Your Family Stories

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Category: liverpool

  • The Chair in the Front Room

    Memories from a Home on Dinas Lane, Liverpool I was born in the front room of my paternal grandparents’ house at 82 Dinas Lane, Huyton. But that isn’t what makes…

  • Genealogy Gold!

    I love my distant cousins. I didn’t know most of them until I started researching my family tree. Over the years, I have corresponded with and met many cousins, having…

  • What Will Happen to the Horses?

    Inset image: Joseph Lucas – photo taken at the 1905 wedding of his daughter Mary Elizabeth (Lizzie) Royal Mail and the family story it brought me I was very excited…

  • Ancestral Warnings from Beyond the Grave

    The Surprising Stories Hidden in Family Death Certificates Have you ever visited a doctor who asked about your family’s health history? Questions like: “Is there any heart disease in your…

  • My Grandad and World War II – Values and Virtues

    Inset Image: Grandad, Stanley Lucas on board one of the many ships he sailed on during his Merchant Navy career If you could sit on this bench and speak with…

About

I’ve always had a fascination with history. When I was a child, one of the things I wanted to be when I grew up was an archaeologist. Now thinking about that, it’s really the stories from the past that intrigued me.

In recent years, I’ve been exploring my family history and have connected with newly found cousins around the world. I now know so much more about many of my ancestors and am enjoying telling their stories.

Karen – Perth, Western Australia Email – kaz747.thompson@gmail.com