Bryony is the International PR Manager for Ancestry where she implements strategic communications and social media programs that bring increased media awareness for the company.
Across many parts of the UK and Ireland, the first two weeks of August are known as the ‘builders holidays’. This is a time when construction sites across the country shut down as builders and their families head for the beaches of Bognor or Bundoran. August is a time for holidays. Assuming your family haven’t Read More
The line-up for this year’s Who Do You Think You Are? has finally been announced and we couldn’t be more excited. With some big names included in this year’s list of celebs, season 13 is shaping up to be one of the best yet. Executive producer Colette Flight has commented that an “extraordinary range of Read More
A cricket legend, foreign secretary and Christmas card pioneer are among those you can find in our new Somerset collection which includes over seven million historical records containing centuries of details of Somerset residents. Digitised from original records held by the South West Heritage Trust, the collections hold details of births, deaths, marriages and school Read More
The Battle of the Somme began on 1 July, 1916 – the deadliest day in the history of the British Army. Around 20,000 British Empire soldiers lost their lives that day and it was just the beginning of a battle that would be become forever associated with the horrors of the First World War. Based Read More
July 1st marks the 100th centenary of the Battle of the Somme, one of the bloodiest battles in British military history and a defining moment in the First World War. On the first day alone, 19,240 British soldiers were killed and 38,230 reported injured or missing. 140 days later when the battle finally concluded on Read More
Donna Rutherford, AncestryDNA customer and administrator of Facebook group, ‘DNA help for Genealogy’, discusses her journey and discoveries with AncestryDNA. It seems like only yesterday I was sitting listening to a great aunt tell me stories about our family from Yorkshire in the United Kingdom. I grew up in New Zealand and having pioneers amongst Read More
Liz Jack, author of A Rogue’s Gallery: Victorian Prisoners in Gloucester Gaol, explores the youngest and oldest prisoners to be incarcerated at Gloucestershire Gaol. To explore the Gloucestershire Gaol Registers 1815-1879, head to Ancestry.co.uk. In Victorian times, there was no distinction between children and adults when it came to custodial sentences. Some children as young Read More
Something we never tire of hearing are the stories our customers have uncovered through their research. From tales of simple but content lives lived to the fullest, to bold settlers and radical activists, it’s encouraging to see how our ancestors helped forge the ideals of the future generations. Which is why we wanted to start Read More
To mark the centenary of the Battle of Jutland, ProGenealogist Joanna Cicely Fennell, M.A.G.I., explores the family roots of its commander, Admiral John Rushworth Jellicoe. John Rushworth Jellicoe was born in Southampton on 5 December 1859. He was the second son of Merchant Navy captain, John Henry Jellicoe, and his wife, Lucy Henrietta Keel. The Read More
What tip would you share with a researcher who’s just started their family history journey? We posed this question to our UK Twitter community recently and were overwhelmed with helpful responses – everything from who and how to research, to buying your self nice stationery for all those notes you’ll be taking. Here are 7 Read More