searchmyancestry – Ruth A. Symes
Innovative approaches to understanding more about your family history
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 →
By Ruth A Symes This article was first published in Discover Your Ancestors Online Periodical in 2025. http://www.discoveryourancestors.co.uk Etching of a baptism by Anker Smith (1759-1819), Wellcome Collection. Like marriages and burials, baptisms were key life events by which our ancestors demarcated their life experience and for which our extended families in the past routinely... Continue Reading →
Hello everybody, It's the 250th anniversary of the American Declaration of Independence this month and I've been enjoying the wonderful podcast on BBC Sounds entitled, The History of the United States in 100 Objects. If you've read any of my books, you'll know that I like to build up histories from the smallest of details,... Continue Reading →
