With Love from Grace...
Helen Baggott
- Region:
- South West
- Notice Period:
- Emergency (maybe less than one week's notice)
- Type:
- Author & Researcher
- Fee:
- Paid: From £50
- Category:
- History
- Updated:
- 2nd August 2023
- Tagged:
- Genealogy Postcards History
In the years before the First World War, Grace travelled Europe with a wealthy Italian family. She visited the Count’s homes, stayed in some of the best hotels and regularly sent postcards to the man she would eventually marry. Those cards, and some that she received from the people she met in Europe, reveal the journeys Grace made – and the fascinating places she visited. From 1909 to 1914, Grace sent her postcards and then returned to England where she married Douglas, a railway clerk. This talk shares some of those postcards and the stories of those she met. It is based on the book, With Love from Grace… which is due for publication late-2023. All the book’s royalties are being donated to Parkinson’s UK and a donation will also be made from the fees received from this talk.
Views: 708 | Enquiries: 3About Helen Baggott
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Helen Baggott is a freelance editor and writer from Dorset.
Her most recent project is researching the stories behind postcards sent more than 100 years ago. Three collections of stories have been published as Posted in the Past, Posted in the Past Second Delivery and Posted in the Past Hands Across the Sea.
She has written for regional magazines; national magazines include This England, Discover Your Ancestors, Who Do You Think You Are?, Picture Postcard Monthly, Dorset Life and The Card Scene, and has also contributed to Family Tree magazine's blog. Her work has been recognised by national newspapers as a 'postcard detective' in I newspaper and an 'heirloom detective' in The Mail on Sunday's You magazine.
Through the power of Zoom she speaks to groups on both sides of the Atlantic and has been a speaker at the Family History Federation 's Really Useful Show and THE Genealogy Show.
"I thoroughly enjoyed your talk last evening, both content and delivery. It opened aspects of postcards that I had not thought about and has given me some useful ideas for developing my own family history research. I hope I have the pleasure of hearing you again."
Other Talks on SpeakerNet by Helen Baggott
- Posted in the Past
- The Mayflower Connection
- The Empress of Ireland – Canada’s Titanic
- From Paper Kings to Hardware Barons
- From Log Cabin to the Palace of Westminster... and other true stories
- Hands Across the Sea: a miscellany of stories written by our ancestors
- From Bombs to Bournville... and other true stories
- Travels with my (great-great) aunt
- Lifeboats and Lighthouses – a tour around the coast exploring stories of heroism
- The Victorian legacy – what our ancestors did next
- Addressing the Past
- Uncovering the maps and other true stories.
- Memories from the Future
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