One of the most challenging parts of genealogy is reading old documents – particularly digital scans of handwritten material, such as census records, wills and parish registers. If the text is hard to

We’re all familiar with the saying ‘new year, new you’, and many of us will be hoping for a fresh start in 2026. January brings with it resolutions to improve our lives. You might want to get fitter,

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If your diary is packed with so many plans that you are feeling overwhelmed rather than excited – when you look at it, then it’s time to tame it! We often say “yes” to things we don’t really want to g

In your answer to Tom Rathbone’s question about ebook formats (Issue 724, page 69) you could have mentioned the app ReadEra (https://readera.org). I installed it on my iPad earlier this year and it su

Technology keeps getting smarter, more reliable and more cloud-based, and old-school backup regimes have fallen by the wayside. Many of us remember the days of copying key files onto floppy disks at t