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What is this blog about?

Welcome to my home, my family history and genealogy blog. Here, you’ll discover practical guidance for researching your family tree and connecting with both living relatives and historical ancestors.

Whether you’re starting from scratch or revisiting an existing family tree, this blog will help you:

  • Navigate the exciting journey of genealogical discovery
  • Build comprehensive family connections
  • Verify existing research and uncover new branches

Family history research is surprisingly straightforward once you begin. It often starts with a simple spark of curiosity—that lightbulb moment when you realise you want to understand your  family heritage and discover where you came from.

My own genealogical journey began with this same curiosity, and through sharing my experiences and research methods, I hope to inspire and guide you on your own path of discovery.

Every family has stories waiting to be uncovered. Your ancestors’ lives, struggles, and triumphs are part of your heritage, and this blog will show you how to piece together those fascinating family narratives.

Beyond simply collecting names and dates, I’ll guide you through the art of storytelling—bringing your ancestors to life by adding historical context to their stories. This approach transforms dry genealogical data into vivid family histories that truly honour your heritage.

Ready to begin? Let’s embark on this rewarding journey of family discovery together.

  • How & Why I started? Part Two…

    Slow Progress… (continued). As previously mentioned in the previous blog, “How & Why I Started? Part One”, my progress was very slow. With limited time and resources available, like many who know what it was like to research family history during the 1980s and before. It was a waiting game. Many handwritten letters were sent Read more

  • How & Why I started? Part One…

    Obsession. When I was 12 years old, I had a dream or a desire to travel. I had an obsession with the United States of America. It all began after history and geography lessons where I began to learn more about our world. I remember it was a train journey across America in one of Read more

  • A New Year Dawns…

    Where am I at? The background story… I have been researching my ancestors since the late 1970s. I would think it is around 1977/78. My grandfather (on my father’s side) was born in England. This gem has allowed me, over the years, to live and work in the UK. In the 1980s, my research took Read more