Genealogy Forum UK

I've decided to go with Ancestris. It seems to work quite nicely on my test. Not as confusing as Gramps. It also have the advantage of being available for Windows and Apple.

A cousin of mine is looking for the burial of William Rees of Gloucester Road, Bethnal Green, died 1879. I tried looking for a guide to searching for London burials but couldn't find one. Even family search lists the main burial grounds in Victorian London without saying much about what records ther...

I have sent three emails to support@ancestry.co.uk and they don't reply. Their telephone number is 0800 which you can't dial from outside the UK! I have finally managed to pay by opening a new account and using paypal.

You need to get it to accept a card to do that ...

I live in Belgium and unfortuately the public libraries here don't subscribe.

Hello: I am looking for service records for my grandmother's father who fought in both the Boer and Great Wars and gave 'Aldershot' as his residence on his 1906 marriage certificate (in 1911 though he was a civilian in Dublin). His service numbers were 4783 or 45237. I found a sign up for the Connau...

Hello: I joined Ancestry last year for a trial period and then a further month. I exhausted what sources they had for me (very little as I am mostly interested in Ireland) so I terminated my membership. I recently found they have army pension records. I can't find my great, grandfather (who was in t...

Hello: I have done a huge amount of work on my family history over the last couple of decades and would like to now get it into something presentable to share with members of the family. The most important thing for most people is an attractive pedigree. I have a computer that is Linux (not Windows)...