ARTICLES

I write regular articles for Discover My Past. Recent subjects include football ancestors, women in WWI, lascars, and how to trace your ancestor's war service using the resources of the five Imperial War Museums (IWM London, IWM Duxford, HMS Belfast, IWM North and the Churchill War Rooms). I have also written on the history of education, WWII evacuee experiences, women in lunatic asylums, Black Country ancestors, and several articles relating to the British in India and their records.

An introduction to the Families in British India Society (FIBIS) and researching ancestors in British India in Family Tree magazine (November 2011).

A history of royal weddings 1811-2011 for Your Family Tree (April 2011).

Article in the FIBIS journal on Godfrey Evan Baker, the man who brought curry house-founder Dean Mahomet to Ireland (Autumn 2011).

Articles on the Forfeited Estates Commission and India Office Records material for the Genealogists' Magazine, the journal of the Society of Genealogists.

Expert Answers in Your Family History magazine, including an investigation into ancestors abroad in the September 2011 issue.

Article for London Historians on Charles Dickens and his connections with the modern borough of Camden (February 2011).

BLOGS

I write regularly about subjects related to my family history research and work at the Genealogic Blog. This includes my series on London parishes whose records are not found on www.ancestry.co.uk

Guest blog for Kith and Kin Research on the first Indian MPs: Dadabhai Naoroji and Sir Mancherhee Bhownaggree (September 2011).

Guest blog for London Historians on London's first curry house (September 2011).

Naming Napoleon: my blog on how exploring first names can give an insight into Victorian world history (June 2011).

Guest blog http://abrahamadcock.com featuring my great great grandmother, Maria Pymer, and her employer in 1871, the composer Frank Mori. Frank' father, Nicolas Mori, was also a famous musician. Read more at the Abraham Adcock website (May 2011),

Reader review for the History Today blog (September 2010).

BOOKS

My latest book, Tracing Your British Indian Ancestors is due to be published by Pen and Sword Books in February 2012 and is available for pre-order at http://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-British-Indian-Ancestors/p/3356/ . For more details see this recent Scottish GENES blog: http://scottishancestry.blogspot.com/2011/08/help-on-way-for-indian-ancestry.html

 

Family History for Kids (Pymer Quantrill Publishing Ltd, 2007)

"An excellent introduction to family history for children ... Many introductory books for adult genealogists could learn something from this"Your Family Tree magazine
Winner of the Beginner's Book of the Year 2008 (Your Family Tree magazine, Iss. 71, Dec 2008), Family History for Kids includes everything children need to know about discovering their family history
through the ages, including:

  • A four-generation family tree chart
  • Tips and suggested activities
  • Projects sheets to complete
  • Glossary of Family History terms
  • Links to school work
  • Relevant for children from diverse and multi-cultural backgrounds


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Family History For Kids features original artwork by Antony Cummins (see http://www.natori.co.uk/natori%20biography.html ).