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'…
Progressing past brick walls when compiling family history
Most of my family history research has gone straight back through my direct ancestors, in some cases to 6 generations without any problems. I have encountered brick walls for some…
Distant cousins
My personal family history journey has taken me, and continues to take me, in lots of different directions. I have found and connected with several distant cousins recently and have…
St Petersburg – The Sussex Connection
Looking into some of my family history I recently discovered some 19th century records were held by my local records office. My family only have lived in Sussex for a…
The importance of checking your facts
Ensure you check your 'facts' are accurate before you rely on them and add them to your family history records.