A single note in the margin can change an entire family history. And yet, it’s the very detail some people miss. Family history research has been transformed by online databases. Websites like Ancestry, FamilySearch, and Findmypast allow us to search millions of records in seconds. Names, dates, and places that once required days in an
I was recently sent an AI-generated hypothesis of a family history by a client I have worked with for several years. He’s a very smart guy, loves testing technology and at first glance, the output looked impressively structured with dates, relationships, plausible connections, and even suggestions for further research. It had the confident tone that
In 1927, my grandmother Gladys Warren was a 14-year-old Girl Guide, like many girls her age. That year, she kept a Girl Guide diary that offers a window into the life of a young teenager in the 1920s. Gladys passed away in 2003, but the fact that she saved this diary suggests it was a cherished
It all began with an old, weathered Bible that had been tucked away for decades in a forgotten corner of an attic in Leicester. On its inside cover, an inscription offered a tantalising clue “Presented to C.J. Martin, Service Number P/JX 147862,” followed by the date “June 1944” and an address “7 Canon Street, Malta
I am a Connector! What’s a connector? Isn’t that a bit of pipe that connects one bit of pipe to another bit of pipe? Yes, it could be. But what I do is to connect the present to the past. . . . I’m a Genealogist. Last week I was talking to an old colleague
The theme for International Women’s Day 2023 is #EmbraceEquity This year, I thought I would indulge myself and write about some of the women who helped to shape my life and who, in their own ways, may have contributed to the equity woman enjoy today. The first photo is of my Great Grandmother, Lilian Fisher.
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