Welcome to part two of my guide to getting your family tree started. This post focuses on English and Welsh records only, but scoot to the end of the post for links for information for Scottish, Irish and US records. Once you’ve gathered all the information...
Before I get to part two of my beginner genealogy guide, I wanted to give you the low down on my most used online genealogy tools for British research. These will be helpful for anyone with any British ancestry; some of them you may know already, but hopefully some...
This post on how to start your family tree is designed for total newbies to genealogy in general. The best step you can take today is to actually start your family tree research, and get as far as you can, on each line that you can. The reason for this is because it...
Thinking about getting a DNA test? This list will help you be aware of what you should know before you get your DNA test. 1 – Know your end goal Why do you want to DNA test? Is there a specific issue in your tree you are hoping to uncover the answer to?...
Welcome to Toll Genealogy! If you don’t know me already, I am Rachel, and I’ve been interested in genealogy for about 25 years. My very first foray into the world of family history was when I was around 8 or 9 years old when I was given a book by Giles...
The top six DNA tools I can’t live without For my first article of 2020, I thought I’d talk about my favourite DNA tools and websites that I use to ‘do’ genetic genealogy. Some are obvious and things that may be familiar to those of you that are more...