by Sophie Haire | Nov 12, 2021 | Miscellaneous
Something I consider an adjacent interest to my love of family history is my love of folk history from my ancestral counties. Like many people, I’ve wanted to find a spiritual connection to my heritage and the beliefs and traditions of that culture to find...
by Sophie Haire | Nov 2, 2021 | English Research, Tuesday Tips
If you’re unfamiliar with English genealogy research, you might think that because we’re on an island, things are comparatively pretty close together, unlike in larger nations like the US or Canada. On a few occasions, I’ve encountered people who...
by Sophie Haire | Oct 19, 2021 | Tuesday Tips
Since 2012, I’ve been building a family tree on Ancestry. I make sure to keep a back-up of the GEDCOM, having it uploaded to multiple places like FindMyPast and Roots Magic, and stored on my computer and in the cloud. However, something I didn’t consider...
by Sophie Haire | Sep 21, 2021 | Tuesday Tips
This week, our Tuesday Tips is about searching for existing One Place Studies and One Name Studies that are relevant to your family history in order to search for more information. When I started out in genealogy, I had no idea these were a thing, so I thought it was...
by Sophie Haire | Sep 14, 2021 | English Research, Tuesday Tips
Today’s Tuesday Tips is about searching beyond the England and Wales census to find all of your ancestor’s siblings, who might otherwise get lost to history. One of the staple records within genealogy research is the census. In the UK, the census is taken every ten...
