Mind-boggling historical facts

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The past is often stranger than we could possibly imagine – studded

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History Revealed Magazine

11 May 2023

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Q & a

ANTHONY ADOLPH is a professional genealogist and the author of 11 books KATHERINE COBB is a member of AGRA based in Somerset NICOLA MORRIS is a genealogist based in Dublin (timeline.ie) JAYNE SHRIMPTO