It has been a while. Ok, it has been a long while. I've been busy making memories rather than writing about them. I've also picked off all the low hanging fruit, so it is taking longer to finish family history stories. I have been working away at updating my Smith family story A Family of Shopkeepers. Not the easiest to untangle, especially in London and although much of the research was already done, there have been plenty of loose ends to tie up, as well as having yet anoth

As it says on the home page, this site is primarily for my descendants but if anyone else is interested, you are very welcome. I have set...