Genetic ancestry tests are they believable, should they be trusted, are they 100% accurate? Recently we've seen a huge growth in simple DNA tests. The genetic ancestry tests give a rough estimation of a person's family line. With the tests growing in popularity, questions are being raised as to the accuracy of the results. The dilema ...

How to read old handwriting Old handwriting on manuscripts and letters from ancestors can be a challenge to decipher. Its often a challenge to get the sense of what is being put in the document due to the squiggles and expressions that have little tangible meaning to the common language today. So here is our guide ...

Census records before 1901 The 1901 census record is the only complete record online. A massive section of the 1881 and 1891 census is now available. All other censuses are available on microfilm. That isn’t particularly helpful. There are great strides to put these online and gradually sections are being made available. As with all transferring of ...

Gravestones – unravel your ancestors history from a different angle When it comes to finding out how to trace your lost ancestors, one way that isn’t often suggested due to its morbid nature is that of visiting gravestones. Hunting in graveyards for the plots of your ancestors and the epitaphs on their tombstones can prove another ...

Death Certificate Guide A certificate of death will provide some additional information that won’t be available on the marriage or birth certificates of a person. The information on the form is provided normally in the order below -          Across the top will have the date of death -          Place of death including the county -          Name and surname of the ...

5 steps to take - if you have no living relatives to help you in your ancestry search Without living relatives and with few clues to start with, you may feel that a search for your family tree would be a waste of time. Well why not try these useful tips we have compiled that should ...

Ancestry searching – top 5 reasons the person isn't appearing in your search results You’ve been looking for a name and it just doesn’t seem to exist. Frustration is growing and you now start wondering whether the person ever existed in the first place. Below are the main 5 reasons you may be finding you can’t find a ...

Death Certificate Search Discover your ancestors, find your family history, start a family tree, browse census records, rediscover your ancestry. Locating family death certificates can help you to trace your family history back through each generation. The advantage of finding a death certificate are in the level of detail it provides. All this detail will go a long ...

Recovering Lost Winton An on-going Ancestrycom project Why Lost Winton on AncestryCom Welcome to a project that promises to be as interesting for you as it is for us as we uncover the lost Winton. We hope that you can help rediscover or even uncover photos and memories that may well disappear if not collated in some way. The ...

Criminal Ancestors Discover your ancestors, find your family history, start a family tree, browse census records, rediscover your ancestry. Behind many of our ancestors are stories that you may not want to uncover. Nicknames often give away the real person. Yet many that were detailed as a criminal, were actually no more than a kid playing truancy. Nothing ...