by Warren Nunn
You know those English period dramas where an unsuspecting young lady becomes besotted by an older man, falls pregnant, gets married and then discovers that he already has a wife? If you think such tales are solely from the fertile imagination of a writer, think...
by Warren Nunn
The photographs on this page were mostly taken around Edinburgh, Scotland, either in the late 1800s or the early 1900s. The original collection in which they were found includes images of both James Silver and Janet Todd along with other family members. Many of the...
by Warren Nunn
Those who research family history love to collaborate with like-minded people because, as it is with so many other things in life, the more you give the more you get in return. Without such widespread generosity, people who find items such as war medals, may never be...
by Warren Nunn
Tracing the life of Jessie Elizabeth Coker, the daughter William Frederick Coker and Elizabeth Jane Mead, highlights for me the essence of doing genealogy. Jessie Coker wasn’t a difficult person to identify in the records but it was the records of those with...
by Warren Nunn
Reverend Alexander Silver was for about 40 years the spiritual leader of Dunnottar church near Stonehaven in Scotland. He was described as “many-sided and sterling in character”. He was a larger-than-life, quick-witted individual with a keen, hands-on interest in...
