searchmyancestry – Ruth A. Symes
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By Ruth A. Symes Robert Leighton, The New Book Of The Dog; A Comprehensive Natural History of British Dogs and Their Foreign Relatives, with Chapters on Law, Breeding, Kennel Management, and Veterinary Treatment, Cassell, 1907. Via Wikimedia Commons It’s pretty difficult to find out much about the pets that our ancestors might have owned in... Continue Reading →
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 →
Ruth A. Symes and Peter Fjagesund, The Northern Utopia: British Perceptions of Norway in the Nineteenth Century, Rodopi, 2003. Link to buy my books Amazon.co.uk: Ruth A Symes: books, biography, latest update
