Tracing Ancestors In The UK

When I started tracing ancestors (way back in the early 80s) the internet had not yet been born, and the computer was yet to become a household item.  So when I started getting interested in my own heritage my first port of call of St. Catherine’s House near the Aldwych in London where you could search [...]

Ancestry research has become one of the most popular hobbies in the UK.  As more records have become more available online, there has been a sharp increase in interest in the last five years.  TV programmes, such as Who Do You Think You Are, have generated even more interest. There are many websites that you [...]

The internet has been a marvellous tool for family historians.  Indexes and records that previously could only be seen by travelling to an archives office can now be searched, and often viewed, online within minutes and a few mouse clicks.  However, online research is not without its problems.  Genealogy records online have often been copied [...]

The Origins Network has just made available a series on the City of London Poor Law Records.  For anyone who is researching their London genealogy, this is a resource that you should not miss.  Poor law records are underused by many genealogists, yet they contain extremely valuable biographical information that you will not find elsewhere. [...]

There are many genealogy websites that will help you find your UK ancestors, but one of the most popular is Genes Reunited.  I had heard about this site quite a lot before I joined myself.  As a member of Friends Reunited, and a regular online ancestry researcher of course it seemed logical to join and [...]