Finding your way with historical maps (part 2)

I have just read Diane Lindsay’s piece (FT June) about decluttering. That did ring a large bell. I have been doing family history for something like 65 years. I have managed to file a lot of the infor

Many of the records that we use for family history and be explored and studied from a different angle, to help you learn about a place. It may be that you’re interested to learn more about the local h

DNA is a wonderful resource and I am so glad I decided to take a test way back in 2017 – but little did I know where it would lead me and the things I would discover. Some of the outcomes have been wo

Yes, you can!

3 SEPTEMBER, 1-2 PM Brick walls, Skills & Solutions Club: ‘Software Focus: Legacy Family Tree’ A Family Tree Plus online event, with Wayne Shepheard. Take a tour of this much-loved and free family his

Of all of the houses I’ve lived in, it is my childhood home that I think about the most. A three-storey, double-fronted Victorian end terrace called Iona Cottage (despite looking nothing like one), it