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Findmypast The UK's best family history website - unlock your family history today The possibilities are endless. Who knows what you might find?

Finding a name is just the start... Findmypast helps you understand your family history, one discovery at a time. Delve deeper into your family tree by getting to know the world your ancestors lived in — their triumphs, setbacks, and heartbreaks — to uncover your family’s unique story. Step into a map, explore your ancestor’s antics in the pages of a newspaper, and join a thriving community of passionate family historians. House Rules

This is a community page for professional genealogists and family history researchers to discuss, share stories, and inspire each other. It’s an inclusive family, so we hope that both experienced historians and those just starting to build their tree will enjoy participating in our many conversations. On Facebook, as in everyday life, we expect our community to treat each other with respect and courtesy. In order to maintain a vibrant and healthy Facebook community, and to make sure everybody gets to have a say, we’ve established a few house rules. Unfortunately, we can’t respond to every single comment or query (although we’ll do our best to). We are confident that members of our community will not post any comments that fall into any of the following categories, but we reserve the right to remove any materials that are:

• Defamatory, abusive, threatening, condescending or obscene, or that violate the rights (including rights of privacy) of others.
• Fraudulent, misleading, spam, or promoting competitors.
• Protected by intellectual property laws, (or any other laws or regulations) unless you own or control the rights or have received all necessary consents.
• Offensive to our brand, our staff or members of our community.
• Advertising third party services or products. We also reserve the right to ban users from our page and report users to Facebook should they contravene the rules above or Facebook’s own Terms and Policies. Please note that content posted on our page does not necessarily represent the views of Findmypast.

Which of these rare medieval names would you like to see make a comeback in 2026? 🛡️ ⚔️
20/03/2026

Which of these rare medieval names would you like to see make a comeback in 2026? 🛡️ ⚔️

Can you guess whose parents these people are? 👀 💡 Hint: he's a British singer who was once part of an iconic music group...
18/03/2026

Can you guess whose parents these people are? 👀

💡 Hint: he's a British singer who was once part of an iconic music group.

What did the women in your family do during WW2?Were they volunteering in the Land Army to keep the country fed during r...
17/03/2026

What did the women in your family do during WW2?

Were they volunteering in the Land Army to keep the country fed during rationing, working as air raid wardens during the threat of bombing raids, or navigating motherhood in uncertain times?

We'd love to know ❤️ Share their stories in the comments ⬇️

🎧 And if you're after inspiration, listen to the latest episode of A Family History of Wartime Women, with special guest Lucy Worsley - out now, wherever you get your podcasts ⤵️
https://bit.ly/4lsek2w

Happy St Patrick's Day to all who celebrate 🇮🇪 🍀 Do you have any of these Irish surnames in your family tree?
17/03/2026

Happy St Patrick's Day to all who celebrate 🇮🇪 🍀

Do you have any of these Irish surnames in your family tree?

17/03/2026

Have you discovered any secrets or surprising things while researching your family history? 😮

🎧 Listen to A Family History Of... to find out what Lucy Worsley uncovered about her family. Episode 3 is out now ⤵️
https://bit.ly/4lsek2w

16/03/2026

Who was your gran before you came along? 🩷

Where did she grow up? Who was her first love? What did she do for work?

How much do you know about your grandmother before she was 'Gran'? 👵 ❤️ Whether you adored her, barely knew her, or only...
15/03/2026

How much do you know about your grandmother before she was 'Gran'? 👵 ❤️

Whether you adored her, barely knew her, or only know her name, let's share our favourite stories about our grandmothers in the comments ⬇️

"I discovered my grandmother had a brother she knew nothing about" 😮Susan was astounded when a single record unlocked he...
14/03/2026

"I discovered my grandmother had a brother she knew nothing about" 😮

Susan was astounded when a single record unlocked her grandmother's biological family.

"I started my family history journey by researching my grandmother, who was born in 1914 and had been adopted. I had no genealogy experience at that time, and as part of my journey, I wrote about my research process.

I tried to find out what life was like for the north-east mining communities her family came from, and wrote about the conditions they lived in. As I uncovered more information, I imagined her life and interspersed the research story with short fictionalised accounts of what I thought was happening in the life of my great-grandmother, who had given my grandmother up for adoption. I visited the places they had lived in and the record offices in Durham and Newcastle.

But then, I discovered workhouse records showing that my grandmother had a half-brother she never knew about. I met his family, his daughter and his grandchildren. It was a joyful moment."

Thank you, Susan, for submitting your story ❤️

Do you have a discovery to share? Submit it here using our form ⬇️
https://wkf.ms/3UOGat4

13/03/2026

Thanks for joining our exclusive live broadcast. Feel free to share your questions and interact with other participants in the chat.

New exhibition alert, from our friends at People's History MuseumTrace how strike action has shaped the history of Briti...
13/03/2026

New exhibition alert, from our friends at People's History Museum

Trace how strike action has shaped the history of British democracy in On The Line: 100 years of strikes & solidarity.

Explore a century of struggle and stories of strength, drawing on the museum’s nationally significant collections.

This free exhibition is part of the national commemorations marking 100 years since the 1926 General Strike.

Find out more: https://phm.org.uk/exhibitions/on-the-line/

13/03/2026

From ambulance drivers to codebreakers, women kept Britain moving through the Second World War — often without fanfare, always with grit.

And with today’s digital tools, you can finally uncover the stories that held families, towns and entire industries together.

🔎 What you can discover
Trace a woman’s wartime journey through the 1939 Register, service records and employment files.
Bring her world to life with old newspapers packed with local stories, photos and everyday details.
Follow her footsteps through the ATS, WAAF, WRNS, Land Army, munitions work, nursing, civil defence and more.

💡 Where to start
Look her up in the 1939 Register for early wartime roles and name changes.

🔎 Then explore collections on Findmypast, like:
ATS, WRNS and WAAF service records
Civil defence and casualty lists
Local newspapers reporting on enlistments, factory milestones, fundraisers and home‑front heroics

Piece it all together into a timeline — the moves, the uniforms, the shifts in work and family life.
Suddenly, her story isn’t just history. It’s lived experience.

12/03/2026

Did any of your ancestors find themselves on the wrong side of the law? What's their story?

If so, a photo of them might survive in these prisoner photo albums 😮

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