searchmyancestry – Ruth A. Symes
Innovative approaches to understanding more about your family history
By Ruth A Symes This article appeared in Discover Your Ancestors online periodical in 2025. Discover Your Ancestors | Bringing Past Lives to Life A horse-drawn carriage arrives at a church in a poor part of a town: a newly- wed couple walk down the steps towards it as the coachman holds the door open... Continue Reading →
By Ruth A Symes This article was first published in Discover Your Ancestors online periodical in 2024 A Silver Cross coach-built pram with nanny. 1950s. Period pram advertisement from the British Pram Manufacturer Silver Cross. Via Wikimedia Commons A smartly-dressed Mary Poppins pushing her shiny-wheeled pram is what most of us envisage when thinking about... Continue Reading →
