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

A simple guide to tracing British family tree before the onset of civil registration in 1837 and back to the Middle Ages. The trail that an ancestor leaves thro

What were the principal causes of death in the past? Could your ancestor have been affected? How was disease investigated and treated, and what did our ancestor