By Ruth A Symes [A version of this article was first published in Family Tree Magazine in 2018] Link to buy my books Amazon.co.uk: Ruth A Symes: books, biography, latest update Civilians celebrating the end of World War One by climbing on a captured German 10cm Kanone 17 field artillery gun exhibited in Waterloo Place, London,... Continue Reading →
Sewing Bees and Family Trees
by Ruth A. Symes [After a family visit this summer to Gawthorpe Hall, home of Rachel Kay-Shuttleworth featured here, I was reminded of my article published in Who Do You Think you Are? Magazine (2013)] Link to buy my books Amazon.co.uk: Ruth A Symes: books, biography, latest update Woman Sewing By Window (1871), by Vincent Van... Continue Reading →
Flowers and Family History: What the flowers in photos and on family heirlooms might tell you about your ancestors
by Ruth A. Symes Link to buy my books Amazon.co.uk: Ruth A Symes: books, biography, latest update Franz Winterhalter, Queen Victoria wearing a floral crown of orange blossom (1847). Via Wikimedia Commons [This article was first published in Family Tree Magazine UK in 2011] Kate Middleton's wedding bouquet follows royal tradition by including a sprig of... Continue Reading →