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It could have been genealogy but that would have been too obvious! Bearing in mind where most of the team are at the moment, it would […]

What else could F possibly be for? But, by crikey, families are funny things. There is an idiom, “you can choose your friends, but you can’t […]

From 1841 to 1911 (in England, Scotland and Wales), we have a census each ten years. Handy…. though not completed for genealogical purposes! If they were, […]

Much of our work is about departure, in some fashion or form. Departure from this world to another, either with or without Will. With is mighty […]

They are a genealogist’s best friend, right? Erm, wrong! Civil registration began in England and Wales on 1 July 1837 and Scotland joined in on 1 […]

OK, so what the heck does ‘Bonavacantia’ mean?! Yesterday (and frequently to be honest) we write about Bonavacantia…. it means ‘vacant goods’ and is the name given […]

Welcome to the A-Z Bloggers Guide to Heir Hunting and Family History! When FWL first started blogging, we wrote every single day. Over the years (many), we […]

OK, so slightly off the genie track…. but this is a matter which has been bothering me for a while now. There are some people in […]

You know it’s been a crazy day when the easiest thing to crack was a case where the deceased was born in Eastern Europe! No – […]