Who were the Huguenots? I interviewed Charlie de Wet of the Huguenots of Spitalfields charity (listen to the interview on the Journeys into Genealogy podcast here) and she shared some…
After a very informative conversation with Jacqui Larsson, about heirloom jewellery there were so many tips shared that I decided to write a blog post about them. To listen to…
After a very enjoyable conversation with the Sussex Genealogist, Kerry Baldwin, (see the podcast here) about handwriting and old wills there were so many tips shared that I decided to…
I am very pleased to announce that the brand new "Journeys into Genealogy" podcast is now live and available on this website and via Spotify (with Apple soon to follow…
The Cattleys of Ealing and Russia It all started with one of my blog posts about Oswald in June 2019... My great, great grandfather Oswald Cattley led a very interesting…
The emotions of our parents, and those of our grand-parents, can unwittingly become ours - the fears, anger and grief that they may have experienced, and even their addictions, could…
I have helped lots of my clients with solving mysteries, big and small, in their family trees and I thought it may be useful to explain how I did it.…
Did you know that family history is the 8th most popular thing that people are doing / or would like to do during lockdown? I hope you find some of…
A one name study is research into all occurrences of a single surname and its variants. It could be focused on a geographical area (country/county/area) or the descendants of a…
RootsTech London 2019 is the first family history conference I have attended. It also coincided with Comicon so that made for an entertaining DLR ride to ExCel and in ExCel…