History Hub
We’re proud to play a part in preserving history at Findmypast. That’s why we regularly publish insights on social history, local history, royal history and military history. Take a look. You may learn something your school history books didn’t teach you.
Discover the real runners of the First World War and their incredible stories
16 hilarious answers our ancestors gave in school tests
England's Peterloo Massacre victims and their shocking stories
9 Surprising Facts About Queen Victoria
9 April Fools' Pranks From The Past That Will Make You Question Everything You Read
Using City Directories in your Research
Archaic Anti-Suffrage Slogans we Hope to Never See Again
6 life lessons from the women's suffrage movement
"If-Christ-Had-Not-Died-for-Thee-Thou-Hads't-Been-Damned"... The Weird and Wonderful Names of the English Puritans
10 Jobs That Don't Exist Anymore
This Irish patriot fired the first American cannon shots
A brief history of early US immigration policy
First recorded Great Plague death discovered in parish record
The origins of British & Irish colonial immigrants
The immigrant ancestors who changed their minds
From Gangs of New York to U.S. Congress: The wild rise of Irish Immigrant John Morrissey
This baby ripped immigration law "to pieces"
Shivaree: The traditional hazing of our newlywed ancestors
Common misconceptions about the Salem Witch Trials
