Stone of destiny

Surname studies are not always the whole, or the easiest, answer to researching families. Most of us love to research the name we currently go by or were born with. But does that give us the complete

She’d always felt like the odd one out growing up – then Delimar learnt the unbelievable reason why...

Poring over maps of Bolton, Ordnance Survey old and new, I’m wondering why my great-grandfather John Tonge and his family moved house quite so often. To help, I’ve drawn up a list, in date order, of a

A chance remark on an outing with his parents kickstarted Jim Robson’s family history journey. Little did the IT consultant, who lives in Paisley, Renfrewshire, know what an epic route it would take,

ANTHONY ADOLPH is a professional genealogist and the author of 11 books PAUL BLAKE is the author of Tracing Your Insolvent Ancestors KATHERINE COBB is a member of AGRA based in Somerset JAYNE SHRIMPTO

I found the missing part of myself 4,000 miles away