Spotlight on... the ulster historical foundation

History is a multifaceted discipline drawn from long passed events that can still affect and define us in the present. Wherever we live there will be an established national history and story that has

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1 DECEMBER, 6.30 PM Brick walls, Skills & Solutions Club: ‘Software focus: Reunion 14 & Reunion Touch’ A Family Tree Plus online event, with Kathie Ross. Take a tour of this Mac-user family history pr

Ancestry (ancestry.co.uk) has scored a partial victory in a long-running legal battle to publish family history records that are preserved by National Records of Scotland (NRS; nrscotland.gov.uk). On

There’s never been so many well-stocked sources of historic photographs online. We’ve tried to pull together some examples of regional image libraries, as well as useful nationwide resources. While ma

This part of Scotland has historically been famous for agriculture and its associated trades – in particular skinners, dyers, shoemakers and glovemakers. But over the years a number of major manufactu