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Wendy Percival
May 22, 20202 min
The joy of a letter
Who doesn’t love to receive a personal letter? But these days, we’re more likely to communicate by email, text or message. Helen Baggott,...
Wendy Percival
May 2, 20203 min
Truth, fiction and an unbelievable coincidence
Imagine you’ve settled down to read a novel when you suddenly spot the name of one of your ancestors in the text. And not just any...
Wendy Percival
Apr 25, 20202 min
Photo detective
If you’re anything like me, it’s been difficult to work out what day of the week it is during this lockdown. There are a few points of...
Wendy Percival
Apr 17, 20202 min
Mystery friends
Those of you who have read this blog for a while may remember the story of my great aunt Annie walking out of the family home in 1904...
Wendy Percival
Apr 10, 20202 min
The sanctuary of gardens
During this lock-down period, those of us lucky enough to have a garden are extremely fortunate. Perhaps some have realised the value of...
Wendy Percival
Apr 3, 20202 min
Friends at the Wedding
As I mentioned in last week's post [Friends Like Family] because our ancestors' friends don't appear on the family tree, we're often...
Wendy Percival
Mar 27, 20202 min
Friends like Family
...set me thinking about the friends in our ancestors' lives of whom we may largely unaware...
Wendy Percival
Mar 20, 20202 min
Loss of a loving father
The Prime Minister spoke this week about the current Coronavirus situation being the biggest crisis in a generation which made me think...
Wendy Percival
Mar 6, 20202 min
New Esme book coming soon...
If you're on my newsletter mailing list as well as a reader of this blog, you will already know (and my apologies for repeating myself!)...
Wendy Percival
Feb 29, 20201 min
Floods of dismay
It's been distressing to watch the news reports over these past couple of weeks concerning flooding in many areas of the UK, and...