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Our reviews in the series of articles are intended to follow similar formats, for which we’ve created a standard set of functional questions that we’ll aim to respond to, as far as possible, for each
‘Merry England’ is definitely a romanticised lens through which to view the later Medieval period. You only have to glimpse the often gory manuscripts and woodcuts to be reminded of this. But, for us
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IRISH GENEALOGY Chris Paton Pen & Sword, 166 pages, £15.99 Over recent decades, Ireland has had to face the often horrifying treatment of its most vulnerable people, usually unmarried pregnant women a
More than 1.7 million records from the Channel Island of Guernsey have been added to family history website Findmypast (findmypast.co.uk). During the past year over four centuries of records have been
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (regeneron. com), a human-genetics and biotech company based in the USA, announced on 19 May that it will purchase troubled US DNA-testing company 23andMe (23andme.com) for $
