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Every day is a new day and an opportunity to learn more about the world. Today, I discovered who invented the windscreen wiper! Would you Adam […]

Sometimes, when carrying out genealogical research, aren’t you left wondering ‘Why on earth….?’, ‘What on earth….?’ and ‘surely not?!’ One instance is the birth of Ann Pepper in […]

Years ago, the Society of Genealogists ran an annual event (starting back in 1993) at the Royal Horticultural Halls. Combining forces with the BBC television show […]

Looking back at my maternal grandfather’s family tree – drawn out before certainly before the 1980s – I am always amazed how much information he amassed […]

Today, having only just arrived back from Australia (yesterday morning UK time!) following the Unlock The Past cruise (yes, cruise report to follow), I am in […]

Following on from yesterday’s blog detailing an offering from one of commercial sites, today to the School Admissions and Discharges for London, available via Ancestry. Accessible […]

The world of family, local and social history has changed immeasurably over the last decade. As a young amateur family historian, I remember searching those enormous […]

The Historical Hospital Admission Records Project has been in existence since 2001 and is a project to create a database of late nineteenth and early twentieth […]

Ever wondered what it was like to live in the first million person city in modern Western Europe? London Lives makes available, in a fully digitised […]