I enjoy watching genealogical programs such as Who Do You Think You Are – but I’m beginning to wonder if you have to be a celebrity in order to have “interesting” antecedents?  A stroll through my ancestral house results in a forlorn nodding of the head, and mutterings like “twist of fate” and “always the bridesmaid, never the bride”.

Last month marked the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic.  Joseph Bruce ISMAY 1862-1937 was involved with the White Star Line an...
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