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Without question, every French genealogy research project begins with parish and civil registers. For some 250 years prior to the French Revolution (1787–1799), the Catholic Church in France, under a

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Between 2023 and 2024, there was a spike in court claims related to contested wills. How can you avoid feuding with, or bequeathing a feud to, your own family?

Rural Britain looks peacefully idyllic, but dig deeper and you’ll find a dark and complex history. Corinne Fowler takes a country walk in Hampshire and into the nation’s colonial past.