searchmyancestry – Ruth A. Symes
Innovative approaches to understanding more about your family history
By Ruth A Symes This article was first published in Discover Your Ancestors online periodical in 2024 A Silver Cross coach-built pram with nanny. 1950s. Period pram advertisement from the British Pram Manufacturer Silver Cross. Via Wikimedia Commons A smartly-dressed Mary Poppins pushing her shiny-wheeled pram is what most of us envisage when thinking about... Continue Reading →
I reached a milestone birthday a couple of weeks ago! There’s nothing quite like a surprise party with guests from all parts of your life, to remind you of your own history. It was wonderful to see everybody from old schoolfriends and family to teaching colleagues and fellow writers. A few connections from afar (and... Continue Reading →
Last Will and Testament of Cecil Rhodes, 1902. Wikimedia Commons. Modern DNA techniques can now definitively solve questions of paternity, and can even resolve cases from several generations back in the past. But traditionally, there have been many other ways in which family historians could potentially discover who the daddy was when no father’s name... Continue Reading →
