England’s General Register Office (GRO) is the place that “maintains the national archive of all births, marriages and deaths dating back to 1837” for England and Wales, and is also the place to order English and Welsh BDM certificates dating back to 1837, when civil registration was introduced. Late last year the GRO ran a […] Continue reading → 
Big news for those with Sussex ancestors, as TheGenealogist, a big online data company in England, has just added over 1.1 million records to their Sussex Parish Record Collection. These are published in association with The Parish Record Transcription Society, and they say this is just the first lot of records, with more releases in the […] Continue reading → 
Dictionaries are great reference works, and a genealogy dictionary is no exception. Old words, abbreviations, acronyms, and plain ‘ol terminology. It’s hard to remember everything, and that’s why a dictionary is so useful. Continue reading → 
FreeCEN was first launched in 1998, and now they are excited to announce the arrival of their new website … FreeCEN2. Continue reading → 
The 14th Season of the UK edition of ‘Who Do You Think You Are?” coming and is returning to UK TVs on Thursday 6 July at 9pm and air in two five-episode blocks. Continue reading → 
Each Friday, Findmypast releases new records online, and last week that they added on over 1.7 new Yorkshire baptism, marriage and burial records. So if you are searching for your Yorkshire ancestors, be sure to take a look. Continue reading → 
If you still haven’t subscribed to Findmypast, but would like to, or your paid subscription or trial period has lapsed – this is the perfect opportunity to subscribe or renew as Findmypast are giving users the opportunity to save with either a 1 month subscription, or a 1 year subscription. Continue reading → 
If you’ve been wanting to check out Findmypast’s British and Irish record collection, but haven’t as yet, now is your chance, as they are giving users FREE access to their British and Irish Records for 5 days. Continue reading → 
The best book ever written on Irish genealogy, John Grenham’s “Tracing Your Irish Ancestors” has a new edition. It retains the familiar structure of previous editions while at the same time providing a directory to online records for your Irish research. Continue reading → 
The British Newspaper Archive is a resource that has hundreds of millions of incredible stories just waiting to be found. You can now search hundreds of millions of articles by keyword, name, location, date or title and watch your results appear in an instant. Whether you are a researcher, historian or you simply want to know […] Continue reading → 
If you’re researching your ancestors in Scotland, a good ‘old’ atlas of the region is a must, and this CD, which is a facsimile copy of John Bartholomew’s 1888 classic “Handy Atlas of the Counties of Scotland” is perfect. Continue reading → 
Findmypast have just added two new record sets that caught my attention. These are both the Devon Parish Records, and Plymouth and West Devon Parish Registers. There’s almost half a million images of “ORIGINAL” handwritten registers, that date from the 1500s through until the 1800s. Continue reading → 
Big news just out of England regarding “Who Do You Think You Are? LIVE” , sadly this event is set to cease. Continue reading → 