war. Continue reading
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What is a 2nd cousin? Kinship chart for the confused!
Most of us know who our grandparents, aunts, uncles, nephew and nieces are. But when it comes to cousins, many people get confused about what constitutes a 2nd or 3rd cousin, or a 1st cousin once removed. Hopefully, this explanation … Continue reading
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How to find out about your ancestors’ lives
Tracing family history is an exciting, fascinating, often frustrating, but thoroughly compulsive activity. It’s a never-ending hobby, because a family tree is never completely finished. But as well as going back as far back in time as possible, there is also the fascinating research that can be done into an individual’s or family unit’s background. Once you’ve got the bare bones of your family tree, it is then even more satisfying to dig deeper and find out about your ancestors’ lifestyles. Continue reading
Advice from Professional Genealogist
I am all for people researching their own family trees – even if it does take work away from us professionals! I started researching my own family history long before I became a professional genealogist, and I think it’s a … Continue reading
