As a proud Victorian, Easter always makes me think of the annual Stawell Gift, Australia's pre-eminent foot race since 1878. That in...

Level : Advanced Time : 5 mins The Tithe Maps and Apportionments are a valuable yet little used source of information about our...

FindMyPast has released a variety of Irish records this week. Listed below are what I think are the three most interesting and useful. 1. ...

For family historians there’s nothing like the thrill of visiting an Archive and finding new information about ancestors among the often...

Melbourne’s oldest cemetery records have been digitised and added to the Public Records Office of Victoria (VicProv)’s online collection....

I’ve been catching up on a number of Roots Tech 2018 videos. One of the best in my opinion is the 60 minute lecture by Janice Sellers of...

FindMyPast recently released more than 4 million Catholic records from the New York, Chicago and Baltimore archdioceses. The release was...

In celebration of St Patrick’s Day this year, Ancestry.com is offering a 30% discount on its DNA test. So if you were planning on taking...

Yes you can. There are many ways to do this, both online and offline. I resisted the need to sign up for a paid subscription site for...

Level : All Time to read :3 mins During a family history research visit to the UK in 2015 I took a day off from the West Devon Archives...