Our names are the first piece in the puzzle of our family history. Although our first names may have been passed through our family; it’s our surnames that are the most important name. To trace your surname is to find the birthplace of your family; to see all the generations …
Genealogy software programs can be very confusing for many people. It’s hard to know why you need one when you start doing your family history. But after a while of accumulating information, it becomes quite clear and it becomes a burdensome task. For people that have been doing their family …
Many people tell me about an adoption in their family history. I have heard many miraculous stories of success in searching. Some of this success has sometimes been luck but definitely involved hard work. I think anyone that goes on this type of search opens up a whole new secret …
I have seen many people with folders full of information about their family history. They have put years of research into what they have done, but sharing it with their family is the challenge. The thrill of the chase and looking for the next piece of the puzzle gets us …
Happy Blog Anniversary to my Family Ancestry Detective baby !!! When I started I really wondered whether I would find enough things to write about. But after a year, I really feel like I have hardly touched the surface. I love to talk to people about their genealogy and family …
How to order a British birth, death or marriage certificate may be a very basic task for a seasoned genealogist, but I think that if you are a beginner it’s a step that is all part of the learning process. It can seem very complicated when doing this for the …
It seems impossible to believe that there would be any roles that women wouldn’t be capable of. But before the Second World War, it was seen as an impossibility of a woman taking a man’s job. But with the death toll mounting and the need for more male recruits; the …
I had a friend recently ask me if she could get help about her family’s history. She wasn’t certain about how much of her family history had been done, she thought it may not be a lot. Well, a search of Trove revealed that a lot had been done, a …
Grandma Warren sat down in her last days and typed up her memoirs. I love them and I am glad that she dedicated her time to getting it down on paper. I think she was prompted by family members and helped by them too. She had such a large family …
Before civil registration, records were held in the parish of our ancestors, or the church that was in charge of their neighbourhood/ village/ hamlet. The records were created by the clergy and the parish officers who were responsible for looking after the parish. It become compulsory to keep records from …
