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William II, King of England (known as William Rufus, because of his red face) was killed by an arrow while hunting in the New Forest on this day in […]

Go on…. Why don’t you? It’s not that difficult! Or is it? Some people are so good at it. You could be too. What we do […]

In Stanton Harcourt churchyard stands a stone with the following epitaph, telling a very sad story of this day in 1718: Near this place lie the […]

Sadly, I was not around when England’s football team last won the World Cup. Since the inaugural tournament in 1930, the World Cup has been awarded […]

On 29 July 1907, Robert Baden-Powell (1857-1941) took a group of boys to Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour, for what was basically the first Scout camp. The […]

Since the release of the 1911 census, many articles and blogs have been written about the eccentric entries made by our ancestors. From Beauty Lafayette, the beloved pet dog of The […]

Many years ago, I dabbled with one of my Jones trees. You know the branches you rarely touch? Well, Jones tends to fall into that category […]

This week has been all about collaboration and networking for me. I have been out of the office researching in record offices for two days – Surrey […]

... to Louise Brown – now Mullinder – thirty six years old today! She was the world’s first ever ‘test tube baby’, born in Oldham General […]