The new series of "Who Do You Think You Are" is currently in progress on BBC 1, although it appears to be taking a hiatus for the World Cup coverage. The first three episodes of the series featuring Zoe Ball, Joe Swash and Amy Dowden have already aired, and are available - for those of you in the UK - on the BBC iplayer. I was absolutely delighted to be asked to be one of the genealogists presenting research to Zoe Ball in the first episode, and thought it might be interesting to explain what...

Earlier in March I hopped on a plane to the US for RootsTech , the world's biggest genealogy conference. As well as two speaker sessions, I had plenty of time to attend other sessions and have a good look around the expo hall. Talks on Catch-Up One of the best things about RootsTech is that any of the sessions which were streamed live and recorded are available on-demand from the RootsTech website. There is no charge for watching any of the classes, or downloading the syllabus, but you will...

It's December already - where has the year gone? 2025 has been very busy for me with genealogy and family history and 2026 is shaping up to be just as busy. One of the best things I started doing in 2025 was running introduction to family history classes, in partnership with East Dunbartonshire Council. We've run two of these blocks of classes in 2025, the first in Bearsden in January, and the second block in Kirkintilloch in the summer. Both classes sold out and it was great fun teaching the...