At Ancestry®, we aim to mobilise our global Ancestry family and products to build more connected and resilient communities and to empower the next generation of history makers. For nearly a decade, AncestryClassroom™ has helped students learn more about themselves, navigate the world around them, and become more resilient. We do this by Read More
Football has long been an important part of British culture, dating from the days when players in the top divisions also held down a job, to today when they are global superstars, recognised around the world. Many of us support a club team, perhaps one your family has followed for generations, sharing in the highs Read More
Scottish poet Robert Burns was born in Alloway, Ayrshire on 25 January 1759. Every year on his birthday people of Scottish descent the world over traditionally gather together to celebrate his life and work. Burns Night is not only a time to remember Burns himself but also an occasion to enjoy Scottish culture, including bagpipes, Read More
While digitised paper records can offer incredible details about our ancestors’ lives, sometimes it can be very moving to see visual evidence of the periods of time that they lived through, particularly key moments such as WWII. Through the U.S, United News Newsreels, 1942-1946, we are given a front-row seat to some of the events Read More
To commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Blitz, Pro Genealogist Simon Pearce will be answering some of your questions on how to research your ancestor’s WWII story. How can I find out more about the RAF? – Annie If you’re researching the RAF, the Ministry of Defence is a great starting point. You Read More
Newspapers are an amazing resource for not only finding new information or details about your ancestors, but understanding what was happening in the world around them. They are a rich tapestry of stories which can add colour to the lives your ancestors lived. Newspapers.com provides a valuable resource for uncovering these stories. With newspapers from Read More
Parish registers are a valuable resource for finding key information about our ancestors in the 1800s. To help us understand this fascinating period and how parish registers can be interpreted, we’ve invited Andrew Lott, Senior Information Officer at London Metropolitan Archives, to share his expertise. Understanding 18th Century Parish Registers At the start of the Read More
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