Tall Tales from the Trees

My 8x great grandfather Austin Cooper, Austin the Settler as he is known in the family, was the first Cooper in my family tree to sett...

This is my 150th weekly posting here, and I thought I'd celebrate with a nod to another writer in the (extended) family.   John Jame...

Last week the very helpful and friendly staff at Watford Museum sent me a newspaper cutting from the Watford Observer of 7 th February ...

My brother is getting married in the Minho region of Portugal today! I’m delighted of course, not just for his future happiness, but becau...

In 1848, year of pan-European revolution in whose turbulent events many of my ancestors were caught up and even played a part, the focus of...