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For years and years, I have studiously avoided being on the TV. I know some people would relish the opportunity but me, no. When I was […]

When we moved in 2011, the office premises (now known as FWL Towers) left a little to be desired in places and hence, we did not quite […]

At FWL, we often say that ‘We find people and change lives‘. This week, we are on BBC1 doing exactly that. Sadly, I was not given […]

That’s what Mama always said, according to Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump. And Mama was right: “You never know what you’re gonna get!” Today has certainly been […]

An odd topic, some might think, for a blog. Well, it’s not like that’s unusual for FWL then! We are not a ‘run-of-the-mill’ company who do […]

Sometimes we raise awareness and educate readers in the realms of family, social or local history. Sometimes we tell stories about our work, our travels, our traumas and […]

Since I started blogging in earnest, a fair few posts have related to being grateful, saying thank you and such like. The world is, it sometimes […]

Well, that’s been quite an amazing couple of days …. we work hard here at FWL Towers so, to say that in the last 36 hours we’ve […]

… or worse, disappear…. we all have them. Every family. Why oh why do they do that!? Is it to challenge the genealogists of the future? Did they […]