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Feel free to scroll down the posts below and discover the intriguing - sometimes shocking - discoveries I've made as I've explored my family history.

I hope you enjoy reading them!

Five Minute Memories

I’ve reinstated my Five Minute Memories daily habit. I have a list of grandparents and great aunts on my iPad and each day I jot down...

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Jul 31, 20202 min read

I was amused to find reference to a long-told family story about me and my friend Rupert...

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Jul 24, 20202 min read

Sorting through my gran’s postcard collection at the weekend, I came across this one, dated 27th September 1918. Although it shows an...

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Jul 17, 20202 min read

With masks being a hot topic at the moment - sewing enthusiasts making their own and extra clever versions being invented, such the ones...

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Jul 10, 20202 min read

I once read a fascinating article in Family Tree magazine (15 years ago, as it turns out!) about someone's ancestor who’d been accused of...

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Jul 3, 20202 min read

One of the many items on my Family History Projects To Do list, is a One-Place Study, inspired by reading Janet Few’s book, Putting Your...

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Jun 26, 20202 min read

I was drooling this week over our photos of Snowshill Manor in the Cotswolds, now owned by the National Trust, which we visited at...

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Jun 19, 20201 min read

I enjoyed another episode of the BBC’s The Repair Shop this week – with a box of tissues close to hand, as usual. I don’t seem to be able...

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Jun 12, 20202 min read

I've been browsing through the family photograph albums this week, looking for photos of the early 1950s, inspired by what I'm reading at...

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Jun 6, 20202 min read

Having finished writing the 4th Esme Quentin novel (soon to be published - details coming soon!) I've had a chance to consider what's...

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May 29, 20202 min read