Positive Reviews Of My Book -
Family First: Tracing Relationships in the Past
From United Kingdom
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 23 March 2022
Really interesting book that gave me lots to think about and has helped me interpret my old family photos.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 15 August 2017
I am halfway through reading this book and cannot put it down. My Kindle actally ran out of battery... I was reading at a music festival, now that's saying something! Please see the editorial review for a thorough description of the book's content. I am enthralled by the amount of detail and interpretation of family history. Particularity the life of a Victorian woman. I am sure I will be reading more by Ruth A Symes and will probably re-read this book. Five stars.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 19 March 2017
This is an excellent book. A good, interesting read and a valuable resource for researching, contextualising and interpreting family history. The structure works well with each chapter focusing on a different familial group; 'husbands and fathers', 'infants',...Each is illustrated with a treasure trove of examples, photographs and practical tips.
One overarching theme is the changing roles and rights of women through the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It provides a remarkable and often shocking story.
Highly recommended.
One overarching theme is the changing roles and rights of women through the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It provides a remarkable and often shocking story.
Highly recommended.
