My latest book, Cemeteries & Graveyards, a Guide for Local and Family Historians is very special; the gestation was long for numerous reasons. It encompassed a global pandemic and a set of very challenging events in my own life about which I will blog in due course – so watch this space and sign up to follow my blog! But – finally after 5 years it is here – and I hope it will push boundaries for family and local historians respectively and promote a deeper understanding of our burial history and cemeteries and graveyards too – and also help you track down those missing burials.

You can order your copy direct from the publisher Pen & Sword books ( or via Amazon although delivery is likely to be slower) and read my Pen and Sword blog post at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/blog/celia-looks-at-understanding-our-deeper-roots-in-the-context-of-cemeteries-and-graveyards/.

Check back shortly for my first personal blog on the circumstances surrounding the writing of my latest book and why it means so much to me.