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SPOTLIGHT ON… The Romany and Traveller Family History Society
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SPOTLIGHT ON… The Romany and Traveller Family History Society
Sharon Heppell, founder member and journal editor of the Romany and Traveller Family History Society takes a look at the group’s thirty-year history and explains how it can help anyone who discovers a travelling ancestor in their family tree
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