The UK National Archives announced on 17 August that the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has started transferring 10 million British military...

Anzac week is a busy time for Your Family Genealogist. So much so that I forgot to post about Findmypast's new resource for researching...

It's Findmypast Friday and this week the genealogy giant has released new records from the USA, England, Wales, Northern Ireland, plus...

Was your ancestor in the Royal Navy any time between the late 19th century and first half of the 20th century? If yes, was he killed in...

Anyone who has tried to research Merchant Navy ancestors knows how tricky it can be, particularly if the name/s of the ships on which...

Did you know you can search the enlistment books of the Irish regiments in the British Army that were disbanded in 1922 and also view the...

A little known and seldom used record repository for genealogists is the Pathé News video library which also includes the Reuters...

Ancestry has released a new collection of World War 2 records which contains index cards for German military personnel killed-in-action....

Was your ancestor among the 57,000 women who served in Britain's Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) during World War 1 (WW1)? Or...

Were any of your family members prisoners of war or civilian internees during World War 2 (WW2) or the Spanish Civil War? Did you know...