Genealogy gadgets & apps for all occasions!

Q My ancestor, Charles Hayes, was born on 6 October 1700 in Harrow on the Hill to Charles Hayes and Ann Ewster. He attended University College Cambridge and, described as “one of the Gentlemen of the

The mere mention of ‘tidying up’ or ‘getting organised’ can put the fear in many of us. But, take heart, and read on. The main thing is to be organised enough so that you can find things, but not set

2 APRIL, 11AM Brickwalls, Skills & Solutions Club: ‘Tech tips for genealogists’ A Family Tree Plus talk with Carole McCulloch. Would you like to brush up on your ‘tech’ skills, so that you can use eve

In this age of algorithms and ‘artificial intelligence’, when the major commercial genealogical websites are all trying to persuade us that the best way to trace our family trees is to follow their hi

Keeping track of the records you uncover on Findmypast just got a whole lot easier with the recently released Workspaces feature. Traditionally, you’ll have linked records to individuals in your tree,

When researching civil birth, marriage and death records in England and Wales, you should always start at FreeBMD. Created by volunteers in 1998, it has records from 1837 and remains completely free.