Researching your ancestors in New Zealand
In this Journeys into Genealogy podcast episode, I'm joined by Sarah Hewitt, chair of the New Zealand Society of Genealogists. With a passion sparked by her New Zealand-born grandparents, Sarah's…
Researching your ancestors in South Africa
The blog post has been written to accompany the Journeys into Genealogy interview with Natalie da Silva of the Genealogical Society of South Africa (GENZA), where we discuss researching South…
Researching Cornish family history and emigration
The blog post has been written to accompany the Journeys into Genealogy interview with Dr Lesley Trotter, author of "The married widows of Cornwall", where we discuss researching Cornish family…
Researching in archives – guidance, tips and resources
The blog post has been written to accompany the Journeys into Genealogy interview with archivist Maxine Willett of Archive Angel where we discuss researching in archives in the UK. If…
Researching Female Ancestors
In the recent Researching Female Ancestors podcast episode with Emma Jolly we talked about how women can be harder to find but records do exist. Topics include military pensions, DNA…
Researching Occupations
In the recent Researching Occupations podcast episode with Sophie Kay we talked about many different occupations, effects upon a person’s health, death, the place they lived and more. Finding and…
Researching Italian Ancestors
Following on from the recent Journeys into Genealogy podcast interview with Julie Goucher, here are tips, recommendations and resources for starting (or continuing) your own Italian research journey. Julie has…
Researching Theatre Ancestors
In the recent Journeys into Genealogy podcast interview with Mish Holman we discussed several different resources for researching theatre ancestors. This blog post brings them together alongside some tips from…
3 ideas for using LinkedIn to help you with your family history research
Most people probably wouldn’t consider using LinkedIn to help with your family history research however it could be very useful. I’ve put together 3 ideas for how you could use…
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.