Trace Your Ancestry - Family Research

16/11/2025

My 6th great grandparents Peter Powell & Mary Powell married here in Llangynog in 1746. It doesn’t help that they both have the same surname, but at least the marriage entry recorded the village’s where they both lived at the time they married! Do you have family lines that you find more challenging to research than others?

15/11/2025

It’s so nice to see old photos of familiar places, seeing these places as my ancestors would have. Drawing me back to a different time! Do you like seeing old photos of your hometown or
where you now live?

14/11/2025

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12/11/2025

Result! I’ve found the marriage for my 8x great grandparents in Stanford on Soar. Another place added for my need to visit list! Do you like to visit the places your ancestors once lived?

11/11/2025

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10/11/2025

08/11/2025

Do you have Welsh ancestors? This area of family history research can be tricky - but there are lots of great online records collections to help you get started 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

08/11/2025

My 2nd great-grandfather Edwin Fry (1826-1908) was a coal miner in the North Somerset coalfields. He spent all his life working and bringing up a family in Carlingcott, nr. Camerton, Somerset. This photo is of some Camerton miners, I wonder if any are family members? Do you have any coal miners in your family?

07/11/2025

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06/11/2025

The 1891 census shows my 3rd great uncle Richard Evans in Bangor. Closer inspection shows that Normal College, Bangor was a independent teacher training college, founded in 1858. It is now part of the University of Wales. Seems I followed in the footsteps of the many teachers in my family...

05/11/2025

When searching old documents it’s important to consider alternative spellings for surnames. Scrivens can be spelt so many different ways as illustrated in the entry of the parish register! to name a few!
Do you have some alternative spellings for your family names?