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Leah Wade On page 14 genealogist Leah (genealogyjournal. co.uk) shares the results of her research into the census records of children living away from their parents. Paul Blake Paul is a researcher, lecturer and writer with a slew of...
I was fascinated by Alan Crosby’s column this month (page 13). The research into illegitimacy that he talks about is an excellent example of why we need to consider the area someone lived in when considering their lives. There’s a wealth of...
Rachel and Victor Darvey’s lives were shaped by war, exile and survival. Their daughter Stella tells Claire Vaughan how she pieced together their history At the age of just 14, in 1927, Rachel Elia, a bright and independent girl living in the...
Alan Cooper’s Y-DNA results challenged everything he knew about his ancestry. Here he explains to Gail Dixon how he uncovered the truth Solving puzzles is one of my passions, and tracing my family history has been a fantastic detective...
Researching the marriages of our ancestors is a crucial building block in genealogy. And thankfully, in England and Wales at least, discovering marriage records dating from 1 July 1837 is relatively easy as it was from this date that...
You open the census expecting to find your ancestor as a child, tucked safely between their parents and siblings. Instead, your eye catches something you weren’t prepared for. Your six-year-old relative is living with complete strangers. Not an...
