searchmyancestry – Ruth A. Symes
Innovative approaches to understanding more about your family history
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 →
By Ruth A Symes : Buy my book at Amazon, click this link. Could your ancestors write their own names or did they mark official documents with a cross? Why did great-grandfather write so cryptically on a postcard home during the First World War? Why did great-grandmother copy all the letters she wrote into letter-books?... Continue Reading →
searchmyancestry - Ruth A. Symes 