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Tips for Breaking Down British Genealogy Brick Walls
Sooner or later, we all hit dead ends in our research. We can’t get any further, usually because we can’t find particular records. If you have ancestors from England, Wales or Scotland, here are [...]
10 of the Best Free Museums in the UK
Great Britain is blessed with hundreds of museums and galleries. Some of the best are completely free to enter. So, if you are planning a visit to Britain anytime soon, be sure to check [...]
Essential British and Irish Genealogy Books
This post looks at 26 of the best genealogy books for British and Irish research. Everything you need to know about researching your ancestors from these countries is covered in these books. There are [...]
How to find your Scottish Ancestry
If you are lucky enough to have Scottish ancestry, you’ll find that the country has some of the best, if not the best, preserved genealogy records anywhere. And the most important records can be [...]
How to Choose a Subscription Site for British Genealogy
I’m often asked which subscription website I would recommend for British genealogy research. My answer always is that it depends on what you need. I know that this isn’t very helpful, but different people [...]
Where to find British and Irish Burial Records
Before civil registration in Britain and Ireland, the only record of the death of a person was often a burial record. Even after civil registration, burial records and monumental inscriptions can be very useful [...]
British Genealogy Records: Taxation
This post looks at a set of very useful British genealogy records; taxation. I’ve included links to some of the best online sources of these records, both free and paid for. People have had [...]
How to Plan your own Heritage Tour of Britain
If you’re thinking about visiting Great Britain to see where your ancestors lived and do some research in the archives or if you just want to take in the history and see the sights, [...]
Use Historical Directories to find your Ancestors
If your ancestors were involved in trade, or were reasonably well off financially, then historical directories can be useful tools for finding more about them. They are especially useful before and in between census [...]
Where to find British & Commonwealth Military Records
November 2018 marks the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War. It’s probably a good time then to have a round up of some of the best sites containing British [...]
20 Totally Free UK Genealogy Sites
This post follows on from an earlier one; 50 Useful English & Welsh Genealogy Sites which had both free and subscription sites listed. This time, I’ve included another 20 free UK genealogy sites. I’ve [...]
An Amazing Free British Genealogy Resource: The Gazette
In this post I’m going to look at an amazing free British genealogy resource (as well as Irish records) that is often overlooked by family historians. It contains over 350 years worth of information, [...]
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