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Wendy Percival
- Feb 12, 2021
- 3 min
Revisiting memories
My dad would have been 92 today. As his birthday approached this week, I browsed through some of the posts I’d written mentioning aspects...
Wendy Percival
- Feb 5, 2021
- 2 min
From ankle deep to knee deep
If I was hoping to find some easier surnames to research while wading through the Roberts quagmire (see, The Nightmare of the “too...
Wendy Percival
- Jan 29, 2021
- 3 min
Postcard from Auntie Lizzie
Following my recent mystery aunt post (see Who's the Mystery Aunt) I found another postcard sent from an aunt while organising my old...
Wendy Percival
- Jan 22, 2021
- 2 min
The nightmare of the "too difficult" list
I rashly accepted a challenge on Twitter’s #AncestryHour this week! We’d been discussing those common surnames which tend to get...
Wendy Percival
- Jan 15, 2021
- 2 min
Who's the mystery aunt?
While sorting out my large bundle of postcards over the past couple of weeks, I came across a mystery aunt. My own great aunt, Hilda...