Family History
October 3, 2017
Have you ever tried researching your family history? Maybe you’ve been doing it for decades. Perhaps, like me, you made a start several years ago, but life got in the way. Or you might never really have thought about it until recently, if ever. After my grandmother passed away about ten years ago, my mother […]
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September 27, 2016
I’ve just finished a series of workshops with a wonderful group of family historians. We met fortnightly over the space of a term, and I heard some truly extraordinary stories, not only because of the particular people and events included, but also the way in which those stories have been told. This post is partly […]
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September 6, 2016
How long have you been researching your family history? I find family history fascinating, although it’s something I’ve only recently returned to, after an eight-year hiatus during which I turned my attention to the courage and determined women in my book Many Hearts, One Voice: the story of the War Widows’ Guild. Fortunately, I’ve benefited from […]
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