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I think I mentioned quite early on in the Family Wise blogging days, that an extra few hours in the day, or an entire extra day […]

For the first time in a very long while, yesterday I actually managed to spend a day doing research at The National Archives. It was not […]

November 15 is the 319th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar… Can you believe it? There are only 46 days remaining until the end […]

…. I mean, the Royal Family…. oops! Today is a historical day for our current monarchy. In 1948, Charles, Prince of Wales (Charles Philip Arthur George) […]

This was formerly the date of the Stamford Bull-Running. According to local tradition, the custom dated from the time of King John when William de Warenne, […]

Reverend Edward Chad Varah was born on this day in 1911 in the town of Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire. His parents, William Edward Varah and Mary Atkinson, married […]

And so endeth The Genealogist’s A-Z and yesterday, many of you were left wondering what Monday would bring …. in more ways than one! In fact, […]

….and finally, Z is for zigarius – a nineteenth century term for a gypsy. On historical documentation, you will rarely find reference to families being gypsies, […]

…. Generation Y. Ah ha…. you thought it would be Y-DNA didn’t you?! Globally, generation Y (gen Y) refers broadly to individuals born between 1975 and […]