Tracing your Ancestors through Letters & Personal Writings new the Somme has been the

the Somme has been the subject of many books

Lisa Tippings has chosen to focus on the lives of the mainly working class women who realised the movement gave them an opportunity to embrace change

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The offensive on the Somme took place between July and November 1916 and is perhaps the most iconic battle of the Great War

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Tracing your Ancestors through Letters & Personal Writings new the Somme has been theCould your ancestors write their own names or did they mark official documents with a cross? Why did great grandfather write so cryptically on a postcard home during the First World War? Why did great grandmother copy all the letters she wrote into letter books? How unusual was it that great uncle sat down and wrote a poem, or a memoir? Researching Family History Through Ancestors' Personal Writings looks at the kinds of (mainly unpublished) writing