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Time Flies Ancestry did an outstanding research job for me

Time Flies Ancestry did an outstanding research job for me. I was very impressed with the thoroughness of the resources that were checked during the research. I also appreciated the explanations of the significance of various findings. I would definitely use this researcher again for research in the UK.

Anne A, USA

Hidden in the Margins: Looking Beyond the Index

A single note in the margin can change an entire family history. And yet, it’s the very detail some people miss. Family history research has been transformed by online databases. Websites like Ancestry, FamilySearch, and Findmypast allow us to search millions of records in seconds. Names, dates, and places that once required days in an

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International Women’s Day 2026: the Women History Forgot

Every year, LinkedIn fills with inspirational posts celebrating women but as a genealogist and ex-HR professional, I often feel uneasy about what we’re overlooking. Quite rightly, we remember the Suffragettes, Marie Curie, Rosa Parks, and the remarkable Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson, and more recently, Malala Yousafzai and many other famous women whose

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When AI Gets a Good Telling Off

I was recently sent an AI-generated hypothesis of a family history by a client I have worked with for several years.  He’s a very smart guy, loves testing technology and at first glance, the output looked impressively structured with dates, relationships, plausible connections, and even suggestions for further research. It had the confident tone that

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And Then There Was One: Three Berkshire Brothers

When beginning World War I family history research, many people have stories of great-grandparents who served in The Great War. Often told by older family members, shown on service records, confirmed by medals and recorded on a few faded photographs. When delving deeper, what is discovered is something far more powerful: the human cost of

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