Every company has a slightly different offering (and price!) and it’s important to review these when deciding which test to take. In...

What is the 1939 Register and why is it so important for Family Historians? Once the threat of war became a real possibility during the...

Taking a DNA test and analysing the results can be a great help in digging deeper into your family history. You can make new discoveries...

Many of us are no doubt eagerly awaiting the publication of the 1921 census for an extra bit of information that we can’t get anywhere...

In Part 1 of my Blog on dating old photographs we focused on Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes and Tintypes which were all examples of developed...

Working as a Family Historian I come across many old family photographs from the 19th and early 20th centuries. It's a real piece of...

6.5 million British Soldiers served during World War I and their service records can provide a wealth of information to family historians....

Parish Registers of Baptisms, Marriages and Burials (BMB) were started by Thomas Cromwell in 1538, shortly after the formal split from...

DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid) is, and will, revolutionsie Family History. This is on two general fronts. Firstly, Just because the...

There are many good Family History sites at the moment, the most popular and comprehensive of which in the UK are: Ancestry.co.uk,...