Reviews

IRISH GENEALOGY Chris Paton Pen & Sword, 166 pages, £15.99 Over recent decades, Ireland has had to face the often horrifying treatment of its most vulnerable people, usually unmarried pregnant women a

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

‘Merry England’ is definitely a romanticised lens through which to view the later Medieval period. You only have to glimpse the often gory manuscripts and woodcuts to be reminded of this. But, for us

The books, TV shows and films causing a stir in the history world this month

This is the first of a series of articles; the intention being to provide an overview of useful family and local history records in existence, with advice on where to find them. The articles will incl

Just 25 years ago, there seemed to be little new to say about the Vikings – and that was particularly the case for Viking women. The centuries-old consensus was that Viking wives and daughters stayed