Reconnecting with our loved ones
The other evening I watched a touching new TV programme on the Bio™ channel called The Locator. It’s an American programme which follows people searching for their missing loved ones, with Troy Dunn (aka The Locator) on hand to help these families and friends in need. Not all the stories have a fairytale ending – some tell sad… Read more
The mouldering mausoleums of Cimetière Père-Lachaise
A few days ago, I went to Paris and the trip was bounded at each end by visits to two places of the dead, the Cimetière du Père-Lachaise and the Paris Catacombs under the city. Here the bones of many ancient cemeteries were deposited after being dug up from their pits in church graveyards, the… Read more
1911 England & Wales Census Summary Books Now Online at Ancestry.co.uk
It gives me great pleasure to tell you that today we launched the first part of the England and Wales 1911 Census, in the form of the Summary Books. For those of you who may not have caught the first announcement, we reached an agreement last October with The National Archives to acquire and publish… Read more
It’s Christmas!
Well, nearly… Advent has arrived, and to celebrate we’ve set up a very special area of the site. We’ve provided you with your very own Ancestry Advent Calendar. Just like an ordinary advent calendar, this has 25 windows, and you can open one every day in the run-up to Christmas. However, you won’t find pieces… Read more
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