searchmyancestry – Ruth A. Symes
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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 →
By Ruth A Symes This article first appeared in the online periodical Discover Your Ancestors (March, 2026) http://www.discoveryourancestors.co.uk A cottage with perhaps the most well-known of all British house names often given by those who had come to rest after a life of work and travel, ‘Dunroamin,’ Symonds Yat, Herefordshire. Via Wikimedia Commons. In Britain,... Continue Reading →
In the 1920s, hundreds of peculiar cream-coloured cubicles with eye-catching red doors first appeared on British pavements. My article 'Verminous Receptacles' on the practical, humorous and criminal ways in which the public reacted to so-called 'telephone cabinets' is out today in Discover Your Ancestors periodical online! http://www.discoveryourancestors.co.uk (Read by subscription only) Family History Research... Continue Reading →
