“Working with Helena tracing my family tree has been such a wonderful experience. I was just hoping for names and dates but I was given real people and fascinating stories, which put my place within my family history into context. Her ability to draw out such fine details, tales of bravery and triumph, and to interweave them into the weft of time and place really is extraordinary. She was even able to show me photographs of my great, great, great grandfather. The difference I have found with Helena is that she cares about the families she is researching and has an insatiable appetite for information and evidence. She can show you that there is no such thing as an ordinary family.” (Research carried out in East Riding of Yorkshire and Lancashire.)