We can research all Historical and Genealogical references, Indexes and Collections to help you build a picture of your family origins. We can assist you with a query or conduct all the research for you and produce a report for you and your future generations.
Records of baptisms, marriages and burials have been kept from the earliest of times. However the survival rate for most of the earliest records is somewhat small. During the reign of Henry VIII, in 1538, Thomas Cromwell decreed that proper registers be kept of all baptisms, marriages and burials that occurred in every parish. However, the reality was somewhat different from the ideal.
Of the 11,000 or so parishes,
there are fewer than 1,000 with
complete records back to the
1500s. This is due to various
reasons, the primary one being
that although it was the
responsibility of every priest
to keep records the amount of
information actually recorded
was left to his discretion.
We are able to trace most
service, pension, medal and
casualties of the Great War WW1
and supply information (in most
cases) on where and when they
joined up, the regiment they
belonged to and when and where
they fell. In most instances we
can also provide commemoration
or grave site, plus any diaries
which may have been written by
the regiment at the time.
We also have access to UK and Irish emigration/immigration, Convict and passenger list records to America, Australia and Canada. We also have the Dillingham Papers written about the convict transportation to Tasmania and New South Wales, maybe an Ancestor is named.
We offer a service to trace the
history of your property. There
is a wealth of sources to draw
on which we can search and
provide you with a "potted"
history of your cherished home.
Photographic illustrations of
the places where your ancestors
lived can really help to bring
your family history alive.
Pictures can be obtained of the
Churches that your ancestors
were baptised, married and
buried (inc gravestones) .