searchmyancestry – Ruth A. Symes
Innovative approaches to understanding more about your family history
The Fallen Woman, c 1880, anon. Via Wikimedia Commons. We have probably all experienced that sense of frustration when the birth certificate of an ancestor arrives from the GRO and no father’s name is recorded upon it. The only thing that we can be reasonably sure about in these cases is that the parents of... Continue Reading →
This is where I bring you up-to-date with what has been keeping me excited family-history-wise over the past few weeks! My best bit of recent news is that I’ve found the answer to a family history mystery that has been bothering me for some time. A few years ago, I came across five (blank) postcards... Continue Reading →
My latest article on how our ancestors named their houses is out now in Discover Your Ancestors online periodical . By subscription only. http://www.discoveryourancestors.co.uk Subscribe
