Scam Letter or Family Mystery?
A mysterious letter arrives from someone claiming to be a relative. Scam or genuine family connection? What followed was an extraordinary investigatio…
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A mysterious letter arrives from someone claiming to be a relative. Scam or genuine family connection? What followed was an extraordinary investigatio…
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Jean Renwick returns to tell us more about the research surrounding her ‘Mourning Brooch’ trilogy. The books are based on true life from 1839 thr…
View EventPlease accept my apologies to everyone who spent nearly ten minutes in the waiting room before tonight’s talk, The Cost of War.I was helping our speaker resolv…
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