Tracing your Ancestors through Letters & Personal Writings new Aberdeenshire also played a significant

Aberdeenshire also played a significant role in the war effort in the air

the shipyards made a significant contribution to the war effort

which continues to resonate today

Lisa Tippings has chosen to focus on the lives of the mainly working class women who realised the movement gave them an opportunity to embrace change

The offensive on the Somme took place between July and November 1916 and is perhaps the most iconic battle of the Great War

Tracing your Ancestors through Letters & Personal Writings new Aberdeenshire also played a significantCould your ancestors write their own names or did they mark official documents with a cross? Why did great grandfather write so cryptically on a postcard home during the First World War? Why did great grandmother copy all the letters she wrote into letter books? How unusual was it that great uncle sat down and wrote a poem, or a memoir? Researching Family History Through Ancestors' Personal Writings looks at the kinds of (mainly unpublished) writing