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The Cowkeeper's Wish

A genealogical journey through poverty, war and love

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“Already the authors of a well-received family memoir, sisters Kasaboski and den Hartog meet this challenge head-on. … Throughout, the prose is graceful, the research meticulous.” Canada’s History Magazine

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Part 3: Mysteries and mystranscriptions, a genealogical case study
Perth Avenue, Toronto, in WW1
Part 2: Home children Walter and Maria, a genealogical case study
Part 1: Myrtle, Blanche and Walter, a genealogical case study
South Africa, Australia, and The Cowkeeper’s Wish
Part 6: Ellen Shelley conclusion
Book Review: The Cowkeeper’s Wish
Part 5: Ellen Shelley, George Smith and the Great War
Part 4: Ellen Shelley and the power of women

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The elusive Ellen, discovered in the Stone Asylum casebook at the London Metropolitan Archives (City of London). This image appears with their permission.