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All families have stories; some stories are almost myths… did my ancestors really come from Sweden? Were they really river pilots or pirates operating out of the east coast port of King’s Lynn? Some family stories are true, although some facts may be hidden; my great-grandparents loved each other across a religious divide, but where and how did they meet? Some family stories are only revealed through census records and some genealogical detective work. I want to tell the stories of my family, and others who otherwise might be lost in the past.
This is our house, but taken a few years ago; now the pale blue wall is dark blue and so is the double gate and all the bushes and trees have grown. On the left you can see the red leaves of the smoke bush… bush??? It’s a mighty tree now, we have to keep […]
MoreSeptember… and daughter flies to the USA for a year! Lovely weather in October, out and about exploring Somerset! To London in November … Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red … and Iceland, beautiful Iceland… December! It must be Christmas party time!
MoreJanuary floods, poor Somerset February, I publish ‘Radwinter’, my first genealogical mystery Tom the bear’s house, visiting Killerton in March Family holiday in Norfolk in April!
MoreThis photo is so of its time; the rowing club blazers, the baggy trousers held up by braces (I bet Donald had his held up with a tie – he couldn’t bear belts or braces!) and the brilliantined hair. This is my dad Donald, somewhere in Cambridge, no doubt near the river; he is on […]
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Lois Elsden 