Don’t Know Much About Family HistoryThe Genealogue
A survey released today reveals that 43 percent of Britons don’t know their grandmothers’ maiden names, and 38 percent don’t know what jobs their grandfathers held.The poll, carried out by YouGov, found that the average British family’s knowledge of its history went back just 128 years, or around three generations, to 1878. Those in the south-east of England keep a better track, with an average…