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New All-in-One Search Tool
TheGenealogist's innovative smarter, context aware All-in-One search tool scans entire collections of records in one go to return specific results about your ancestors. See your family tree quickly take shape with this exciting new development in the w... Read More
Issue V29 No.1 - Family Tree Magazine
Need help finding those elusive ancestors?
Today there are huge volumes of birth, marriage and death records on the web, and Mark Bayley, online genealogy expert, looks at how effective website searching can solve your family history mysteries using these sources - with the help of a Hollywood act... Read More
Issue V29 No.11 - Family Tree Magazine
The fraudster, the hotel & the RAF
Ostensibly a pillar of society, Jabez Balfour's business dealings were so shady they led to the ruin of numerous families. Nick Thorne sees what the records have to say about this man of many parts... Read More
Issue - Family Tree Magazine - Nick Thorne
Gertrude Jekyll and her family roots
Nick Thorne discovers the link between the spinster gardener, London bankers and the story of Jekyll and Hyde... Read More
Issue - Family Tree Magazine - Nick Thorne
The last Briton to die in a duel on English soil
Nick Thorne researches the case of a fatal duel in Portsmouth and the characters involved... Read More
Issue - Family Tree Magazine - Nick Thorne
Edwardian 'Domesday' goes online
Subscription site TheGenealogist.co.uk has released the first part of the Lloyd George 'Domesday Survey', which can help family historians find where an ancestor lived in England and Wales in 1910.... Read More
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The Chocolate Cream Killer
Nick Thorne looks at the respectable lawyer and his murderous niece, who laced sweets with strychnine, and investigates the record collections on TheGenealogist that help to shed light on many aspects of their lives... Read More
Issue - Family Tree Magazine - Nick Thorne
Founder of the Bobbies
Nick Thorne traces residential records for the man who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, was founder of the Bobbies, a country landowner, a tenant in London, and inventor of the Tamworth pig – Sir Robert Peel.... Read More
Issue - Family Tree Magazine - Nick Thorne
The Stanfield Hall Murders
Nick Thorne finds a Landowner and son killed by disgruntled tenant in the records... Read More
Issue - Family Tree Magazine - Nick Thorne
The Time Machine
Nick Thorne researches the timeline for the author H.G.Wells... Read More
Issue - Family Tree Magazine - Nick Thorne
The Magnificent woman in her flying machine
Nick Thorne looks at one of the first female pilots in Britain... Read More
Issue - Family Tree Magazine - Nick Thorne
Researching the de Rothschild family
Nick Thorne researches a member of the de Rothschild family using the records on TheGenealogist... Read More
Issue - Family Tree Magazine - Nick Thorne
From failed Sandhurst candidate to world statesman
Featured article discovering the history of Sir Winston Churchill... Read More
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TreeView
Made in the UK for the UK market, TreeView is all that you'd expect from the latest family history software, allowing you to create a family tree on your desktop, with reports and a range of charts, online search facilities, and a sync feature.... Read More
Issue V32 No.8 - Family Tree Magazine - Helen Tovey
Poetical Justice
Tracing an ancestor's career path, through the many records available online, can often reveal to us some interesting family stories – especially when they chart the path to great heights of a forebear.... Read More
Issue V32 No.4 - Family Tree Magazine
On the campaign trail
With such a considerable amount of military records now available on TheGenealogist, Nick Thorne indulged his curiosity to discover more about a famous First World War general, and find out about the man behind the name.... Read More
Issue V31 No.12 - Family Tree Magazine - Nick Thorne
A Fleeting Romance
A common brickwall is when our forebears don't neatly get married where we expect them to. As family researchers we may have had the preconception that our ancestors would surely have got married at the bride's parish church? Well that, it seems, was n... Read More
Issue V31 No.10 - Family Tree Magazine
Free Image Archive
Search thousands of images and see how to use them to add atmosphere to your family history research with Nick Thorne.... Read More
Issue V31 No.8 - Family Tree Magazine - Nick Thorne
Scandalous Detail
Family history is so much more than just facts and figures, and is made even more interesting when you can add some colour to your tree in the form of real-life stories from the past.... Read More
Issue V31 No.7 - Family Tree Magazine
Software Releases: RootsMagic UK Version 7
The popular RootsMagic genealogy software program authored by Bruce Buzbee has been released for the UK market in its seventh incarnation, boasting a host of user-friendly new features and improvements.... Read More
Issue V31 No.6 - Family Tree Magazine - Karen Clare
Working Records
Occupations are key to good family history research. Not only do they let you know more about how your ancestor lived, giving you clues as to their wealth and social class, but they also let you easily refine a search for a common surname in the census... Read More
Issue V31 No.5 - Family Tree Magazine
Just the job!
Learning about our forebears' occupations transforms our understanding of their lives. What's more their job title can be just the clue we need to identify our person from among many others who share their name.... Read More
Issue V31 No.4 - Family Tree Magazine
Military Medal records of WW1
More than 117,000 'Military Medals' were awarded in the First World War for 'acts of gallantry and devotion to duty under fire' to heroes from all walks of life.... Read More
Issue V30 No.13 - Family Tree Magazine
TheGenealogist: What do you get for your money?
TheGenealogist's master search page is minimalistic looking but has some powerful options. Search for a person, family or address in all records or in a specific record group. Fields include forename, surname, keywords such as place or occupation, and ... Read More
Issue V30 No.10 - Family Tree Magazine
Daring WW1 'escapees' revealed
Using only kitchen cutlery and their bare hands a daring group of prisoners of war painstakingly scraped their way out of the brutal First World War camp at Holzminden, near Hanover, in 1918. Read the records of these extraordinary men, from among a vas... Read More
Issue V30 No.12 - Family Tree Magazine
RootsMagic UK Platinum Edition v5
Over the past ten years, RootsMagic has proved to be a leading light in the genealogy software market, and this latest version continues the trend. I found it incredibly easy to install and was swiftly inputting my family tree details. Intuitive and simpl... Read More
Issue V28 No.5 - Family Tree Magazine
Getting the 1911 Census online
The wealth of historical records online have made family history much more popular and easier too. Here Family Tree talks to Mark Bayley, senior web developer at TheGenealogist.co.uk, about the feats of technology and teamwork needed to make online geneal... Read More
Issue V27 No7 - Family Tree Magazine
Centuries of Soldiers and Sailors
Through the centuries many of our ancestors have served in the armed forces, fighting in wars and policing the British Empire. Mike Ratcliff explores the military records that are available on TheGenealogist.co.uk, which will help you learn more about the... Read More
Issue V27 No1 - Family Tree Magazine - Mike Ratcliff
Ancestors at work and school
In pursuit of his more elusive ancestors, Mike Ratcliff sought new approaches and new sources, and explored the directories and school registers available on TheGenealogist.co.uk.... Read More
Issue V26 No9 - Family Tree Magazine - Mike Ratcliff
Family Tree 2010 Achievement Awards
Who Do You Think You Are? LIVE, Olympia, 2010, seemed to be buzzing with activity, with a continual round of workshops to attend and stalls to visit. A highlight of the Family Tree weekend were the Family Tree Achievement Awards 2010... Read More
Issue V26 No6 - Family Tree Magazine
UK RootsMagic Essentials
RootsMagic has long been established as one of the leading genealogy programs. Now readers can enjoy a free copy of this award-winning software with the newly released UK RootsMagic Essentials.... Read More
Issue V26 No3 - Family Tree Magazine - Sam Turner
The Genealogist Website Review
The Genealogist website is run by S&N Genealogy and provides some interesting new ways in which to research your family history. David Frost has been having a look and here is what he found...... Read More
David Tippey explores TheGenealogist.co.uk
The Genealogist is the rapidly growing online data subscription service operated by S&N Genealogy Supplies Jersey. David Tippey explores what’s available.... Read More