Restore those faded mid 20th-century family snaps to full colour

Genealogy : that connected feeling

VIDEO CONTENT TAP HERE for the welcome video from

Changing Surnames

A GUIDE TO SURNAME RESEARCH

Discovering DNA Starter guide

ANOTHER GREAT TOOL FOR GENEALOGY

My ancestors were all ag Labs… or were they?

WERE THEY ACTUALLY ALL AG LABS?

Spotlight ON... THE FAMILY & COMMUNITY HISTORICAL RESEARCH SOCIETY

FAMILY & COMMUNITY HISTORICAL RESEARCH SOCIETY

THE SOUND OF LEATHER ON WILLOW

CRICKETER ANCESTORS

Twiglets From Italy to Ireland...

TRACING BRANCHES

What else is there apart from wills? (a closer look at probate records)

ESSENTIAL SEARCH SKILLS TO MASTER

INSPIRED BY THE PAST

Essential guides, indulgent biographies & a murder-mystery

DEAR PAUL

In this month’s edition of our Dear Paul column, Paul Chiddicks presents a  genealogical miscellany of war-related names, ‘whaling women’ and the fascinating tale of a  ‘sheep to suit’ tailoring competition

Your DNA WORKSHOP

MAKING DNA WORK FOR YOU

Your questions answered

DISCOVER RESEARCH SOLUTIONS

DIARY DATES

LEARN ANY TIME, ANYWHERE Online talks & courses

The LUNCH HOUR GENEALOGIST

Being busy doesn’t mean you have to neglect your favourite hobby, you can still learn in your lunch break! It’s time to tuck into Rachel Bellerby’s genealogy treats

The story behind the pictures

THAT POST-WAR WORLD

Thoughts On...Tinkering with precious family photos

Diane Lindsay wonders what our descendants might make of our attempts to restore and colourise treasured photos of our ancestors

New landmark celebrates 150 years of Clacton

Clacton Pavilion is set to install Clacton’s 150th anniversary wheel by the start of spring after being granted planning permission

In memory of Cecil Raymond Julian Humphery-Smith O.B.E., F.S.A

The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies (IHGS) has reported the death of its founder Cecil Raymond Julian Humphery-Smith (1928-2021)

Men of Worth transcription project

A project to transcribe the War Hospital Register of the Keighley War Hospital, West Yorkshire, has issued a call for volunteers

New CEO at Ancestry

Ancestry has announced it has appointed Deborah (Deb) Liu as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the company’s board of directors with effect from 1 March

New webpage launched by FamilySearch

FamilySearch have launched a new webpage, created to help users access family history help and information

Developments at Vivid-Pix

Vivid-Pix’s recent acquisition of Reunions magazine will help

Explore Irish births, marriages and deaths for free

A whole year of historic births, marriages and deaths

Was your ancestor featured in ‘Who’s Who’?

The Genealogist has added almost 100,000 Who’s Who records to its Occupational Records collections, with entries covering individuals from all over England, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, USA, New Zealand and further afield

Updated communities now available at Ancestry

If you’ve taken a DNA test with Ancestry and have ancestors in Germanic Europe or some US regions, you may want to log back into your results, as new communities have been added to the database

Brand new crime records added to Find My Past

FindMyPast has added more than 92,000 court and prison indexes to its England & Wales Crime, Prisons & Punishment (1770-1935) collection

Finding facts in fiction

A NOVEL IDEA

ENJOY THE FAMILY TREE ROOTSTECH SPECIAL BREAKFAST CLUB

On Thursday 25 February, at 8am we kicked

your LETTER

A treasure-trove of shared pictures, thoughts & even a Family Bible

STARTING YOUR FAMILY HISTORY

FIND FREE FAMILY HISTORY CLUES ONLINE