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Family history is very popular in North America and there are many family history societies which can assist people with the records of a particular state or […]

And so begins the last week of continental family and local history…. Challenging? Yes. Enlightening? Yes. Better than watching England matches in the World Cup? Definitely, […]

The eldest surviving child of William and Maria Jaycock (nee Steer) Baynham, Maria Jane was born in March 1865 on Albany Street, Regents Park just eighteen […]

The British India Office Collection is a rich resource for those with ancestors who lived and worked in India. The records they hold date from the […]

Chilly? England – amazingly – is anything but cold today. We are bathing in 24˚C, sunny, warm weather over here. And tomorrow is the Summer Solstice – […]

Two separate Boer Wars were fought between the British Empire and two independent Boer states with the Second Boer War (1899-1902) being the one commonly known […]

It’s not a pet subject of ours per se, but looking back over the past year, a couple of references have been made to the Suffragette […]

Former British colonies are important from a genealogical perspective for several reasons: they have been the destination of emigrants from the British Isles (some voluntarily, some […]

After the recent sporting escapades this weekend, Europe seems like a place that the English might not wish to focus on this morning. Though we played […]