Every Family has a self-declared Family Historian who loves to search out the lost and hidden Family members and stories. In about 1992, I became that person and with no Internet, no Mobile phones and no real clue, I set of searching reels, cards, indexes and Public Record Ledgers.

I had some of the story correct but I also had the romantic add-ons and the less likely add-ons like ‘They were coming back on the return journey of the Titanic’,- the truth was that person didn’t make a return journey until 1952!

If you are the Family nominee, you will already know that these searches are not simple. But, they are exciting and frustrating at the same time and once you get started, you are gripped by the Genealogy Bug.

I am not a stranger to Research, having completed 2 Academic Thesis’s in non-related topics and using the skills I developed during that work has been very beneficial to me in organising and focusing my genealogy research undertakings.

I decided to add to this and to improve on my ‘self-taught’ genealogy research skill-set, I went on to complete a Diploma in Genealogy in 2020 and this was a great addition when I went to assist others in recent years with their searches with great results.