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Hannah’s living relative found!

Something quite remarkable has happened this week, but before I tell you what it is, I am going to remind you of something I wrote back in March.

You might remember a few weeks ago I wrote about the fact that my mum’s family could not afford headstones when the grandparents on her mother’s…

I’ve been bowled over by the way my recent columns about the search for descendants of Hannah Raw has resulted in a mini-band of internet sleuths…

My recent quest to find out more about a little 19th century girl from the North York Moors called Hannah Raw has borne fruit.

For years now, we have had a set of three 19th century samplers adorning the walls of my mum’s kitchen. Like many things in a family home, you get…