By Ruth A Symes [This article was first published in Family Tree Magazine UK, 2010] Link to buy my books Amazon.co.uk: Ruth A Symes: books, biography, latest update Author's own collection Neighbours were not a mere backdrop to your ancestors’ lives. They were the people who contributed to its overall flavour and occasionally, they may even... Continue Reading →
A Century of Female Revolution: From Peterloo to Parliament, by Glynnis Cooper, (Pen and Sword Books, 2020).
Review by Ruth A Symes Link to buy my books Amazon.co.uk: Ruth A Symes: books, biography, latest update [This review first appeared in Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine UK] On August 16th 1819, some of the marchers at the renowned political demonstration in St Peter’s Fields, Manchester, were wearing the long straight Empire-line dresses fashionable... Continue Reading →
An Infinite History: The Story of a Family in France Over Three Centuries by Emma Rothschild
(Princeton University Press, 2021) Review by Ruth A Symes Link to buy my books Amazon.co.uk: Ruth A Symes: books, biography, latest update [This review first appeared in Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine UK] Behind the silent records of family history, the past is noisy. Our ancestors were not individuals living in isolation, but members... Continue Reading →