Have you ever wondered how amazing it would be to publish your family history as a book? 

 

Imagine having a professional writer use your jumble of research notes to craft a narrative to your family's history. And those old forgotten family photos that lie hidden in a shoe box? These can now illustrate your story... 

It’s exactly 4 weeks today until the annual festival of love and romance that is St. Valentine’s Day. So how are you going to express your feelings for that special person in your life on February 14th this year? 

 

There are (of course) the clichéd, default presents: flowers or chocolates for your lady; aftershave or cufflinks for your man! But maybe she’s keeping-up her New Year's resolution to diet, and perhaps he only wears a smart shirt once a year at a wedding! 

 

Well here's an idea... Why not give a truly unique and deeply personal gift that really represents your love for each other? 

I talked last month about my trip to Western Australia to meet my long-lost cousins. Well Sally and her family weren’t the only cousins I spent time with there. I had also traced a more distant cousin called Mary who lived about 250 miles north of Perth. 

 

When I originally told Tanya about Mary, it turned out the two women had already known each other for about five years but had no idea they were related – an incredible coincidence! They were both overjoyed by this fact and admitted that it was a good job they liked each other!