Almost all of us have a tradesman or craftsman Ð a butcher, baker or candlestick maker Ð somewhere in our ancestry, and Adle Emm's handbook is the perfect g

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Birmingham, the cradle of the industrial revolution and the world's first manufacturing town, is an important focus for many family historians who will find tha

The recent past is so often neglected when people research their family history, yet it can be one of the most rewarding periods to explore, and so much fascina

The Boer War took place between 1899 and 1902, just 15 years before the start of the First World War. Some 180,00 Britons , mainly volunteers , traveled 6,000 m