Putting history on the map – a new partnership with Cassini maps
This weekend all of us at Ancestry have been busily meeting our members and family historians in general at the world’s largest family history fair, ‘Who do You Think You Are? Live’ at London’s Olympia Exhibition Centre. For an online business like ours an opportunity like this to meet our customers face to face is… Read more
1911 – your monthly update
As we told you last month, we’re going to use this blog to keep you informed of our progress with the 1911 Census, as we work towards having it all online in 2011. This is your second monthly update. Over the past four weeks, we’ve been collecting together the scanned images of the Census pages,… Read more
Who Do You Think You Are? – Spike Lee’s slave roots
Last night’s episode from the American Who Do You Think You Are? series was both emotive and inspiring. Film director Spike Lee delved into his slave roots to uncover stories of hardship, toil, but most of all courage. Slavery is a topic we don’t hear much about in this country. In the context of a… Read more
Read all about it this weekend (family history that is)!
Those of you newer to family history may like to pick up The Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph this weekend for their free copy of Trace Your Family History, The Essential Step-by-Step Guide (on Saturday) and DVD (on Sunday), which have been produced in association with Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine. The guide… Read more
Updated…Ask the Experts
In this month’s issue of Updated our resident Ask the Experts answered some puzzling conundrums including a missing 3 x great grandfather and a clue on how to track down a soldier who looked to have left the army but appears in our WWI Medal Rolls. If you have a question you would like us… Read more
Happy Valentine’s Day!
I hope you’ve all had your fair share of cards, flowers and chocolates today. Unfortunately, my wife left the house almost before I’d opened my eyes this morning. I’ll have to spoil her when she gets back this evening! If you fancy injecting a bit of love and affection into your family history research, I… Read more
Who Do You Think You Are? Live – the Big Match!
Just now, our office feels like a sports team’s changing room before a big match – hot with anticipation and excitement. That’s because we’re just two weeks away from the FA Cup Final of the family history world – Who Do You Think You Are? Live! This year’s event is shaping up to be the… Read more
Postcard Posers – February
Who can guess the location of this month’s postcard poser? For those who are new to this feature on our blog, every month we 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… Read more
Family Tree Maker: The Pedigree View
AUTHORED BY TANA L. PEDERSEN (FROM ANCESTRY.COM) The Family tab on the People workspace provides a comprehensive view of your tree. This is where you enter information about individuals and families in your tree—and where you will spend most of your time in Family Tree Maker. Over the next few weeks I’ll spend some time explaining each section of the… Read more
Celebrating Your Family Tree Magazine’s 100th edition
We were very excited to receive a call earlier from the team at Your Family Tree magazine, announcing that this month marks their 100th birthday edition and to tell us how they’re celebrating. The 100th issue of the magazine contains a 1911 special, looking back 100 years to the most recently available English and Welsh Census, and… Read more
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