Ancestry Guest Blogger – Oliver Garnett from the National Trust
My grandfather kept a small herd of Jersey cattle. One of my vivid childhood memories is of skimming delicious, artery-clogging cream from his rich Jersey milk. I also remember the fat red volumes of the Jersey Cattle Herd Book that sat on his shelves. This is the Debrett’s of the dairy cattle world, which records… Read more
Who Do You Think You Are? – Jason Donovan’s outback adventure
Did you watch Jason Donovan’s Who Do You Think You Are? episode last night? It revealed two sides to Britain’s colonisation of Australia in the 18th and 19th centuries, through two branches of the actor’s family. The result was an interesting glimpse into the relatively recent development of a new nation. The programme started slowly, and I… Read more
60M US School Yearbooks Now Online
Today we launched online 60 million U.S school and college yearbook records, which include a host of wonderfully rich information on students from high schools, junior highs, academies, colleges, and universities from almost every US state from 1875 to 1988. This includes information on the subjects they took, school activities and even photographs! Out of… Read more
Who Do You Think You Are? – Alexander Armstrong’s royal romp
Alexander Armstrong’s Who Do You Think You Are? episode didn’t relate much to family history as most of us know it - certainly, he didn’t need censuses or birth, marriage and death indexes to trace his roots. In my view, though, that didn’t matter, as the fantastic stories in his family and his enthusiasm for the search made… Read more
Family Tree Maintenance on Wednesday the 25th August at 07:01 GMT.
The Ancestry.co.uk Family Tree Service will undergo scheduled maintenance Wednesday for about 3 hours beginning at 07:01 AM GMT. During this time Ancestry Member Trees, OneWorldTree, some portions of My Canvas, the sections of the Home Page that are related to Member Trees and the sections of MyFamily.com that are related to Member Trees will… Read more
Postcard posers – August
Welcome to the first in our new monthly blog feature, Postcard posers. Every month, we’ll share a postcard-style photo taken somewhere in the UK. It could be a particular property, a famous landmark, or just a view of the town centre. All you have to do is tell us where and when the photo was taken. We’re… Read more
Ancestry.co.uk Search: New way to add Family Members to your search
AUTHORED BY ANNE MITCHELL (FROM ANCESTRY.COM) Over the next few weeks, we’ll be making a number of changes to the new search forms. We hope to make searches more flexible, and in response to your feedback we have improved some searches that were hard to do. You can get a sneak preview of some of… Read more
Who Do You Think You Are? – Rupert Penry-Jones scours the Empire
I found Rupert Penry-Jones’ Who Do You Think You Are? episode last night both inspiring and thought-provoking. I have to say, I’m not sure the actor felt the same about the revelations he uncovered – although as a colleague pointed out to me this morning, it may have been the Indian heat that drained his enthusiasm. It was refreshing… Read more
It’s here – the National Probate Calendar
Our biggest release of the year officially went online this morning. The National Probate Calendar will help you uncover details of your ancestors’ wealth, social standing and even their hobbies and interests, plus point you in the direction of further family members. It’s now available for everyone to search online for the first time. We’ve… Read more
Who Do You Think You Are? – Monty Don digs up his roots
I thoroughly enjoyed Monty Don’s Who Do You Think You Are? episode last night. Two completely separate strands both came to fascinating conclusions, with real repercussions for Monty’s life today. Monty’s 2x great-grandfather, Charles, seemed like a rather unpleasant chap, didn’t he? Perhaps one of the reasons his parishioners stayed away from his church was… Read more
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