Coming soon a book written by Neil Berrett. The book falls within the true crime and family history genres, and is coming out in January 2025. Details on how to buy are coming soon. On a September day in 1905, […]
Family History
A short life
Lionel Clegg: a short life I am publishing this a hundred years to the day that my Grandmother’s brother Lionel Clegg was killed while serving in the Tank Corps in the First World War. There are some repetitions to stories […]
Putting the meat on the bones. Part 1
Putting the meat on the bones. Part 1 I was born. I was married. I have had three children. I’m not dead yet (obviously) but if I was, those few details of my history don’t actually tell you a great […]
Discoveries wanting to be found
So, here is the notoriously difficult second blog. I thought I’d write about those times when I felt a chill up my neck whilst doing genealogy. I’ve often wondered about why I started this hobby that, in all honesty, became […]
My first blog – and a First World War photograph
My first blog-and a First World War photograph I have read one or two blogs, and followed them regularly; they become rather like the modern magazine or in some cases the comic. I enjoy writing and seem to be able to communicate better […]