Exploring places: map finding
Were you caught up in Black Friday madness? To be honest I’d forgotten about it until I tried driving home on Friday evening. As a reward...
Free resources for starting family history research
Today I've been updating a workshop for groups who are kicking off their family history research in England, and am sharing here some of...
Coronation Street stars get in on the act with DNA testing
If you are a Corrie fan you may already have watched several of the stars use genetic testing to learn about their ancestry. The results...
Research help from Family History Society gems
Looking for an ancestor away from your home town, and 'run out' of digital records? Help could well be at hand through the local family...
First DNA test results - what next?
We choose to take genetic genealogy tests for varied reasons - perhaps to investigate a particular family relationship, to search for...
Inspired to start your family tree research?
During the new year holidays people often ask me for general advice on starting their family history research. One option is to get a...
Help with your Cheshire ancestors
If you have ancestors from Cheshire then the latest edition of Who Do You Think You Are magazine [issue 134, January 2018] has bonus...
Christmas gift certificate sale now on
**SAVE 50% on a family history gift certificate - NOW only £69** Give a gift of family history and bring generations closer, with a...
London ancestors? New digital records from the 1910 Lloyd George Domesday survey
This week TheGenealogist announced its first release from work to digitise the Duties on Land Values documentation gathered between 1910...
New newspaper gems
Like many people this week I visited FindMyPast to learn more about digitisation work to put online the Trinity Mirror newspaper archive....
