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Some of you lovely blog readers will have known me for eons. Others will have known me for ‘five minutes’ and only in the virtual world […]

Goodness me, Mr and Mrs Genealogy don’t half set us some challenges in life! When was William Sillifant not William Sillifant? When he decided to change his […]

Wow …. what a wonderful start to the week! The day began with a monster list which I did not stand a chance of completing – […]

Life isn’t all about winning. However, it is sometimes pretty important as I am sure Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic would agree as I sit writing […]

The past year has been tough for many of my close friends and colleagues. Some have been hit by personal tragedy, others by illness. The ‘Big […]

So far, in the orchestral manoeuvres, the woodwind and brass sections have featured and now, it’s the turn of the string section. So many stringy instruments though […]

Recently, we have been appointed as administrators in an estate which includes a property in London. It’s not – in its current state – a very salubrious […]

When you start tracing your family history, what do you hope to find out? The names of your 2 x great-grandparents? Where your surname originated? Whether […]

I give up…. Like heck I do! I never give up! But seriously, at FWL it’s really hard to know when to give up. There are […]