Essential Reading

'I have been a family historian for more than 40 years, and a professional historian for over 30, but as I read it, I was constantly encountering new ways of looking at my family history....Essential reading I would say!' Alan Crosby, WDYTYA Magazine

Wednesday 2 September 2015

Pecking Order

What shape was your family? 



See my article on Pecking Order in the family in September 2015's edition of Family Tree Magazine UK. Out now!

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