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Yesterday, I saw an interesting article entitled Snowballs, Santas and Sleighs: Liverpool residents’ festive surnames in the Liverpool Echo, about the number of people called Chris Massey and […]

All that planning…. and now, it’s pretty much over already! Boxing Day is upon us. If you missed it this time last year, take a look […]

….Merry Christmas and we hope ‘everybody’s having fun’! ‘Look to the future now, It’s only just begun….’…. This time of year is definitely one for reflection […]

One more day until the big event that we have all been planning for for …. hmmm! Well, some people for months, some for weeks and […]

‘Christmas time, Mistletoe and Wine’…. sang Cliff Richard, way back in 1988. Heavens…. That makes feel rather old! The single was Cliff Richard’s 99th and it became his […]

Having travelled around a bit this year, I am told that we – the English – are world-renowned for our ‘interesting use of language’. I don’t […]

William Hewett Smith has been at the top of my Smith tree for many years. It won’t surprise you to know that it is not a […]

Genealogy is full of interesting finds to keep us entertained and amused in our research. Mulling over the requirements for the forthcoming weeks, this week I […]

Do you ever get to Christmas feeling fully prepared? Well this year, I have a confession. It is December 19th and I, so far, have managed […]