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Books Archive - Helen Parker-Drabble | Author | Speaker | Former counsellor | Family historian

Author Helen Parker -Drabble Who Do I Think You Were?®

  • How Key Psychological Theories Can Enrich Our Understanding of Our Ancestors

    How Key Psychological Theories Can Enrich Our Understanding of Our Ancestors

    How Key Psychological Theories Can Enrich Our Understanding of Our Ancestors and Help Improve Mental Health for Present and Future Generations: A Family Historian’s Perspective: A Family Historian’s Perspective A printed edition of an article that first appeared in Genealogy’s Special Issue Focus on’ Family Historians: How Ancestor Research Affects Self-Understanding and Well-Being’. The article…

  • To everything there is a season (Short Story)

    To everything there is a season (Short Story)

    A bittersweet factual tale of love, loss and new purpose set 1908 inspired by a family photograph. My factual tales are a tapestry of fact, researched speculation and fiction, which are inspired by and embellish my family history. However, the plots are driven by historical records. Henry Drabble, once a clay miner, became a fire…

  • Buried Letters (Short Story)

    Buried Letters (Short Story)

    Lest we forget Award-winning creative writing inspired by Chloris Drabble, who  joined the Scottish Women’s 7th Field Hospital at Lake Ostrovo in Macedonia, in 1917, where she fell in love with a Serbian interpreter and was irrevocably changed. Available in my shop My factual tales are a tapestry of fact, researched speculation and fiction, which…

  • A facsimile reproduction of Victorian Recipe Book: A Handwritten Book of Family Receipts started by Mrs C. A. Allott of Sheffield, (England), 1860

    A facsimile reproduction of Victorian Recipe Book: A Handwritten Book of Family Receipts started by Mrs C. A. Allott of Sheffield, (England), 1860

    Available in my shop as an eBook 978-1-9162466-4-5 , paperback 978-1-9162466-5-2 or hardback 978-1-9162466-6-9. What did the Victorians eat? Taste the past with these handwritten family recipes This faithful reproduction of an original manuscript provides a fascinating glimpse into mid-19th century culinary traditions. In 1860, Mary Allott (née Hopkinson) began compiling her personal recipe book,…

  • A Victorian’s Inheritance

    A Victorian’s Inheritance

    A Victorian’s Inheritance: What Your Ancestors’ Struggles Mean for Your Life Today ‘This groundbreaking book changed the way I think about my ancestors and living family.’ — Jenny, UK What psychological inheritance have you received from your ancestors? About the Book We inherit more than heirlooms. The struggles, triumphs, and even traumas of our forebears…