News for Family Historians

The Who Do You Think You Are Live Show will be held at Olympia London from 26-28 February.  If you are keen on exploring your family history, do try to make it to the show, as there will be lots of interesting talks and expert advice on tap.

The National Archives at Kew has just started up its own blog, which will highlight the archivists' work and tell stories from the archive collections, so you may wish to keep an eye on the blog just in case something relevant to your family history is posted.

I am very busy trying to finish my Tracing Your Lancashire Ancestors book for Pen and Sword, so I won't be able to update my blog for a few days. Watch this space!

Epic Journey

I visited The National Archives at Kew on Thursday to do some research for my book on canal ancestors. I had a very interesting visit; the staff were extremely helpful. The Archives are kept in an amazing building. The British transport system rather let me down, however. The train I was booked on for my journey down was cancelled, and some of those coming back were late or cancelled, too. I was on a total of nine trains that day travelling from Cheshire to Kew Gardens and back again, and was exhausted by the time I got home.


Thank you to my family and all the Londoners and fellow travellers who helped a baffled Northerner trying to cope with the complexities of London transport!

Photo: The National Archives, Kew, Richmond © Sue Wilkes