The family tree academy guide to the census

The term ‘Merseyside’ was coined around the end of the 19th century. In the county reorganisation of 1974 it became the official name for the area that encompassed the boroughs of Birkenhead, Bootle,

While the original National Folklore Survey from the 1960s was unscientific and open ended, simply asking random people “what do you know to be true?”, its 21st century successor is a very different b

Q I have a query about my ancestor Henry Clark born in 1893 in Newcastle Upon Tyne. He emigrated to the US in 1922, leaving Liverpool on 10 November 1922 and arriving in Montreal Canada, then he heade

A good knowledge of geography is important for many aspects of our research. Can you arrange these six English towns from north to south?: Chester Gloucester Leicester Manchester Rochester Worcester I

When I was a child in the 1950s, I often visited by grandparents, and played with the neighbours’ children, all older than me. They passed down to me things that I still treasure. Richard gave me his

There are many occupations described in historical documents or censuses that almost no one is gainfully employed doing any more. People my age may remember certain jobs that have gone by the wayside.