In their footsteps: a journey to find the places my maternal grandparents once lived
Walking in the footsteps of my maternal grandparents and my grandmother’s family, led me from Istanbul to Marseilles, Le Grau du Roi, Rayol Canadel sur
Writing about my family, history and moments in time.
Holiday reading – the similarites and differences between family history and detective fiction
What will you be reading over the holidays? When I’m not trolling through the real estate websites (because I’ve decided to downsize) I’ve been researching
Eight addresses in as many years – tracing my grandparents’ footsteps
It’s been two months since I last posted, but I have a reasonably good excuse. I’m putting my apartment on the market and have spent
One question and, as yet no answer – can you help?
I have a question! My regular readers will know that I’ve been researching my maternal family for quite awhile now. My maternal grandparents, Paul and
Searching for the graves of my ancestors can literally lead to dead ends!
My latest search is for the graves of my maternal great grandmother and three of her daughters, my great aunts. My maternal great grandmother, Catherine
What’s in a Name – quite a bit if you are a family historian!
“Wot’s in a name? she sez. An’ then she sighs, An’ clasps ‘er little ‘ands, an’ rolls ‘er eyes. A rose, she sez, be any
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