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Some 175,000 historical Irish records, including 60,000 pre-1901 census records previously thought to be lost, have been published online. On 30 June 1922, the Public Record Office of Ireland in Dubli

3 SEPTEMBER, 1-2 PM Brick walls, Skills & Solutions Club: ‘Software Focus: Legacy Family Tree’ A Family Tree Plus online event, with Wayne Shepheard. Take a tour of this much-loved and free family his

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

I am writing in connection with Sarah Williams’ article “What’s in a Name” in the July issue of the magazine. My great great grandmother, Ann Rogers Wardleworth née Bell, was widowed in 1860 at the ag

The British merchant service was renamed the Merchant Navy after World War 1 to mark the vital role its sailors played in wartime. That role continued in World War 2 as merchant ships carried troops a

The Railway Work, Life & Death project (RWLD; railwayaccidents.port. ac.uk) has added 69,000 records of railway staff accidents to its database. The records date from 1855–1929 and are taken from arch