Family History Explorer

22/02/2017

This website enables you to interpret the Marriage Index created by the General Register Office for England and Wales. By using it you can determine where your ancestors were married - not just which Registration District, but which church!

26/08/2015

The National Army Museum is calling up a force of volunteer researchers to trawl and log its newly digitised archives without having to leave their homes.

08/08/2015

29/04/2015

Help out historians by volunteering to transcribe old documents online. Here are some fun projects to work on.

24/03/2015

I am delighted to announce I am now taking bookings for First Steps in Family History - a course for beginners who want to learn how to research their family history. Monday evenings or Thursday afternoons - the choice is yours. It's a 6 week course held in Belper. Cost is £79. Please message for further details and booking.

06/03/2015

Register now and start researching your family’s history today! Search billions of records and historic newspapers for FREE, build your family tree and bring your past to life.

11/02/2015

We are so excited about the arrival of AncestryDNA in the UK & Ireland that we baked a cake!

Have you taken the AncestryDNA test yet? If not, click here for more information: http://ancstry.me/1z557hx

11/02/2015

Fascinating :-)

Thanks,See also this from Lee Jackson's Victorianlondon.org with regards to the rules of the public toilets:http://bit.ly/eceSs3 Not an interesting subject on the surface, but, like most things in history, as you dig deeper and get your hands dirty (pardon the phrase) there's interesting things to b…

11/02/2015

Well, rules might be a bit strict, but we do have some pretty strict guidelines that we like to follow when we're doing genealogy research. We promise we u

07/01/2015

What is Spiegelhalters? It's not much to look at now - a tatty shop front on London's Mile End Road. But it's a powerful and evocative symbol of East End indomitability. It's what's left of a former jewellers' shop, it stands for something we're in danger of losing - and the time to act is now. Wha…

06/01/2015

Just discovered the burial record of my 4 x great grandfather Cornelius Chambers in 1813. Sadly, in the notorious Spa Fields burial ground. http://deceasedonlineblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/londons-spa-fields.html?showComment=1420556557491

06/01/2015

On this day in 1922 Sir Ernest Shackleton, the British Antarctic explorer, died of a heart attack off South Georgia and at his wife's request he was buried there.

This was his fourth expedition, aimed at circumnavigating the Antarctic. He had described this voyage as the one remaining object of Antarctic journeying; the crossing of the continent from sea to sea, via the pole.

06/01/2015

New Index! South Africa '1700s-1900s' Birth and Baptism Records.

Find information such as name, date and place of birth or baptism, father’s & mother’s name, witnesses & religious denomination. Search here http://ancstry.me/1BtYo4z

(photo credit: Kyknoord - Flickr creative commons)

05/01/2015

Geffrye Museum show examines the varied experiences of those who became homeless in the capital more than 100 years ago

05/01/2015

First Steps in Family History course starts 22nd January in Belper. Small friendly groups and a 6 week course. Suitable for absolute beginners or those who made a start and then got a bit stuck. Message me here or ring 07500780426 for times, prices and any other details.

07/11/2014

To mark Remembrance day and to honour those that made the ultimate sacrifice, we are offering open access to our military records from midnight tonight until midnight on November 11th. Learn more about World War One and find your soldier here: http://www.ancestry.co.uk/cs/uk/world-war-1