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Wendy Percival
- Nov 19, 2021
- 1 min
The family history 7UP treatment!
On a recent #ancestryhour someone shared a fabulous photograph of their grandmother as a child, all dressed up for a special occasion....
Wendy Percival
- Nov 12, 2021
- 1 min
A shared #WWI history
Revisiting one of my WWI stories this week on the the Bite-size blog… Read about how a conversation on Twitter’s #AncestryHour led to the...
Wendy Percival
- Nov 5, 2021
- 1 min
A #WWI roll call
While I’m busy working on the next Esme Quentin mystery and have less time for my blog and the associated research, it’s an ideal time to...
Wendy Percival
- Oct 29, 2021
- 1 min
A Halloween Story!
With Halloween this weekend, it seemed appropriate to revisit a blog post I published last October about the 4th Esme Quentin Mystery,...
Wendy Percival
- Oct 22, 2021
- 2 min
Mystery silhouette
My husband has an old photograph album which once belonged to the Viner branch of his family. We were thrilled to find in the first...
Wendy Percival
- Oct 15, 2021
- 1 min
The Added Tragedy of 1918
While I'm busy writing the 5th Esme Quentin Mystery, and have less time for family history researching, it's the perfect opportunity to...
Wendy Percival
- Oct 8, 2021
- 2 min
Desperately seeking Eleanor
In my post Aftermath & Mystery I explained how I'd been unable to find any record of my great-grandmother's younger sister, Eleanor Hick,...
Wendy Percival
- Oct 1, 2021
- 2 min
Secret island
When you read this post, I'll be on my way back home after finally taking our Covid-deferred holiday to Tresco, one of the islands of the...
Wendy Percival
- Sep 24, 2021
- 1 min
Location, location, location
While I'm busy writing the next Esme Quentin Mystery and not posting on the blog so often, it's an ideal opportunity to revisit posts...
Wendy Percival
- Sep 17, 2021
- 1 min
Family scandal
While I'm busy writing the next Esme Quentin Mystery and not posting on the blog so often, it's an ideal opportunity to revisit posts...