Explore posts
From trailblazing women's history to unexpected ancestry discoveries, understand the past, one family story at a time.
Birth, marriage and death records (BMDs) are one of the first kind of family records you'll discover when you start looking into your past. BMDs provide an incredible resource for tracing important events in your family's history. But what are they, exactly? And how can they help you trace your family tree? A brief history of birth, marriage and death records: The story of British birth, marriage and death records starts way back in 1538. The Church of England split with…
It’s a question that invites us to delve deeper into festive nostalgia: visions of frosted windows, church bells chiming through winter air, and newlyweds stepping out into a world hushed by snow. But as with so many discoveries in family history, the truth sits a little more firmly in the realm of the practical than the poetic.If you’ve come across a Christmas Day wedding in your own family research, it might feel like a deliciously romantic surprise: your ancestors…