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      Radio Wales Julia Baird Interview
      Richard Edmunds
      • Apr 30
      • 1 min

      Radio Wales Julia Baird Interview

      Pleased to report my book 'Inside the Beatles Family Tree' was featured on the BBC Radio Wales Breakfast Show 23rd April 2022, as the...
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      Graves, Tsars, and Royal Robes - Russia & The Gordons
      Richard Edmunds
      • Aug 23, 2021
      • 8 min

      Graves, Tsars, and Royal Robes - Russia & The Gordons

      Genealogists quickly learn a love of graveyards and monuments as a wealth of biographic information, a unique personal link to the past,...
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      Romani Origin & DNA
      Richard Edmunds
      • Aug 15, 2021
      • 11 min

      Romani Origin & DNA

      Several of my published genealogy works centre around the Romani people and their five-hundred-year history in the British Isles. Though...
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      The London Hilliards - Artists, Weavers & Workhouses
      Richard Edmunds
      • Aug 12, 2021
      • 4 min

      The London Hilliards - Artists, Weavers & Workhouses

      My late grandmother Jean Bellenger, shown above in 1945 at the age of eighteen, was a keen painter who sold and exhibited her work at...
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      Bob Marley, Stained Glass, Architects, War Time Code Breakers, Authors, Inventors and Spies.
      Richard Edmunds
      • Aug 2, 2021
      • 3 min

      Bob Marley, Stained Glass, Architects, War Time Code Breakers, Authors, Inventors and Spies.

      2021 marked forty years since the death of Jamaican singer, songwriter, and musician Bob Marley. In my 2018 book Paths of Freedom I trace...
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      The Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green
      Richard Edmunds
      • Jun 30, 2021
      • 5 min

      The Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green

      One of the earliest records I have of my Huguenot families in France is the marriage entry of my ancestors Isaie Martin and Marie...
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           157 Brick Lane
      Richard Edmunds
      • May 21, 2021
      • 6 min

      157 Brick Lane

      Sandwiched between two rival Beigel shops, a legacy of 19th century Jewish settlement in East London, lies the Georgian façade of 157...
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      Bethnal Green Tales
      Richard Edmunds
      • Aug 11, 2020
      • 44 min

      Bethnal Green Tales

      In prior blog entries I have written about my family connection to Spitalfields. Equally important in my own family history is its...
      3,572 views16 comments
      TRIBUTE TO MY GRANDAD
      Richard Edmunds
      • May 11, 2020
      • 12 min

      TRIBUTE TO MY GRANDAD

      My grandfather sadly passed away on 16th April this year, aged 89, and ahead of his funeral tomorrow I wanted to write some of my own...
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      John Lennon's Royal Roots
      Richard Edmunds
      • Apr 12, 2019
      • 1 min

      John Lennon's Royal Roots

      What do these two men have in common besides a name? Perhaps the most explosive new discovery of my book INSIDE THE BEATLES FAMILY TREE...
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      John Lennon – a Welsh National Hero?
      Richard Edmunds
      • Apr 3, 2019
      • 3 min

      John Lennon – a Welsh National Hero?

      JOHN Lennon's little-known family connection to Wales is revealed and fully detailed in my newly published book, Inside the Beatles...
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      Jack 'The Hat' McVITIE
      Richard Edmunds
      • Mar 4, 2019
      • 12 min

      Jack 'The Hat' McVITIE

      A year ago this week saw the publication of the first instalment in my Infamous Eastenders Series, 'Discovering the Kray Family Tree', an...
      2,620 views2 comments
      Book Review December 2018
      Richard Edmunds
      • Dec 13, 2018
      • 1 min

      Book Review December 2018

      A review of one of my books published in the Winter 2018 Romany Routes Journal today. Thank you to Jeremy Harte at the Romany and...
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      A two-century family odyssey in Spitalfields - part 2 - French Huguenot tales
      Richard Edmunds
      • Aug 22, 2018
      • 17 min

      A two-century family odyssey in Spitalfields - part 2 - French Huguenot tales

      Seven years after Edward Clarke’s death, yet more of my ancestors are recorded living in Spitalfields, and again at Corbett’s Court....
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      A two-century family odyssey in Spitalfields - Part 1 Jack the Ripper, Poverty, Pie and Mash
      Richard Edmunds
      • Aug 22, 2018
      • 9 min

      A two-century family odyssey in Spitalfields - Part 1 Jack the Ripper, Poverty, Pie and Mash

      This month I published The Early Silk Weavers of London and Spitalfields (1520-1720), an account of the establishment of the silk trade...
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      The Arrival of the Huguenots
      Richard Edmunds
      • Aug 14, 2018
      • 6 min

      The Arrival of the Huguenots

      I am pleased to announce the first of my updated and revised reprints of my 2013 Huguenot series of books, The Early Silk Weavers of...
      141 views1 comment
      PATHS OF FREEDOM-
THE BOB MARLEY FAMILY TREE
      Richard Edmunds
      • May 25, 2018
      • 2 min

      PATHS OF FREEDOM- THE BOB MARLEY FAMILY TREE

      I am pleased to announce Paths of Freedom - The Bob Marley Family Tree, [ISBN 978-1-9999683-4-2] my latest book, is now In Print and...
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      DNA - A Window to the Deep Past
      Richard Edmunds
      • May 21, 2018
      • 4 min

      DNA - A Window to the Deep Past

      Since it's inception, in the year 2000, Commercial DNA testing, for genealogical purposes, has become increasingly common and ever more...
      219 views0 comments
      Royal Wedding Genealogy - Indian Roots, Slavery, Saxons and Cousin Marriages
      Richard Edmunds
      • May 18, 2018
      • 3 min

      Royal Wedding Genealogy - Indian Roots, Slavery, Saxons and Cousin Marriages

      Welcome to the new blog section of my website, where I will post regular news and developments on my upcoming books and projects, and on...
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