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FAMILY TREE EVENT: TRACING YOUR SCOTTISH ANCESTORS 3-24 FEBRUARY 2026 Join us for Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors and learn about the records, skills and online resources that will enable you to dive

The economy of Suffolk traditionally relied on agriculture and fishing, but much of its prosperity in the Middle Ages resulted from the cloth and wool trade. In fact Bury St Edmunds, Clare, Hadleigh,

It seems fitting that in this age of ChatGPT, Copilot and Gemini, RootsMagic 11 appears sporting a shiny new AI Prompt Builder. This feature – allowing you to build prompts to tap into AI for the curr

As every family historian knows only too well, researching your ancestry becomes significantly more difficult the further back you get. There are fewer records available before the 19th century, and f

One of the most challenging parts of genealogy is reading old documents – particularly digital scans of handwritten material, such as census records, wills and parish registers. If the text is hard to

This is one in a series of articles; the intention of which is to provide an overview of useful family and local history records in existence, covering the period 1066-1485. Each article can be enjoye