Birmingham records released by ancestry

This is part of a series of articles; the intention is to provide an overview of useful family and local history records in existence, covering the period 1066-1485. Each article can be enjoyed as a s

Many of the records that we use for family history and be explored and studied from a different angle, to help you learn about a place. It may be that you’re interested to learn more about the local h

Q Is it possible to have a death in a workhouse with no subsequent death certificate in 1885? I have the record from Ancestry of the death. Mary Ann Arnold born 1854, death May 1885 (maybe Mar 1885),

It all started with an email. Regular reader Lee Passmore was having difficulties finding out what had happened to one of his three times great-uncles, a man called Bryan (or Brian) Dean, and he wante

Ballast Hills is a largely forgotten, unconsecrated burial site in the heart of Newcastle. Also known locally as Grannies Fields or Plaguey Fields, it became the final resting place for generations of

Digitised records for British soldiers before about the middle of the 19th century are relatively rare; the exceptions are surviving pension records, the musters from the Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) a