READ A BOOK, FOR GOD’S SAKE!

Not too long ago most people beginning to trace their ancestors found their way to a society they could join, a guide book they could read and / or a conference they could attend.  Many people still do, but as genealogy grows in popularity it is becoming more of an...

Catholic Qualification and Conversion ROLLED into one

  In the last few weeks someone ‘Liked’ a Facebook post I published in September 2016.  This made me read the post again and decide that it was worth repeating as a blogpost.  Little has changed in the two and a half years since I first published the piece. ...

SHOCK and HORROR!

​Shock and horror! Today is the fortieth anniversary of my first day of work in genealogy.  Where has all that time gone? I should add that I was a mere teenager then, albeit months away from not being one.  It was a dream-come-true.  A few days earlier I had my...