genes - All Blogs
Welcome to the new Genes Reunited blog!
- We regularly add blogs covering a variety of topics. You can add your own comments at the bottom.
- The Genes Reunited Team will be writing blogs and keeping you up to date with changes happening on the site.
- In the future we hope to have guest bloggers that will be able to give you tips and advice as to how to trace your family history.
- The blogs will have various privacy settings, so that you can choose who you share your blog with.
Official Blogs
The British Newspaper Archive
Read about historical events at the time they were happening. Perhaps you'll discover your ancestor in their local newspaper?
Meet Edith Garrud, the Jui jitsu suffragette!
Published in Genes Reunited Blog on 14 Apr 2015 11:55
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edith garrud
suffragette
women's history
genes
genes reunited
feminism
cat and mouse
bodyguar
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The Christmas Truce – A Birkenhead Constable’s experience
Published in Genes Reunited Blog on 4 Dec 2014 16:57
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genes
genes reunited
world war one
wwi
first world war
christmas day truce
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This December marks the 100th anniversary of the famous 1914 Christmas truce, when British, French and German troops disobeyed orders and met in no man’s land to exchange gifts and other gestures of seasonal good will.
The final casualties of the Great War
Published in Genes Reunited Blog on 6 Nov 2014 12:10
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genes
genes reunited
world war one
wwi
first world war
george ellison
private ellison
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At 05.10 on the morning of November 11th 1918, a German delegation led by Matthias Erzberger signed the terms of the Armistice under the watchful eyes of British and French officials.