Tracing ancestors in the royal navy

In this article in his series, military historian Graham Bandy will cover records and research advice to help you learn more about your ancestors who served in the Royal Air Force, and give clues to h

Q One of the photos is of my paternal grandmother in what I’m sure is a VAD uniform but I can’t find her listed anywhere. I’m assuming this was c. 1914/16, as my father was born early 1918. She was bo

As a professional genealogist I’m sometimes asked to carry out research into a particular individual – to, in effect, compile a biography. These requests most frequently come from one of my oldest and

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QMargaret Woodhall (née Smithson), born c1827 Liverpool (according to the 1851 census), was the sister of my great grandfather, James Murray Smithson, born c1835 in Edinburgh. Their father was William

IN a small room above a bonnet shop in London’s Sloane Street in 1872, two daughters of “a surveyor of good repute who died unexpectedly leaving a widow and four daughters unprovided for” were entered