A visit to the London Metropolitan Archives
Why visit London Metropolitan Archives? The London Metropolitan Archives (LMA) is fully open for visitors as of October 2021. I did an online search and found some of my ancestors'…
Guest blog – my family story by Clive Bonny
CURIOSITY DID NOT KILL THE CAT Genealogy opens the door to many unanswered questions. Where do we come from? What character traits have we inherited? Who else do we share…
Interview with Carole McCulloch on tools to help with your genealogy research
I was recently interviewed by Australian coach and genealogical storyteller, Carole McCulloch, on her podcast "Essential Habits for Genealogists and Storytellers". We discussed tools and strategies to help with genealogical…
Looking after inherited books and photographs
Tips from Anne Bancroft I recently interviewed Anne Bancroft, Senior Books and Paper Conservator at the V&A Museum in London on the Journeys into Genealogy podcast (you can listen to…
Huguenots in Spitalfields and beyond
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…
Heirloom Jewellery
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…
Handwriting and old wills
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…
Journeys into Genealogy Podcast launched
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…
Pumpie the Elephant
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…
Inherited Emotions and Ancestral Healing
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…