Irish Family History: Census Returns
In the fourth post out of six on Researching Your Irish Family History, Nicola Morris explores the surviving Irish census returns, where to find them online and how to get the…
Irish Family History: Parish Registers
In the third instalment on Researching Your Irish Family History, Nicola Morris explains how to research your Irish ancestors through the useful resource of Irish Parish Registers. NB: Ancestry and Find My…
Guest post: Neish – A One Name Study
A One Name Study looks at the origins of a surname rather than a person or a family. Here, Alisdair Neish explains how getting involved with the study led to…
The Witchfinder General: Halloween Guest Post
Helen Barrell - FreeREG transcriber and writer of historical crime fiction and non-fiction describes how she uncovered records pertaining to the 'Witchfinder General' in the parish registers of Essex and Suffolk.…
Guest Post: Research the Government Register Office
We are happy to welcome Anne from Leaves Family History Research Service as our first Guest Poster. Here, she offers advice to help you research the Government Register Office (GRO)…
Keeping Our History Free
As a trustee of Free UK Genealogy, I can say with absolute certainty that the central plank of Dr Seakin’s message on Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter (that we intend to make…
Explore Your Archive this November
Delve into our treasure trove The Explore Your Archive campaign begins on Saturday 14 November. To celebrate, we are encouraging you to visit FreeBMD , FreeREG , FreeCEN and get free…
Censuring Censuses!
If you're a part of any family history forum or group, it's not unusual to find a genealogist bemoaning the spelling and handwriting, or casting aspersions on the intentions of…
