I’ve blogged about AI in genealogy before, and the latest tool offered by Ancestry makes me even more cautious about the current use of...

We are all accustomed to looking at the standard records of birth, death, marriage and census when constructing a family tree, but these...

The internet has revolutionised genealogy and has made it easier than in previous generations to research your ancestors, putting...

Don’t get me wrong – the internet is a wonderful thing. It’s revolutionised how we all do genealogy, and gone are the days where the only...

It’s been a long winter here in Glasgow, and today – 21 March – is the spring equinox, the tipping point between days being longer than...

I recently spent a few days in New York with my daughter and one of the highlights of our visit was a trip to Ellis Island. Now home to a...

A week ago I was delighted to be speaking to Rootstech, the world's largest genealogy conference, about my research into Scottish...

Are you one of the 40 million people with Scottish heritage? According to the Scottish government, there are up to 40 million people...

Say it quietly, but tomorrow is 1st December and Christmas is soon to be upon us. So it's perhaps no surprise that the genealogy testing...

The internet has revolutionised the way we all do our family history research. It's easier than ever to log on from home and browse...

You'd be forgiven for thinking that heraldry and coats of arms is one of those medieval throwback things which has no relevance to us in...

One of the main traps which people fall into when researching their family history is to refine a search too much, and then wonder why...

If like me you follow genealogy content on social media, you probably saw this post pop up from National Records of Scotland, the...

Although genealogy is mostly fun, interesting and engaging, there are frustrations involved with researching family history too. You'll...

(or William the Conqueror, Charlemagne or Genghis Khan) If you're in the UK and a fan of genealogy, you'll probably have been watching...

The easy part of genealogy is tracing the basics of birth, marriage and death, and looking for people on census returns. This gives you...