Ancestry-com blog Ancestry-com web site
Follow Ancestry Com .co.uk

AncestryCom

- UK Genealogy Made Easy

How Rich Do You Think You Are?

Who Do You Think You Are

Ancestry programme Who Do You Think You Are is the key to their success. Shed Media claims their recent success in profit increases by 22 per cent is due to programmes like Who Do You Think You Are?. Other programmes that helped to build a healthy profit include Supernanny, BBC school drama Waterloo Road and detective drama ...

posted by admin in Ancestry,Articles,News and have No Comments

Old School Yearbooks

old yearbooks

Ever wondered what happened to your old school yearbooks? Well if you went to school from 1875 to 1988 you may be in for a treat or a trick, as Ancestry.com are currently offering a complete collection of old school yearbooks in their search results. The only limitation is the yearbooks are all from US schools only. ...

posted by admin in Ancestry,Articles,Family Tree,Genealogy,News and have No Comments

How to… ancestors

How to... ancestors

How to find ancestors,  How to trace ancestors, how to build a family tree There is no end to the need to help people when it comes to searching your ancestors. So this week we decided to put together a quick How to... ancestors guide. Hopefully we have covered your question here. If not then please comment ...

posted by admin in Ancestry,Beginners,Resources and have No Comments

Family tree free software

Family tree software guide

We are often contacted and asked for our recommendation on Free family tree software. We are always looking for great ways to save money in your pocket and this is certainly a great way to take advantage of some proffessional software for free. For a good selection of free genealogical software Tucows has a great selection ...

posted by admin in Articles,Family Tree,Resources and have Comment (1)

1841 census

1841 census

The 1841 Census in the UK was the forth census taken in Britiain. But it wasn't until the 1841 census that names were recorded. The 1841 census was taken on June 6 and it references where everyone lived on from midnight on June 6th to June 7th. It is filed at the Public Record Office. After information ...

posted by admin in Articles,Census,Resources and have No Comments

Genealogy software

Genealogy software

With so many genealogy products to choose from it can be a real challenge choosing a software tool that will help you trace your family tree. You can read our post where we recently defined genealogy. But we want the software to help us in this  challenge. For choice and reviews I've found nothing better than ...

posted by admin in Ancestry,Family Tree,Genealogy,Resources,Search and have No Comments

How to find ancestors

How to find ancestors

Discover how to find ancestors There are so many ways to search for ancestors that you can sometimes find it all a bit much. So here are a few simple tips i have found after several years of research and many hours spent hunting for my ancestors. Set aside some time. For example you have some time ...

posted by admin in Ancestry,Beginners,Search and have Comments (3)

Simplest way to trace your ancestry

The Family Records Centre (FRC)

There are few hobbies more interesting than tracing your ancestors. But there are a lot of ways to go about it. So why not combine them and make quick progress as you define your own family tree. You may find our recent article "How to find ancestors" helpful. Today we reveal 4 methods to help you ...

posted by admin in Articles,Beginners,Resources and have No Comments

Getting started on Ancestry.com

Ancestry for Beginners

Getting started Everyone has to start from somewhere, so how do you get off to a good start on your family tree? You will find our beginners section helpful How do you get started doing family history research on Ancestry.Com? Follow these 3 easy steps when you visit www.ancestry.com and start discovering your family's history. Try to keep as ...

posted by admin in Ancestry,Beginners,Resources and have No Comments

Ancestry.com – Behind the Scenes

Behind the scenes of ancestry.com uk

It's always nice to get an insight into what goes on behind the doors of a big company like ancestry.com uk So today we have been treated to a behind the scenes tour. If you have ever wonder what the staff get up to or what happens behind the scenes then this video should give you some ...

posted by admin in Ancestry,News and have No Comments