searchmyancestry – Ruth A. Symes
Innovative approaches to understanding more about your family history
Florence Georgiana Spooner Carr (later Gray) formal portrait in Egret-feathered Hat ca 1878. Photographers C&R Lavis, Eastbourne, Via Wikimedia Commons. In a series of visits to Britain between 1862 and 1870, outspoken Frenchman Hippolyte Taine wrote lengthily about his impressions, and his comments-at-a-distance give us a clear and fascinating view of our ancestors in a... Continue Reading →
My latest article on why our ancestors named their children the way they did, will be out in July 2025's edition of the online Discover Your Ancestors periodical !By subscriptionhttps://discoveryourancestors.co.uk/ War Memorial to children killed by German bombs which fell on Upper North Street School, Poplar, London, 1917. This shows the typical simple names for... Continue Reading →
(The History Press) By Ruth A Symes Buy my book at Amazon, click this link. Why didn't my ancestors smile for the camera? Why did great-grandfather wear a beard whilst his sons were clean-shaven? Should great-grandma really have married her cousin? Was great-aunt unusual to have several children in her 40s? Drawing on evidence from... Continue Reading →
