How I discovered old things were once new.

I don't know about you, but when I'm searching for my relatives in census returns I do like to click along to the next few households to see who their neighbours were. This can be a useful thing to do because you can often find members of an extended family living quite close to each … Continue reading How I discovered old things were once new. →

Family History Mystery – Can You Help?

Are you familiar with old (17th century) Dutch, or old English place names? If the answer to either question is yes, please pop over to this thread on the Ancestry message boards and share your wisdom about the meaning of the sentence "van Absin in Engelt". It appears to mean 'from Absin in England'. If … Continue reading Family History Mystery – Can You Help? →

Scam Warning and Some Tips to Help You Stay Safe

I spotted this post over at UK Chat Genealogy warning of bogus sites mimicking genuine ones with addresses that are so close to the real thing only the most observant would notice the difference. Pop over and have a read, and take note of the urls used - whatever the reason for the fakes, it … Continue reading Scam Warning and Some Tips to Help You Stay Safe →

Now with added community

I've added this blog to MyBlogLog - a place to publicise your own blog, find other blogs to read and get to know other bloggers. To verify it, I need to add the code at the end of this message to a post. So, I thought that as I had to post anyway, I'd leave … Continue reading Now with added community →

Lost Cousins free for Easter

The online genealogy site Lost Cousins is free until March 26th. If you haven't visited before, Lost Cousins is a bit different to the usual family history website. In fact, I'm not sure if there is anything quite like it. The idea is, you enter the details of your family from the "1841 England & … Continue reading Lost Cousins free for Easter →