Previously unknown second cousin Brendan Daly arrived yesterday carrying sheaves of information about my mothers family ; The Dalys.

Most of the information has been gathered by our mutual cousin, Alan Fleischmann who lives in the USA.

I am having a fascinating morning discovering who shadowy figures from my youth actually were :
People like my Auntie Dot who couldn’t drive but did, and my Auntie Snow, so called because she had ash blond hair and another Great Aunt ; “Lady” Barton who was haunted by the ghost of Warren Hastings in India.

Great Stuff !