Innovative approaches to understanding more about your family history
Hello everybody, Did your family in the past have a favourite pet ? Do you have a painting or photograph of your ancestors with their dog, cat or other animal? Pets can play a significant part in our family memories and histories and they can turn up in surprising places in the records. What can... Continue Reading →
Robert Leighton, The New Book Of The Dog; A Comprehensive Natural History of British Dogs and Their Foreign Relatives, with Chapters on Law, Breeding, Kennel Management, and Veterinary Treatment, Cassell, 1907. Via Wikimedia Commons It’s pretty difficult to find out much about the pets that our ancestors might have owned in the past, but surprisingly... Continue Reading →
Ruth A. Symes [A version of this article was first published in Who Do You Think You Are Magazine in 2015] A Victorian footed compote dish with raspberries, a dish of ice cream, and a piece of pound cake placed on a table. Reproduction of a painting by the artist Cadurcis Plantagenet Ream. Via Wikimedia Commons.... Continue Reading →
