We always encourage anybody with the time, patience, required knowledge and knowhow and the many necessary internet subscriptions required to research their own family history, as it is a rewarding and addictive activity. For those who cannot, for whatever reason, and would like to know more, we can help.

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When researching, no stone is left unturned. Websites searched include; britishsurnames.com, forebears.io, oxfordreference.com, localhistories.org, bmdindex.co.uk, gro.gov.uk, deceasedonline.com, probatesearch.service.gov.uk, findmypast.com, sog.org.uk, ancestry.com, forceswar-records.co.uk, fold.com, longlongtrail.co.uk, londonlives.org, nationalarchives.gov.uk, hiddenlondon.com, oldbaileyonline.org, workhouses.org.uk, layersoflondon.org, maps.nls.uk, familysearch.com, britishnewspaperarchives.co.uk. 

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Martin has many years of research experience, having constructed numerous family trees. Victorian London and WWI documentation affords much information, if you know where to look and how to interpret and decipher the findings. The Victorians were meticulous record keepers, and for this reason it is often possible to form a narrative extending generations, setting out much family information, movements, occupations, relationships etc. Working strictly to the universally acknowledged *Genealogical Proof Standard, our packages are painstakingly researched and findings presented in an accessible, interesting and unique format.

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Genealogy Diploma NCC

Genealogy, Researching Your Family Tree, Strathclyde University

Learning From The Past, A Guide For The Curious Researcher, University of Birmingham

WWI Trauma, Memory, Controversy, Open University

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*The Genealogical Proof Standard five elements:

• Reasonably exhaustive research

• Complete and accurate source citations

• Analyse and correlate findings

• Resolution on any conflicting evidence

• A soundly reasoned and coherently written conclusion

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