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More historical than genealogical blogs this week by the sheer nature of the letters so far. And today – sadly – won’t change the distribution one […]

At one particular point today, I wondered if this phonetic alphabet idea was actually a good one. Delta? Well, it’s a shape. A mathematical symbol. The […]

When considering ‘Charlie possibilities’ today, a few options popped into my head. I briefly considered something relating the Royal Family but quickly discarded that idea. Toying […]

….Well done! Great job! Bravo! Congratulations! How many times a day do you say something positive to someone? By email, letter, verbally or even online? It’s […]

Am I up for the challenge?  Do I have what it takes? …. of course I do! Here’s to the Blogging from A-Z April Challenge. Bring […]

On this day in 1889, the Eiffel Tower was opened on the Champ de Mars in Paris. Named after the engineer, Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed […]

Long term readers of the Family Wise blog will realise our appreciation for the weird and wonderful names (and transcription of names) in the global historical […]

I started young in this ‘profession’. In fact, one of the first articles I wrote was titled I’m too young for family history! I’ve always been […]