2+ week, 2+ day ago  (1035+ words) He is perhaps the most notorious outlaw of America's Wild West and a name that struck fear into many. While his name was infamous, what many don't know is that Jesse James can trace his ancestry to Wales. Although the…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago  (286+ words) A cut in opening hours for Nottinghamshire Archives is about improving access, not saving money, officials have said. Inspire, the charitable body which runs a number of cultural services in the county, said it wanted to "digitally transform" services in…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (584+ words) A man says he wants to give people of Caribbean and African ancestry the right resources "to make them feel more connected to their heritage". Adrian Stone, 52, from Bristol, has been holding workshops teaching skills to help people trace their…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (250+ words) Living descendants of a famed author have been found, following an online appeal. The family tree of 17th Century writer and preacher John Bunyan, best known for The Pilgrim's Progress, has been on display in Moot Hall Museum, Elstow, the Bedfordshire…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (336+ words) DNA testing web site Ancestry has begun legal action to access millions of family records held by National Records of Scotland (NRS). The Scottish government body has refused to enter into a financial agreement to provide access to more than…...

7+ mon, 1+ day ago  (612+ words) Their grandparents, many of whom migrated from other countries, made Bradford into the multicultural city it is today. Now a group of "Generation Z" curators have been sharing material from their families' histories to create an archive telling the social…...

10+ mon, 4+ week ago  (217+ words) Discover how to read your family tree, the simple symbols and terms used by genealogists, and the importance of knowing who's who in your family's past. Then you can get going. Page 1 of 5. .. Before You Start Your Family Tree Discover…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (482+ words) A historian researching his wife's ancestors has helped to get their portraits issued on a stamp series by one of the world's most remote places, the Pitcairn Islands. In the 1850s, Dr Ancrum and his wife Emily cared for children of…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (744+ words) Genealogical riches from every county of the island of Ireland feature among 175, 000 new historical records which are now available online. For the first time there are now 60, 000 names on the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland from the 1821 census which was…...