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Remember the 1970s? The excitement in your house when the telephone rang? That telephone which was plugged into the wall and was unmovable…. that the children in the […]

Wouldn’t we all like to find that we have famous people in our family trees? Personally, I was lucky enough to have an ancestor who I […]

Dear FWL Blog Readers, Sometimes this blog is about ‘up-to-the-minute’ news in the field of genealogy/family history. Other days, it’s about networking, business gubbins or other […]

Working out how long a project will take is a difficult task as there are so many factors to consider. You know when you take your […]

Love it or hate it, social media is here to stay. When I was a small child, computers had barely been invented. Only rich business people […]

Dear Ancestry, I woke up this morning and was utterly delighted. Your new indexes included ‘England and Wales, Death Index, 2007-2013‘ AND ‘Scotland and Northern Ireland, Death […]

A later evening blog today as it has been rather hectic in the world of FWL. We are having several rooms in the office repainted (all […]

How many times have you heard someone say, ‘Actions speak louder than words‘? It’s true. They do. Everyone makes mistakes in life. None of us are […]

When searching into the past, we all rely on the accuracy of historical sources. Most of us won’t draw conclusions based on one source and will […]