The online home for your notable family ancestry stories. Enhanced by images, videos, sounds and docs. Professional publishing help available.
The online home for your notable family ancestry stories. Enhanced by images, videos, sounds and docs. Professional publishing help available.
Gone to the Costas, but the unique Isle of Man could win back tourists lost to sunnier destinations like Spain, Italy and Greece by marketing its many “differences”. There’s a colony of “Little People” at Fairy Bridge and a 1,000-year lineage back to the ruling Vikings to differentiate the island and spearhead a tourism revival. […]
A family’s ancestry can take many different turns through time. My “turning” came when, as a determined 16-year-old, I arrived at the crossroads and changed direction without hesitation. I had two feet on the ladder in journalism, and our family history was mapped out. I was on the road to a career I had dreamt […]
An act of chivalry becomes a bomb scare and a unique moment in family history with repercussions that stop just short of a hanging… A historic event, for surely the mighty fortress Tower of London has never been abandoned to its fate? By Terry Walker 03032024 8 minute read from My Life, in Words Two […]
A fairy tale grand hotel that welcomed Royalty became haunted after the mysterious deaths of guests and the three brothers who owned it. The Berengaria Hotel in Cyprus has been padlocked and decaying for 40 years and now ghosts have secured five stars for the totally derelict hotel. Ghostbuster tourists, who provide 5-star rankings on […]
On November 22, 1963, as The Beatles performed in Stockton-on-Tees, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. That night, Beatlemania was in full force; the Beatles performed amidst fan hysteria, leading to many fainting. The release of their second album “With the Beatles” earlier that day had marked exceptional sales. An interview with the band was difficult due to chaos, which escalated when news of JFK’s assassination reached the reporter. Northern Echo Editor Harold Evans scrambled to cover the tragedy, sidelining Beatlemania in the next day’s paper. Despite tight press schedules and the overshadowing event of Kennedy’s death, the reporter still cherished witnessing The Beatles concert phenomenon twice in one night. This personal account contrasts professional duty with the cultural milestones of the time, encapsulating a historic moment when global tragedy collided with emerging pop culture.
Did you ever have a bad day? I mean, a really, really bad day? Trapped in a 5,000-year-old tomb before being snatched out alive, turned a bad day into a great day for the victim and the rescuers. In western Cyprus, one particular September day was not only bad but could have been fatal…except for […]
Getting started on this short story publishing website was relaxed but we published on time with seven minutes to spare. Amid the lockdowns and government strictures of the COVID-19 era, I stayed cooped up in my office with its panoramic view of Dead Lane as inspiration… For centuries that North Essex track has been a […]
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Once you start digging into your family’s past you may strike “Ancestor Gold” in no time at all. A Blue Plaque in the family? Your newly discovered ancestor may turn out to be “famous” or “infamous” or merely have been an “associate” of someone who was. “Heroes” or “heroines” or “do-gooders” excite the immediate family […]
A secret agent served Britain and four terror groups in 1950s Cyprus but 30 years later he discovered how his multiple PSYOP roles brought peace to the strife-torn island of spies, Cyprus. Armed with a 9mm Sten sub-machine gun and a pistol he was ever-ready for action, but never fired a shot in anger. by […]
A fire revealed an ancestors’ long-held secret. There were surprising revelations when a family history researcher discovered the secret of Peterboat Inn, which her innkeeping ancestors owned. What they had been up to for 300 years at the River Thames fishing village was finally exposed in a 150-year-old official forensic report on the blaze recently […]
A Samaritan sea captain saved my ancestor, a Russian Imperial Army draft dodger with Cossack bounty hunters hot on his trail. My great-grandfather Jacob fled with his 12-year-old wife-to-be, Rachel and her daughter Leah, a baby in arms not yet a year old. by Terry Walker AS01030724 11 minute read From My Life, in Words […]
Every family history is unique and the brutal bar brawl detailed in this seaman’s story came after a month of fierce Atlantic gales that drove Tyne-based cargo boats hundreds of miles off-course, flying the signal “Not under command” because “we could just not steer”… by Bob Harrison AS8042024 8 minute read They were heading for […]
When Italian business people go for an impromptu night out on the tiles in a famed gastronomic city it comes with a Sicilian corker and tableside performances… However, what happened afterwards provided “la ciliegina sulla torta” for the diners. by Terry Walker AS06042024 9 minute read From My Life, in Words | Bottle image, courtesy […]
The Covid era has persuaded people to do more talking and reading – and taking up creative writing. With record levels of online chat; new demand for short reads and many wannabe authors, the biggest genre is “Family History”. An article length of around 1,400 words is an easy 7-minute read! Every family history has a story to […]
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All short articles about your ancestors are welcome at Ancestry-Stories. As are those of today’s generation living adventurous lives, achieving their lifetime goals or inspiring our readers in their fight against adversity and disease. We can help you to share your family history. Ordinary families have achievements, traditions and golden moments. There have been times […]
Trouble was brewing, even in the remote Troodos Mountains. In 1974 I witnessed the first signs of events that would see us bombed out of Cyprus and change it forever. Soon there would be rebellion, invasion, ethnic conflict, deaths and an occupying United Nations peace-keeping force that’s still on patrol 50 years later. By Terry […]
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