Wendy Percival

On a recent #ancestryhour someone shared a fabulous photograph of their grandmother as a child, all dressed up for a special occasion. The occasion in question was her confirmation day. It reminded me of the photo I have of my own grandmother, Edith Alice DIGGORY, which I believe was also taken to commemorate her confirmation. Don’t you just love her velvet dress! I guessed she must have been about 14 years old when the photo was taken and it inspired me to set up her “7UP” s

As any family historian will agree, researching your ancestors is rather like being a detective following a trail of evidence to get to the truth. Not surprising then, that the intrigue of digging around in archives to unearth long buried secrets became the inspiration for my genealogy mysteries. Genealogy techniques and plotting. A mystery writer uses genealogy techniques to solve a fictional mystery in the same way as a family historian uncovers secrets about their ancestor