I wouldn’t say I am an expert family historian but I am learning more all the time and finding that this is a very addictive pursuit.

When I first started out, I just wanted to fill in the bare family tree branches with names and dates but now I am equally interested in the stories behind the facts.  What was it like where ‘they’ lived?  What was happening in society at the time? What did ‘they’ do?  And in some cases, what did ‘they’ get up to?  It is all so very fascinating.

I quite enjoyed history at school in an abstract way but now it is personal. Now I see history through the eyes of those who came before me.  It has context.  Turns out that ‘they’ are a very interesting bunch of people.  And ‘they’ are my family.