Following its purchase of Filae, MyHeritage has lived up to its promise of making that company's historical French records available on...

New Irish records online are always welcome especially when they are pre-1800. RootsIreland has released 21,000 Catholic baptism and...

Family history database giant, Findmypast, has just released an absolute bonanza of Scottish records with 10.7 million new Scottish...

So you have signed up to Findmypast. Now what? If you have ever felt a little unsure or asked yourself "How do I use the software?"...

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...

Did your ancestor serve in the Royal Navy or Royal Marines between 1786 and 1882? If so, it is possible his last will and testament is...

Happy St Patrick's Day. This week I'm delighted to be guest blogger at Findmypast where I write about a very personal aspect of my Irish...

The importance of researching on both sides of the border.

Findmypast announced on Christmas Day that the latest batch of 69,000 redacted records on the 1939 Register of England and Wales has been...

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...