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Who actually watches the adverts on television these days, or ever? Personally, I prefer to record programmes or live pause them, so I don’t have to […]

New office? New challenges! The new FWL Office opened officially yesterday (Tuesday 4 October) at 5 St Mary’s Courtyard, Church Street, Calne. Due to swift expansion […]

Every ten years since 1801 (excluding 1941 due to the World War which was being fought at the time), a census has been taken. The first […]

On 27 August, we uttered a word which made people gasp – Christmas …. in August!?! We offered our readers the opportunity to win a family […]

Ever since I left school, I have always known how important it is to be reliable. No-one ever sat me down and told me why, or […]

Those of you who are regular readers (thank you!) will know that, at FWL, we have a penchant for names and particularly, ‘stand out’ names. We will […]

Baffled, that’s what I am right now. Utterly baffled. In all honesty, I could leave this post right here and those two sentences (short though they […]

This week, the Rockstar Genealogist Award Winners have been announced. It has been great to see the genealogy community ‘come together’ and congratulate those who have […]

Times when I am speechless, shocked and amazed are few and far between for me…. Having seen the Silver and Bronze winners in the UK list […]