Marking a landmark anniversary

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Richard Willis takes through his research journey as he took on the ch

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Family Tree Magazine

10 February 2023

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Few objects in the long history of the Catholic church stir the imagination quite like the fabled sedia stercoraria. With a name that roughly translates as ‘dung chair’, the myth of the so-called papa

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Using campaign medals as a starting point for research

As a professional genealogist I’m sometimes asked to carry out research into a particular individual – to, in effect, compile a biography. These requests most frequently come from one of my oldest and