« Reply #13 on: Tuesday 06 October 20 22:02 BST (UK) »
I think it's tricky because some people are far more sensitive then others and you don't know how they are going to feel.
I don't know about the rest of you, but I feel that I've learnt a lot more about the past doing my family history then I knew when I started. For example, I thought illegitimacy was rare and shocking, but I've found that isn't the case. Some people do find that upsetting though.
I started searching for my maternal grandmother's maternal ancestors. I'd done the "easy bits" in West Yorkshire, then couldn't find hide nor hair of the records of the earlier generation so googled for the mother. Up popped her name in Huntingdonshire online archives charged with fornication! That led me to her marriage, which was the next day.
Obviously papa had taken his shot gun and the couple's feet didn't touch the ground until they were in church
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