How do you research your family history when you’re adopted? Do you follow the lines of your biological parents, assuming you know who they are, or do you investigate your adopted parents’ families? K

Although I realise that it is a favourite pastime among historians, particularly the British, to demonstrate that our idols have feet of clay, I must protest at the inclusion of Winston Churchill in t

Tributes have poured in for Paul Crawford, who sold the magazine in Summertown, Oxford, after his tragic death over New Year at the age of just 48 Almost £5,000 has been raised to pay for the funeral

I was pleased to see you included the Irish Genealogical Research Society (IGRS) (www. irishancestors.ie/) in your Family History Handbook 2026. However you have categorised us as only covering the Re

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A Queer Inheritance: Alternative Histories in the National ...