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.

Did your ancestors work for British royalty as an employee or perhaps a tradesman? Thanks to the Royal Archives at Windsor, many records...

It's Chinese New Year so let me start by saying Kung hei fat choi to my Cantonese readers and Gong xi fa cai to my readers who speak...

The first railway in Australia started in 1854 and ran from the city of Melbourne, on the banks of the Yarra river, to Sandridge (now...

It's happy dance time. Yes, it's that time of the year when the Irish Government releases another year's birth, death and marriage...

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...

Having broken through a stubborn brick wall with my Irish paternal grandmother, I was delighted to find her great uncle Mathew Mahide was...

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