When was this family portrait taken?

Q I’m trying to work out whose wedding this is. The lady fourth from the left on the back row is Mary Wright, my great grandmother, who died in 1933. The bridesmaid in front, fourth from right, is her

Does a newly found Nicholas Hilliard miniature portray Shakespeare’s patron the Earl of Southampton?

The fairy photographs taken by cousins Elsie Wright and Frances Griffiths in Cottingley, near Bradford, in 1917 and promoted by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – a firm believer in fairies – are among the most

Libby Russell, 52 (left), and Karyn Tomkins, 57 ...

ANTHONY ADOLPH is a professional genealogist and the author of 11 books DAVE ANNAL is a genealogist, author and lecturer KATHERINE COBB is a member of AGRA based in Somerset ROGER KERSHAW is migration

BY 1890 we were seeing developments in the “Friend” in the form of illustrations. While pictorial content was rare in the magazine pre-1890, we see it become commonplace throughout this year, livening