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 21 January 2015

Ancestors' Love Lives - Engagement Rings

 

My Ancestor's Valentine

Does your great-grandmother's engagement ring tell you the month that she was born or the month she got engaged?
 

January - Garnet, February  - Amethyst, March - Aquamarine, April - Diamond, May - Emerald, June - Pearl, July - Ruby, August - Peridot, September - Sapphire, October - Opal, November  -Topaz,  December – Turquoise (National Association of Goldsmiths, UK, 1937)

 
 
Early-Twentieth Century Platinum and Diamond Engagement Ring
 


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Valentine's Gift for Genealogists

Valentine's Gift For Genealogists:

Understand your ancestor's romantic life through locks of hair, tattoos, perfume, rings etc





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Family history, genealogy, history, Valentine's Day, gifts, ancestors

Tuesday 13 January 2015

Establishing Paternity

Who was the daddy? 

What can you do to find out more when no father is recorded on a UK birth certificate? 
See my article in January 2015's edition of Family Tree Magazine, UK.


Fathers, genealogy, paternity, UK, family history



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