Deciphering the WWII Royal Artillery Tracer Cards

Posted by Kristen Hyde on February 13, 2020 in Research

To mark the update to the WWII Royal Artillery Tracer Cards collection, we asked Simon Pearce, military specialist at Ancestry ProGenealogists to offer his advice on how to decode the records and why they are such an important resource for family history research. About the Royal Artillery Tracer Cards I was excited to hear that Read More

Pension Records of soldiers killed in the First World War

Posted by Kristen Hyde on November 13, 2019 in Research

The WWI Pension Ledgers and Index Cards (1914-1923) are the WWI records you never knew you needed. David Tattersfield of The Western Front Association explains how this collection came to be and the game-changing value of these records.  A few years ago, the UK’s Ministry of Defence invited a number of institutions to take on Read More

Immigration Challenges: Tracing Eastern European Jewish family to England

Posted by Kristen Hyde on September 17, 2019 in Guest Bloggers

Tracing our immigrant ancestors is often more challenging than we might have expected. Ancestry ProGenealogist, Janette Silverman, discusses how your ancestors’ names may have changed alongside their environment. Once I asked a client what her grandparents’ names were. The clients’ parents and grandparents were long deceased, she didn’t have any siblings, and didn’t know her Read More

WDYTYA: Katherine Ryan goes in search of her English heritage

Posted by Kristen Hyde on August 21, 2019 in United Kingdom

Canadian-born comedian, Katherine Ryan, turns to family research in search of an ancestral connection to the country she now calls home – England. Ancestry ProGenealogist, Joe Buggy explores her journey and the resources she used along the way.  On this week’s episode of Who Do You Think You Are?, Canadian comedian Catherine Ryan was determined Read More

Making discoveries in the North Lanarkshire Poor Law records

Posted by Kristen Hyde on August 16, 2019 in Collections

Wiebke McGhee, Archivist from the North Lanarkshire Archives, offers insight into the history of the North Lanakarshire Poor Law records and the value these can have when researching your family history in this area.  North Lanarkshire Archives’ Poor Law records originate from civil parishes which existed within the former County of Lanark between 1845 and Read More

8 historic photos of Wimbledon through the years

Posted by Kristen Hyde on July 1, 2019 in United Kingdom

It’s the oldest and most prestigious tennis tournament in the world. Known to many as simply ‘Wimbledon’, The Championships is attended not only by the best tennis players in the world, but some of society’s most famous icons. Founded in 1877, Wimbledon takes place over two weeks in June and July every year and is Read More