Blog

Hapus Dydd Gywl Ddewi….. St David (or Dewi) is the patron saint of Wales. Although little is known about his life, he was said to have […]

Every day is a busy day at the offices of Family Wise Limited since my return from Australia…. and we have had some delighted customers this […]

For those of you who watched my Legacy Family Tree webinar last night on Searching for Surnames: Challenges, Pitfalls and the Downright Ridiculous, I shared my favourite find in […]

With a catalogue of unhappy events taking place in history today – including the bomb explosion under the World Trade Center in 1993 and the hijacked […]

Well in fact, just automobiles …. as today marks the 115th anniversary of the first driver to die in a car accident. Edwin Sewell, a thirty-one […]

Between 1788 and 1853, approximately 25,000 women were transported to Australia for their crimes. Around half were sent to Van Diemen’s Land with most of the […]

My great grandmother – Florence Ellen Bird – was born in Coventry on 25 September 1883 of William Henry and Helena Cora … should have been […]

A slightly later blog today after my return to rural Wiltshire from the big smoke. Good heavens – it’s amazing how quickly three days can pass […]

If you missed my blog on Monday of this week and/or you are not in any way interested in family history, you may not be aware […]