Ruth A Symes: 2 books
by Ruth A Symes
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2016
The intriguing characters in these real family history mysteries include an agricultural labourer who left secrets behind in Somerset when he migrated to Manchester, a working-class woman who bafflingly lost ten of her fourteen children in infancy, a miner who purportedly went to ‘live with the...
It Runs in the Family
Understanding More About Your Ancestors
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2013
Why didn't my ancestors smile for the camera? Was my great-aunt unusual to have several children in her 40s? Should great-grandma really have married her cousin?Drawing on evidence from social history, women's history, and the histories of photography and fashion, to name but a few, this book looks...