Quakers Held the Key ; Inspired by the Popular Bbc Programme Who Do You Think You Are? Sandra Adams Started Researching Her Family History. The Results, As Gerry Brooke Discovers, Surprised Her. Lost Quaker Roots

Evening Post (Bristol, UK) › September 01, 2009

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SANDRA Adams, who has been researching her family history since she was 10, has discovered that her ancestors were Bristol Quakers.

The breakthrough came when The National Archives, in collaboration with TheGenealogist.co.uk, released some original Quaker records.

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Quakers Held the Key ; Inspired by the Popular Bbc Programme Who Do You Think You Are? Sandra Adams Started Researching Her Family History. The Results, As Gerry Brooke Discovers, Surprised Her. Lost Quaker Roots

Sandra now lives in Canada which made it difficult for her to access the right documents.

The introduction of records online, then, came as a god-send.

Beginning her search with ancestor Mary Dickinson, born in Bristol in 1748, Sandra was ast...

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