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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 19, 20211 min read
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 12, 20211 min read
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
Nov 5, 20211 min read
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 29, 20211 min read
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 22, 20212 min read
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 15, 20211 min read
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 8, 20212 min read
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
Oct 1, 20212 min read
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 24, 20211 min read
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...
Wendy Percival
Sep 17, 20211 min read