During some recent family history research I came across an individual who was an 'Odd-Fellow'. If you've not encountered this fraternal...

Your DNA matches can be an incredible tool to help you make new discoveries about your family history, break down genealogy brick walls,...

A year ago MyHeritage took the genealogy world by storm with their new feature to animate photographs - Deep Nostalgia. Now they've...

Family stories are one element of family history that really create a strong connection with the past. If you’re lucky, then tales will...

The centralised Land Registry was established in 1862 to record who-owned-what in England and Wales. However, from the outset all the...

HMS Grafton was one of the ships that helped to save an army but paid the ultimate price. HMS GRAFTON was a G-class Destroyer - the...

Was Christmas so very different back in 1950? I hope you enjoy reading these memories of a Christmas many years ago, written by my...

From the Middle-Ages, responsibility for maintaining order and upholding the law in a County lay with the Justice of the Peace (JP)....

When researching family history it is, sadly, quite common to find out that some of your ancestors spent time in the workhouse. Read on...

I grew up knowing that my Great, Great Uncle, Tommy Watson, who died in 1918, had been a war hero. He enlisted in the Royal Navy just a...

Traditionally ‘Tailors’ – from the French ‘Tailler’, to Cut - were highly skilled workers who produced ‘made-to-measure’ clothing for the...

As Family Historians you'll no doubt have researched ancestors who served in WW1. You may also come across people in your family tree who...

It is difficult to say exactly how many men, women and children were killed or maimed in British coal mines, but the better documented...

Various schemes were proposed following the outbreak of war with Germany in September,1939 which were aimed at mobilising those men who...

Family History Researchers may come across ancestors who were recorded in Census returns as residing in Industrial Schools. You may...

At the end of February 2021 MyHeritage wowed us all with their new feature to animate photographs - Deep nostalgia. At the click of a...

As family historians we all too frequently come across death certificates showing 'pulmonary tuberculosis' as the cause of death. But...

I'm working on a family history at present where one of my client's ancestors was evacuated as a child during World War 2. This reminded...

Many of us will have watched the episode of ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ where actor Danny Dyer discovers, to his and our astonishment,...

Lamberton Toll in the 1890s Although much has been written about the Irregular Border Marriages at Gretna Green, there were also many...