I just thought I would update you with our visit to the D’s. We took my dad to High Wycombe yesterday and had an amazing time. They proved to be such lovely people and we all got on really well. The conversation flowed between all of us and there was no awkwardness at all. It is strange going to someone’s home that you don’t know and I was a little anxious that it would go well. I shouldn’t have worried. We had some really lovely food. Dad and K had a lovely chat and many photographs and memories were produced. K was able to give dad some aerial shots of the docks where dad used to work which was lovely.
This was all thanks to you Madeleine. Thank you again
Bradley – family tree and two first cousins reunited who did not know of each others’ existence
It was an extremely fortunate day when someone suggested I contact Madeleine Dickens of Past Generations… I am a book publisher and wanted to find a collection of ‘lost’ watercolours that had originally been exhibited in London in the 1930s. All the buyers had passed away, so who better to help in this quest than a genealogist. The results were remarkable. Madeleine was a pleasure to work with and her detective skills were second to none. Highly recommended and I cannot wait to work with her again on our next project!
Tim Mainstone (Mainstone Press)
“I am so very grateful for what you have done and really appreciate your attention to detail. You are a Godsend. I would like to thank you so much for your incredible work on my behalf this year and what you have achieved for all of us, in uniting four siblings together, after all these years.”
Sands – Sussex family tree and history (also traced previously never met half brother and sister)
I’ll add an acknowledgement to you with other acknowledgements at the end of the essay. You’ve done a great service to Charles Dickens! Chandler musical history researcher and writer
Thank you for your wonderful conscientientious work with the Parode family tree, so much appreciated by us. Stafford – research into Spanish ancestry in Hampshire
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Taylor – research in N Yorks
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Jones
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