Author: Amanda Hughes
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How to Prepare for Your First Visit to the UK National Archives: Everything You Need for a Confident Research Trip
A Practical Guide for Researchers, Genealogists, and First‑Time Visitors There is something magical about holding a piece of history in your hands. The smell of the parchment, the weight of the documents in your hands, the way the letters on the page curve and flow, and the feeling of connection with the past. Research days…
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Where Time Hides: Secrets in the Redwoods
A Hidden WWII Radar Station in the Heart of the California Redwoods Standing beneath California’s coastal redwoods felt a bit like sitting under a planetarium dome; rather than making me consider the vastness of the cosmos, the trees made me contemplate our perspective of time. These colossal trees have witnessed countless centuries of human history,…