Tall Tales from the Trees

My father hated to talk about the family trees, and it was only after he died that I discovered Frank Salter’s Whitworth Scholarship medal,...

My great grandfather James Piper was a whisky merchant and gentleman farmer. As well as his farm in Fife , he had a sheep farm in Australia...

I confess I’m only very VERY distantly related to Lady Jane, and then only by marriage, but she’s one of those unconventional people o...

--> Of course in family trees, you have to take the rough with the smooth. There’s one in every barrel, and apples don’t come much m...

The name Edgar popped into my head the other day, reminding me that I had a great uncle of that name about whom I knew next to nothing. Edg...

The year 1812 is best remembered in Britain for the Tchaikovsky overture of the same name, written in 1882 to mark the seventieth annivers...

I’m sure I’m not alone amongst family tree nuts in becoming terribly fond of some of the characters that I’ve dug up over the years. I’m no...