searchmyancestry – Ruth A. Symes
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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 →
By Ruth A Symes Link to buy my books Amazon.co.uk: Ruth A Symes: books, biography, latest update Publishing this today in honour of the 250th anniversary of American Independence! [This article was originally published in Discover Your Ancestors in January 2019] The Dollar Princess: Miss Gabrielle Ray (1883-1973) as Daisy in the Edwardian musical comedy ‘The Dollar... Continue Reading →
