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In this blog I want to talk to you about the power of photographs and the part they can play in revealing our ancestors. You might be that rare person...

Can't find an ancestor in the records? Getting stuck with family history is not unusual; if that weren't the case, we'd all have complete family trees in months rather than years.I've...

I've spent the last few months getting increasingly excited about the impending  online release of the 1921 census for England and Wales. Like most family historians I have brick walls...

The ubiquitous round-robin might be derided but personal and heartfelt communication can mean so much.

The latest series of Who Do You Think You Are has just started to air in the UK.  The hobby of genealogy has grown tremendously in popularity over the last...

Bringing Family Heritage to Life. The advice given to most novice family historians is to speak to your older relatives. This makes a lot of sense. They've been around a...

I have to admit to being a bit sceptical when the Government announced their target of 15 million vaccinations to have taken place by mid February. And now it has...

In this blog, I'm looking at records which were created outside the UK. Many of us will have ancestors who travelled across the globe in search of a better life...