Sue Fenn

Family Trees can Bear a lot of Nuts

My husband and I were in a shopping center some time ago, "pottering about", as he says, and we wandered into a quaint little shop. Among the merchandise on display, one of us spotted a small ceramic plaque depicting a squirrel eating a nut, with the capt... Read >

Vacation in Uruguay

Vacation in Uruguay Getting There In October of 2008, my husband and I travelled to Uruguay, the land where he had lived for a number of years. It was the 100th anniversary of The British Schools, his alma mater , and he and all the alumni were invi... Read >

Finding that Elusive Ancestor

As a fellow genealogist, I am sure that you have had the same experiences I have had, in attempting to find people in census documents. Sometimes, an ancestor can be found in, say, the 1851 and 1871 UK census documents, but is nowhere to be found in the 1... Read >