Richard EdmundsApr 301 minRadio Wales Julia Baird InterviewPleased to report my book 'Inside the Beatles Family Tree' was featured on the BBC Radio Wales Breakfast Show 23rd April 2022, as the...
Richard EdmundsAug 23, 20218 minGraves, 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,...
Richard EdmundsAug 15, 202111 minRomani Origin & DNASeveral of my published genealogy works centre around the Romani people and their five-hundred-year history in the British Isles. Though...
Richard EdmundsAug 12, 20214 minThe London Hilliards - Artists, Weavers & WorkhousesMy late grandmother Jean Bellenger, shown above in 1945 at the age of eighteen, was a keen painter who sold and exhibited her work at...
Richard EdmundsAug 2, 20213 minBob 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...
Richard EdmundsJun 30, 20215 minThe Blind Beggar of Bethnal GreenOne of the earliest records I have of my Huguenot families in France is the marriage entry of my ancestors Isaie Martin and Marie...
Richard EdmundsMay 21, 20216 min 157 Brick LaneSandwiched between two rival Beigel shops, a legacy of 19th century Jewish settlement in East London, lies the Georgian façade of 157...
Richard EdmundsAug 11, 202044 minBethnal Green TalesIn prior blog entries I have written about my family connection to Spitalfields. Equally important in my own family history is its...
Richard EdmundsMay 11, 202012 minTRIBUTE TO MY GRANDADMy 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...
Richard EdmundsApr 12, 20191 minJohn Lennon's Royal RootsWhat do these two men have in common besides a name? Perhaps the most explosive new discovery of my book INSIDE THE BEATLES FAMILY TREE...
Richard EdmundsApr 3, 20193 minJohn 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...
Richard EdmundsMar 4, 201912 minJack '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...
Richard EdmundsDec 13, 20181 minBook Review December 2018A review of one of my books published in the Winter 2018 Romany Routes Journal today. Thank you to Jeremy Harte at the Romany and...
Richard EdmundsAug 22, 201817 minA two-century family odyssey in Spitalfields - part 2 - French Huguenot talesSeven years after Edward Clarke’s death, yet more of my ancestors are recorded living in Spitalfields, and again at Corbett’s Court....
Richard EdmundsAug 22, 20189 minA 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...
Richard EdmundsAug 14, 20186 minThe Arrival of the HuguenotsI am pleased to announce the first of my updated and revised reprints of my 2013 Huguenot series of books, The Early Silk Weavers of...
Richard EdmundsMay 25, 20182 minPATHS OF FREEDOM- THE BOB MARLEY FAMILY TREEI 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...
Richard EdmundsMay 21, 20184 minDNA - A Window to the Deep PastSince it's inception, in the year 2000, Commercial DNA testing, for genealogical purposes, has become increasingly common and ever more...
Richard EdmundsMay 18, 20183 minRoyal Wedding Genealogy - Indian Roots, Slavery, Saxons and Cousin MarriagesWelcome to the new blog section of my website, where I will post regular news and developments on my upcoming books and projects, and on...