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93-year-old grandma finds world fame with recipes from The Great Depression


Feisty italian nonagenarian Clara Cannucciari who lived through the 1930s Depression in America, is rapidly becoming a global internet cookery star with her “Depression Cooking with Clara” web video series.

In the series Clara shares recipes and describes, with great charm and humor, how she and her family survived and even gained weight during the Great Depression.

Clara’s mini empire includes a website, a widely followed YouTube show, a DVD, and a Facebook page with

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Glubble Creates an Interactive Timeline for Tracking Family History


575140676 u6HYk S Glubble Creates an Interactive Timeline for Tracking Family HistoryI’ve just found a great post on mashable.com about Glubble, the safe social network for families. As a parent, I’m always vigilant about where my children are visiting online. I don’t want to prevent them from using the internet and I’m very keen for them to learn how to do it

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UK National Archives makes it to ‘Top ten free genealogy websites’ list


566389908 PEL8S S UK National Archives makes it to Top ten free genealogy websites listMost of us, once bitten by the family history research bug, invariably make for the internet in pursuit of top notch genealogical information.

It doesn’t take long however, to realise just how vast the ever-growing mass of online genealogical information really

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Respecting the past with Poppy Travel


Mr Joseph Kilroy (pictured helping American veteran Aden Earll of the US 116th Infantry up Gold beach) served as an ableseaman in the Second World War and when the Commandos were formed, he joined the group of men trained as elite fighters.

Mr Joseph Kilroy (pictured helping American veteran Aden Earll of the US 116th Infantry up Gold beach) served

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D-Day - 65 years on


Richard Gaisford joins WWII veterans in Normandy to remember those who sacrificed their lives in the 1944 D-Day landing.