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Author JK Rowling traces Harry Potter’s family tree back to the middle ages

September 23, 2015
David Millward

Author JK Rowling is venturing further into the magical world of Harry Potter by tracing "the quiet brand of ingenuity" of the Potter family back to the 12th century in a new piece of writing on her website, Pottermore. Apparently,…

Pensioner claims to have the world’s biggest family tree after tracing 10,000 relatives

September 3, 2015
David Millward

Did you spot today the news that pensioner Roy Blackmore, aged 83 and from Somerset, has traced more than 10,000 relatives and ancestors? He believes he has the world's biggest family tree and is even related to William the Conqueror…

American couple traces ancestry back to Nantwich

January 23, 2015
David Millward

Did you spot the local news this week? Apparently, an American couple’s quest to discover more about their ancestry saw them travel thousands of miles to Nantwich's Crown Hotel...

West Yorkshire family tree research just got easier thanks to new online records

January 8, 2015
David Millward

A total of 4,096,794 new records were added to Ancestry.co.uk for West Yorkshire collections in December as part of the region’s ongoing programme of digitisation of over 37 million records, now available online...