Search more than 133,000 new Napoleonic War Records for the period 1775-1817 on findmypast.co.uk These records will be a real bonus to those trying to trace their military ancestors. The records are split into three types:

• Army of Reserve 1803: 26,314 records of soldiers who were part...Read More

One of our customers got in touch to tell us about her personal connection to the Tay Bridge train disaster of 1879. Here is Linda Richart's story: ‘I read with interest the article about the genealogy series Find My Past the TV show. My interest is with the Tay Bridge disaster episode. My great grandfather, Fr...Read More

As findmypast.co.uk is the only place you can search the official, complete 1911 census, you'll be thrilled to learn about the latest development which keeps us streets ahead of the competition. It's almost time to find out how your ancestors filled in the 'infirmity' column in the ...Read More

Megan Cherie Owens is one of the expert researchers who traced the participants' ancestors on Find My Past the TV show. We've been talking to Megan to get the inside knowledge of what it was like to be involved with the show. FMP: What was your role in the series? How did you do this? Megan: I di...Read More

You can now search for your ancestors in the 1861 census for Scotland on findmypast.co.uk The census contains more than 3 million new records, which we have re-transcribed to ensure that you can see detailed and accurate information about your Scottish ancestors. Our high-quality transcriptions mean that finding ...Read More

Today marks the launch of two exciting new sets of records to bring you closer to your Manchester ancestors: the Manchester Police Index 1858-1941 and Prestwich Asylum Admissions 1851-1901.

Manchester Police Index 1858 to 1941

The index contains 10,636 records of Manchester police officers from 1858 to 1941....Read More

The Society of Genealogists has the largest family history research library in the UK and we're pleased to be working in association with them to bring you millions of fantastic records to grow your family tree. Here we focus on one set of records from the Society and the rich detail just waiting to be discovered. ...Read More

Our resident expert Stephen Rigden, pictured below, answers your queries. From Daniel Martin: 'My great-grandmother’s name was Mary Ann Bell, who I can trace as marrying in Hammersmith in 1872. I cannot find her or her family (one known son from 1872) in the 1881 census but she appears again in...Read More

Our resident military expert Paul Nixon, pictured below, answers your queries. From Lin Moorman: 'My grandfather Thomas Pilsbury, born on 18 February 1877, volunteered or was called up quite late in WWI. He never recovered from the experience. I tried to find his war records some time ago but n...Read More

Our resident military expert Paul Nixon, pictured below, answers your queries. From Keith Griffiths: 'I'm trying to trace any record of my grandfather Howell Lewis Griffiths. He was born on 11 April 1878 in Carmarthen, Wales and is said to have fought in the 2nd Boer War in South Africa. I have n...Read More