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
Like many, we are eagerly anticipating the new WWI bio-pic by Sam Mendes, 1917 which comes to UK cinemas on Friday, January 10th. The film has been widely acclaimed for its authenticity and cinematography as it tells the story of two WWI soldiers – William Schofield and Tom Blake – who are sent on a Read More
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
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
Parish registers of baptisms, marriages and burials are one of the main staples of the family historian. Anyone tracing their family tree back further than civil registration and the census in England will almost certainly look at these sources. Indeed, many of you will have spent hours scrolling through microfilms of registers in the pursuit Read More
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
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
Naomie Harris confronts the complexity of her Grenadian and Jamaican roots in her emotional episode of Who Do You Think You Are? Ancestry ProGenealogist, Joanna Cicely Fennell, revisits Naomie’s story and offers her tips for exploring Caribbean ancestry. This latest episode of Who Do You Think You Are? featured British actress Naomie Harris, best known Read More
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
This month Ancestry has launched 73 new and updated AncestryDNA® communities for the UK, as a part of a global release of over 225 new regions. This is an exciting next step in the journey we are taking with our customers, as we continue to discover more about how our DNA can add to our knowledge Read More