Are you ready for the 1926 irish census?

In 1926 the Irish population was enumerated in a census for the first time since 1911, a planned census for 1921 having been previously abandoned due to the War of Independence. In 1926 however, with

Registers of baptisms, marriages and burials are essential for tracing ancestors before civil registration began (1837 in England and Wales, 1855 in Scotland, and 1864 in Ireland). This month we’re on

What would we do without census returns? How could we even begin to research our 19th and early 20th-century English and Welsh and indeed Scottish ancestry without access to that remarkable resource?

When Britain declared war on Germany in September 1939, the Army numbered just over one million men, comprising both the regular forces and the part-time Territorial Army. The National Service (Armed

After the hearth tax on fireplaces ended in 1689, the Government sought a replacement. Further driven by financial losses from coin clipping, which saw criminals shave metal from coins to melt it down

Local parish records are the backbone of family history, detailing the baptisms, marriages and burials that reveal key events in our ancestors’ lives. While many of these records are now online, other