Since my old blog, gallery and website address was confusing a few people, i’ve changed it!  So, you can now find:-
my blog at http://family-history-researcher.co.uk/blog , 
my rootSleuth website at www.family-history-researcher.co.uk ,
and my gallery at http://www.family-history-researcher.co.uk/Gallery.
… mind you, if you are reading this, then you’ve already been sucessfully subjected to the wonders of the ‘301 permanent redicrect’ which will have seemlessly [...]

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Are you searching for your family history roots in Bristol from afar, and then want a  photgraph of the house or area in which your relative lived, to go with documents from the period? 
We are not all fortunate to have photographs of our forebears conveniently standing outside the houses they lived in, or the churches and chapels [...]

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Yesterday I went to Peterborough. 
 
I had offered to drive Andy to a meeting there.  His workload has increased recently, and my driving would give him an extra 6 hours work in the car.  Needless to say he took me up on the offer.
 
This visit gave me the opportunity visit to the Central Library in [...]

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Bristol Central Library Visit 8th May 2008, organised by the Bristol and Avon Family History Society
Whenever I visit the Central Library I am struck by what seems to be the small amount of books, newspaper microfiche and documents on display in the reference section.  
Jane, a member of the Local Studies Staff at the library, [...]

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Hi everyone
I am pleased to advise that I am responding to a number of requests from US, Canadian and Australian citizens who are exploring their UK family history and would like more rootSleuth payment options.  Previously I could only accept payments in GB Pounds via Paypal, personal cheque or bank transfers.
Many of you would like alternatives and would also like to pay in US, Canadian or [...]

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So, here we go with my Blog. 
I thought for my first Blog I would encourage anyone with the odd half hour free, to volunteer to be a transcriber on the FreeBMD Project.
The FreeBMD Project aims to transcribe the Civil Registration Index for births, marriages and deaths and to provide free internet access to the transcribed records.  [...]

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