I love newspaper archives. I have waded enthusiastically in when one of my youngsters had had a project on the Industrial Revolution. When I had studied this turmultuous period at school, I had found it dull, dry and uninteresting. Wading into The British Newspaper Archives had taught me just how wrong I was. Perhaps having …
Category Archives: Experts
End of Life Care
I had never thought I would find a hospice a beautiful place. I heard the phrase today, “End of Life Care” and it had reminded me of watching my friend’s final bravely-fought battle. The brightest light in the whole experience for me was the hospice. So much was going on in my life at the …
Using Original Sources
Hello Cousin!
It had all started with my Grandmother. She died a long while before I was born. I had simply wanted to know a little more about her and had not intended to set out on an almost thirty year quest into my roots. My previous belief that families were either great or ordinary(or possibly even …
Genes &Stress/Trauma
It is interesting to investigate further the possibility that our lives may actually be being affected by events of which we have little or no conscious knowledge. Perhaps investigating our family’s past may help our understanding of the present. Currently we are only beginning to investigate and to understand this concept. and the science appears …
Family Patterns
Inherited Trauma Some are more sceptical of these theories. An article by Professor Ewan Birney. You are truly far more than your genes – your DNA is not your destiny. There is nothing new under the sun. I have found this phrase to contain a great deal of truth and wisdom, once one begins to …
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