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Why do people take a DNA test? Perhaps they have a brick wall where paper research has stalled? There might be an illegitimate ancestor? Or they might have been adopted or only know one parent? Even i

B ack in August 2025 I did a ‘learn-along’ in DNA club, where I asked which areas of DNA people wanted to look at in more depth. I was expecting the webinar to focus on skills like clustering, but one

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.

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

FAMILY history is a celebration of love and heritage, so it deserves a global platform. And, it has one! Organisers and attendees are looking forward to RootsTech, the world’s biggest event of its kin

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