searchmyancestry – Ruth A. Symes
Innovative approaches to understanding more about your family history
Couples sometimes gave incorrect ages on their marriage certificates and on censuses to make the age difference between them appear more acceptable. We like to think of our ancestors as fine upstanding members of the community and it can sometimes come as a shock to discover that they told an untruth when registering important events... Continue Reading →
(Hardback title, Pen and Sword, 2016)) By Ruth A Symes Buy my book at Amazon, click this link. Husbands, wives, fathers, mothers, children, siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents - these are the relationships that structure the family tree and fascinate the family historian. But how much do we really know about how our ancestors... Continue Reading →
