‘i’ve discovered our haitian roots’

Content warning: Be aware before you start revisiting your own family history from this new perspective it can bring up unsettling feelings and emotions. If you know you are a sensitive person or you

I have just read Diane Lindsay’s piece (FT June) about decluttering. That did ring a large bell. I have been doing family history for something like 65 years. I have managed to file a lot of the infor

Lynn Berry, 49, was desperate to keep her promise to mum, Glennis

Yorkshire-born Sarah Le Marchand has a clear memory of walking along the sea wall at Beaumont in the Channel Island of Jersey as a teenager with her older cousin Chris. Her mother’s family, the Boléat

When I first started to trace the Tonges, my mum’s dad’s side of the family, I thought they might be a tad predictable. We didn’t know very much about them, but surely if there were any interesting ta

On a quiet street in Walton, Liverpool, nestled among rows of terraced houses, a child was born who would one day witness one of the most infamous moments in maritime history. The date was 15 October