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‘Merry England’ is definitely a romanticised lens through which to view the later Medieval period. You only have to glimpse the often gory manuscripts and woodcuts to be reminded of this. But, for us

More than 1.7 million records from the Channel Island of Guernsey have been added to family history website Findmypast (findmypast.co.uk). During the past year over four centuries of records have been

IRISH GENEALOGY Chris Paton Pen & Sword, 166 pages, £15.99 Over recent decades, Ireland has had to face the often horrifying treatment of its most vulnerable people, usually unmarried pregnant women a

ANTHONY ADOLPH is a professional genealogist and the author of 11 books PAUL BLAKE is the author of Tracing Your Insolvent Ancestors KATHERINE COBB is a member of AGRA based in Somerset JAYNE SHRIMPTO

The World Wide Web brought the internet into the public domain in 1993, and since then it has evolved beyond anything we could have imagined. We can buy clothes, food and all manner of items online, a

The West Midlands is a modern ceremonial county encompassing parts of historic Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire, including major cities such as Birmingham and Coventry, as well as the mo