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January 20th, 2015
One Great Family
We find your family tree for you in the work submitted by others linked into the world’s largest collaborative online family tree. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet Read more...January 1st, 2015
Scots at the start of two world wars
The latest additions to ScotlandsPeople online are the Scottish records of births in 1914, marriages in 1939 and deaths in 1964. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet Read more...December 10th, 2014
Welcome to ScotlandsPeople
Welcome to ScotlandsPeople, one of the largest online sources of original genealogical information. If you are researching UK genealogy, your Scottish ancestry or building your Scottish family tree, we have almost 90 million records to look through. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet Read more...Regular posts
November 18th, 2014
UK, WWI Service Medal and Award Rolls, 1914-1920
This collection contains records of people who served in WWI and were entitled to medals and awards. Records include details such as name, rank, unit, and possibly other service details. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet Read more...November 5th, 2014
Incredible collection of first ‘tabloids’ which reveal crimes and dying confessions of hanged 18th century convicts due to be sold at auction
An incredible collection of the earliest tabloid ‘newspapers’, which detail the shocking crimes and dying confessions of hanged 18th century convicts, are due to be sold at auction next week. The so-called ‘Execution Broadsides’ – which usually consisted of just a single sheet of paper – documented the gruesome and gory facts and rumours which […] Read more...November 3rd, 2014
Lost archive that shows pitiful poverty of the real Artful Dodgers: Touching portraits of London’s Victorian street children taken by photographer who took up their plight
Their boots barely hang together. Their clothes are ragged hand-me-downs. And for most a hot bath is a distant memory. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet Read more...November 3rd, 2014
Napoleon’s warriors stand proud… decades after the Battle of Waterloo: Fascinating images show former soldiers posing in their old uniforms
These fascinating portraits are believed to be the only surviving images of French veterans who fought in the Napoleonic Wars of 1803–1815 wearing the uniforms they fought in. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet Read more...October 25th, 2014
Ten Innovations in Online Genealogy Search – Part II
Part II of our article looks at more great innovations to help you get the most out of your online genealogy- searches. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet Read more...October 18th, 2014
Newest Genealogy Records
Below is a listing of the newest genealogy records that have become available on the internet. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet Read more...October 11th, 2014
