Shadows But As Lights Unfolding

In light of current world events, I thought it would be an excellent time to look at the 1918-19 influenza pandemic, known as    '...

Someone with an interest in the historic wall lettering on Ipswich buildings has got a website dedicated to photographing this old letter...

Digging into the family history treasures again last week, my attention was caught by the Nazi insignia on something among some items a p...

Here are some other interesting images.  The first one is a slip of paper that must have been tucked into the envelopes of letters from a...

Photo:  https://www.ipswichwarmemorial.co.uk/daniel-ford-meadows/ Getting back to the Meadows family again this weekend, I discov...

A new year and a promise to get researching and blogging again.  Starting with the simple fact that until recently I had never seen my ow...

As part of the parental downsizing and de-cluttering efforts, I have become the new custodian of Grandma Sawyer's photos and papers th...

Always, for me, finding individuals on the family tree inevitably becomes more about all the events and people giving historical context to...

A guest blog entry today for a treat: my dear Papa has penned a poignant memoir essay to share with us recounting his experience as a ...

Poor old blog.  It's been completely ignored for a couple of months now.  This, of course, is a reflection of the fact that I haven...

                                      image credit: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/caring/listing/heritage-centenary/landmark-listing...

                                                Saturday April 24th   -                                                 Sunday J...

Oh...my...God. I cannot believe what I have just found when going through (my admittedly meager amount of) family documents this afte...