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Wendy Percival
- Mar 4, 2022
- 4 min
Legacy of War
Watching the heart-breaking images of women and children fleeing the war in Ukraine over these past few days, having to leave their men...
Wendy Percival
- Dec 3, 2021
- 2 min
The DeLacy-Staunton Mystery unravels!
I left you hanging last time, about a development in this mystery concerning revelations from Devon Archives. If you read my blog post...
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
- Mar 19, 2021
- 3 min
Propaganda & Mystery
I found an odd – and slightly disturbing – postcard amongst my family history collection this week while searching for something else. I...
Wendy Percival
- Nov 13, 2020
- 3 min
A shared history - #WWI and beyond
Alfred Joseph Saunders, my husband’s grandfather – pictured here with his wife Caroline and daughter Eunice Irene – joined the Royal...
Wendy Percival
- Nov 6, 2020
- 2 min
Remembrance roll call - #WWI
Like most people, I'm sure, my family history's wartime and military research has had mixed fortunes - some successes, occasional...
Wendy Percival
- Oct 30, 2020
- 2 min
The power of an image
I’m excited to be able to share with you a wonderful photograph of The Booth family – the family into which my gran’s cousin, “Nellie”...
Wendy Percival
- Oct 23, 2020
- 2 min
Unravelling the Booth Brothers mystery
I'd imagined that this week I would follow on neatly from last week’s post about Charles Booth (see: Mystery and Death), who sadly died...
Wendy Percival
- Oct 16, 2020
- 3 min
Mystery and death
Sometimes during family history research you make assumptions – not unreasonable assumptions – but, as we all know, what we discover...
Wendy Percival
- Oct 9, 2020
- 2 min
From one mystery to more
Sometimes in family history a simple trail can explode in all directions, creating a myriad of new lines of enquiry. Which is what...