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I love wills, so when Ancestry launched its collection of Prerogative Court of York wills (page 10), I couldn’t resist dipping in to see what I could find. Wills, especially early ones, can be hard to read, so I decided to follow James...
James is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at UCL who specialises in the impact of AI on society. On page 14 he turns his expertise to how AI can help you with your family history.
A hugely experienced genealogist and the author of Tracing your Aristocractic Ancestors, Anthony is an expert on historic pedigrees. On page 38 he explores Burke’s Peerage.
Nicola has been writing about dolls’ houses for over 20 years and on page 56 she shares her passion. Her book, Life in Miniature: A History of Dolls’ Houses has just been reissued.
AI expert Dr James Ransom shares his advice for using the latest AI tools to research your tree and smash brick walls while avoiding common mistakes Old handwriting can bring your genealogy research to a grinding halt. AI excels at pattern...
You can use online records of settlement and removal to research your forebears who fell on hard times, says Julie Kathleen Johnson he parish officers of St Leonard, Shoreditch, East London, faced a common problem in 1822: a pregnant woman...
