‘i’ve found a naval hero, poisoned brothers and a link to the rocket’

Exploring the tangled roots of a family tree is rarely straightforward. What begins as a search for dates and names often unravels into something far more. A bit like rummaging through an old attic –

Family history research can, as we know, take us down many paths with surprising outcomes but I would never in my wildest dreams have thought that it would result in my cousin and I standing on a foot

Unusually, my story begins at the end with the perplexing death certificate of my great grandfather William Taylor. William died aged 71 in May 1938, in Gosport, Hampshire, and the death was registere

Time for a catch-up with a few of our memorable stories...

In your magazine (dated May 10), I saw Buffalo Bill mentioned. My grandfather John (Jack) Downing worked for Buffalo Bill when he first came to England to do shows with his beloved horses. Grandad was

Q I have a query about my ancestor Henry Clark born in 1893 in Newcastle Upon Tyne. He emigrated to the US in 1922, leaving Liverpool on 10 November 1922 and arriving in Montreal Canada, then he heade