searchmyancestry – Ruth A. Symes
Innovative approaches to understanding more about your family history
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 the past, but surprisingly... Continue Reading →
Dear all, August is often the time when families return to favourite holiday resorts of their childhood and it's worth thinking a little about how far back these traditions go. It's perfectly possible that you are still visiting the same places that your ancestors have been visiting ever since seaside holidays became really popular in... Continue Reading →
Hi everybody! Have you ever daydreamed about what daily life actually looked like for your ancestors? A little while ago, I started to think how odd it must have been for people in the past suddenly to be presented with hundreds of strange telephone 'cabinets' in the streets of their towns and cities, and even... Continue Reading →
