There are many times we want to give a perfect gift. Birthdays, Christmas, anniversary, graduation, marriages, engagement, the birth of a baby and lots more. But would you like to give a perfect gift that Read more…
Genetic genealogy is quite confusing but I think it is worth it. I haven’t tried it yet, but I am looking into genetic genealogy testing at the moment, so I thought I would share my Read more…
Now you should be at the stage where you have run out of the official records as in the UK vital records began 1st July 1837. It differs in other countries like the US where Read more…
Now you have your bmd’s and your family history; you should be to the point where you can start researching by using the census records. When you search census records you begin to increase your Read more…
Let’s have a look at ………….. Family Historian 6. You should have enough information by now to start entering it into a family tree program; but which one do you choose? Here I am going Read more…
Freebdm.org.uk is a fantastic site for getting all your UK BMD’s for free. What are bmd’s? Bmd’s are birth, marriage and death records that are usually searchable. Freebmd.org.uk is the best one for the England Read more…
So how did I start searching my family tree? As I mentioned earlier, I started in the 1980’s when there was no world wide web. It was not easy in those days, but if I Read more…
Researching your family tree will be a lot easier than when I began researching my family tree in the 1980’s. I had just left high school and decided I wanted to know more about my Read more…
My story I had a really unusual maiden name, Simcoates, which always fascinated me. Where did it originate? What did it mean? How many other people were called Simcoates? When I was about 16-years-old Read more…
