Tracing Ancestors In The UK

It being Burns Night tonight (in celebration of the great Scottish poet, Robert Burns, pictured right), and with many people sitting down to a traditional Burns Night Supper, haggis, neeps & tatties and all, I thought I would take the opportunity to introduce my very good friend and excellent Scottish genealogist, Jo Graham. Whilst my [...]

If you have British genealogy but you don’t live in the UK, then you have probably used the internet to carry out your family history research at least back to the early 19th century.  Perhaps you have taken out a subscription to websites such as  Ancestry.co.uk or Find My Past to search for census records, [...]

those ancestors who emigrated to America or Australia knew they would never see their loved ones again, and were leaving the place they had known for good, without really knowing what kind of life lay ahead. Not only that, but they usually had to face a dangerous, lengthy and extremely uncomfortable journey across often stormy seas in order to reach their destination. That must have taken a lot of courage.

Well – it was bound to happen. With the VAT increase, rising fuel prices and the general cost of living rising substantially I AM going to have to increase my fees from £18 to £20 per hour, which is still pretty reasonable compared to many other genealogists’ fees. However, I am not doing this officially [...]

I have now updated my Research Services page. There are 4 main ways of ordering my genealogical services. You can either use my hourly service, which gives you a minimum of 2 hours of research up to whatever spending limit you want to set.  This leaves you in control of your budget and means that [...]

I was thinking yesterday how much the nature of genealogical research has changed over the last 2 decades.  When I first started in the business my genealogical services were mostly restricted to searching local archives that were within an hour’s drive of where I lived.  Finding a local researcher was essential for anyone tracing their [...]

HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone tracing ancestors in the UK! In February, I am going to increasing my charges from £15 per hour to £18 per hour….BUT… … if you order any of my services now, I will keep you at the old charges for the duration of the service you order, no matter how long [...]

Hi there.  If you’re a regular reader of Tracing Ancestors in the UK, you might have noticed that I haven’t posted recently. I haven’t fallen off the planet – I’ve just been very busy with some genealogy work and writing work, as well as taking a short holiday in Devon. Now the summer is virtually [...]

Tracing your ancestors in the UK can be difficult when you do not have access to the archives and are unable to look at sources.  British ancestry can be researched online back to 1837 but online sources should always be backed up by original documents, and before 1837 it is essential to look at parish [...]

If you have tried to access this site recently, you may have noticed that some changes are being made.  My apologies for the period of time that the site was down, but I hope you like the new look for Tracing Ancestors in the UK. I still have a few problems to sort out, but [...]