New and exclusive to Familyrelatives.com - The most recent additions to our ever expanding collection are the School registers to over 120,000 pupils and masters dating back to 1500.
The list is comprised of major schools which are among the oldest of independent educational establishments in the United Kingdom, such as Sherborne School which was founded in 710 and re-founded in 1550 by Edward VI. The young King, a keen reformer, took an interest in establishing a system of grammar schools through endowments providing free education for the talented poor. The charitable concept of education for scholars of limited means gradually changed over the centuries to that of education for gentlemen entering the military, church and professions.
The term Public Schools is often confusing especially where Americans consider Public Schools to be government or state sponsored education available to all. The distinction is that the British Public School system was available to anyone who could afford it and was independent of the State.
It became a part of the structure to instill service to the Crown and Empire and provide future rulers for the nation and administrators for the Empire. Although with many detractors, the excellent all-round education provided by the British Public School system is envied by other countries and has been successfully exported across the world.
Many of the schools now available online are famous for their traditions and rich history as well as the famous pupils they turned out most notably the war time leader Winston Churchill, the first Prime Minister of modern day India - Jawaharlal Nehru and the great explorer of the Antarctic Sir Ernest Shackleton with a host of former and current British Peers and members of Parliament, as well as future Monarchs and members of foreign royal families. There are Victoria Cross holders, famous individuals and many leaders in the arts, sciences and business.
Many Public School pupils decided to study at the universities that existed in the early 1800s but in the 1900s many former alumni were called to Military service and distinguished themselves.
The registers are fully searchable and provide a useful resource. They are exceptionally well detailed and usually give the surname, father’s name, address, birth date, date of death. School and University education, School sports teams, qualifications or profession, Military service and achievements.
A spokesman for Familyrelatives.com added “We are pleased to be releasing this dataset as the School Registers provide a useful source of quality detail to family historians in their research. This is a growing dataset and more School and Alumni registers will be added to the records online”.
The collection is part of over 650 million historic records available online to all members and visitors by way of an annual subscription of only £30.00 or US$50.00 at www.familyrelatives.com
Familyrelatives.com has recently added the following records;
School Registers Collection
The Great Landowners of Great Britain and Ireland 1883
Burkes Landed Gentry of Great Britain
London Marriage Licences 1521-1869
Directory of Directors 1897 - 1946
The Familyrelatives.com blog will keep you updated with our latest genealogy news and additions including those for the GRO Birth, Marriage, Death Indexes, Military, Overseas, Parish, Census and other family history records including general historical events in the UK and the USA.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Friday, July 17, 2009
US Civil War Roll of Honor 1861 – 1865 published online by Familyrelatives.com
One of the largest and most complete Rolls of Honor for the US Civil War has been released by Familyrelatives.com. It is the first time that all 27 volumes have been made available online.
Familyrelatives.com continues with more data additions this month with over 276,000 Roll of Honor records for those soldiers who died in the defence of the Union during the American Civil War.
The “Names of the Soldiers Who Died in the Defence of the American Union – interred in the National Cemeteries” were recorded by the Quartermaster General’s Office in 1866. In each case the original place of interment, the soldiers’ name, rank, company, regiment, date of death, section of cemetery and the number of the grave are all detailed. In some instances the creed is provided together with a list simply referred to as “Unknowns”.
Additional volumes refer to soldiers who died in prison pens – termed “Names of the Soldiers Who Died in the Defence of the American Union – Suffered martyrdom in the Prison Pens throughout the south”. Again the soldiers name, rank, company, regiment, date and cause of death are provided.
The Roll reminds us that the Civil War was a bitter conflict and one of the bloodiest and costliest in terms of the toll it took on both sides with an estimated 620,000 military deaths, two thirds of whom died by disease as well as an undetermined number of civilian casualties.
The Union Army consisted of a large number of immigrants including many ethnic groups. A million soldiers were native born Americans of British ancestry, half a million were of German ancestry. 210,000 African Americans of whom half were freed men living in the north the remainder were slaves or had escaped slavery. A similar number were of Irish descent. Canadian, English, French, Dutch, Scandinavian as well as Italian, Jewish, Mexican, Polish, Native Americans and other nationalities numbering 2.2 million fought for the Union.
The legacy of the war meant the ending of slavery, restoring the Union and the role of federal government. The many social and political issues following the war shaped the reconstruction era which lasted many years. It was the defining event that shaped the future of the United States as we know it today.
The collection includes the Final Disposition, four additional volumes listing the original places of burial from which some of the bodies of Deceased Union Soldiers and Prisoners of War have been removed and the various National Cemeteries in which they were finally interred.
The collection together with 650 million historic records is available to search online to all members and visitors by way of an annual subscription of only US$50.00 or £30.00 at www.familyrelatives.com
Familyrelatives.com continues with more data additions this month with over 276,000 Roll of Honor records for those soldiers who died in the defence of the Union during the American Civil War.
The “Names of the Soldiers Who Died in the Defence of the American Union – interred in the National Cemeteries” were recorded by the Quartermaster General’s Office in 1866. In each case the original place of interment, the soldiers’ name, rank, company, regiment, date of death, section of cemetery and the number of the grave are all detailed. In some instances the creed is provided together with a list simply referred to as “Unknowns”.
Additional volumes refer to soldiers who died in prison pens – termed “Names of the Soldiers Who Died in the Defence of the American Union – Suffered martyrdom in the Prison Pens throughout the south”. Again the soldiers name, rank, company, regiment, date and cause of death are provided.
The Roll reminds us that the Civil War was a bitter conflict and one of the bloodiest and costliest in terms of the toll it took on both sides with an estimated 620,000 military deaths, two thirds of whom died by disease as well as an undetermined number of civilian casualties.
The Union Army consisted of a large number of immigrants including many ethnic groups. A million soldiers were native born Americans of British ancestry, half a million were of German ancestry. 210,000 African Americans of whom half were freed men living in the north the remainder were slaves or had escaped slavery. A similar number were of Irish descent. Canadian, English, French, Dutch, Scandinavian as well as Italian, Jewish, Mexican, Polish, Native Americans and other nationalities numbering 2.2 million fought for the Union.
The legacy of the war meant the ending of slavery, restoring the Union and the role of federal government. The many social and political issues following the war shaped the reconstruction era which lasted many years. It was the defining event that shaped the future of the United States as we know it today.
The collection includes the Final Disposition, four additional volumes listing the original places of burial from which some of the bodies of Deceased Union Soldiers and Prisoners of War have been removed and the various National Cemeteries in which they were finally interred.
The collection together with 650 million historic records is available to search online to all members and visitors by way of an annual subscription of only US$50.00 or £30.00 at www.familyrelatives.com
Friday, June 26, 2009
Canadian Civil Service salaries published online
The world’s largest collection of Canadian Civil Service records is now available on the internet.
Familyrelatives.com today launched over 200,000 Canadian Civil Service records for the period 1872-1918. The fully searchable records offer a fascinating insight into the machinery of government - from the Governor General’s office and those employed in Parliament (House of Commons & Senate) to the 10 people in the “Slide and Boom” Service of the Inland Revenue all of whom are meticulously accounted for. The online records reveal the civil servants name, position, department, length of service, salary and date of appointment.
The period covers the early years of the Dominion of Canada from 1872 through to the end of the First World War, when immigration to North America was increasing Canada saw the majority of migrants arriving from Britain and Ireland which accounted for a large proportion of the Government Service Lists. In 1870 this influx reached its highest level.
The earliest Returns detail the origin and creed of those in the civil service. Canadians were described as French or British or even Irish and German but these distinctions eventually disappear.
When Engineers were paid more than Lawyers
Interestingly the highest paid civil servant in 1872 was the Scottish born Sir Sandford Fleming, who was fondly known as the “Inventor of Standard Time” as well as being the founder of the Canadian Institute. The 19th Century was the Age of Steam and the innovator Fleming was the Chief Engineer for the Intercolonial Railway (later to become the Canadian National Railway) who earned $4,800. The importance of Fleming’s position is underscored by the fact the Deputy to the Minister of Justice was paid only Canadian $2,600. An Under Secretary of State fared somewhat better with an annual salary of $2,840 – by contrast a labourer earned as little as 70 cents a day, the equivalent of $18.70 today. At that time the average annual wage was $1,695.
In 1872 there were 3,704 civil servants which increased to 8,312 by 1909. The latest figures show that there are now over 454,000 Canadian civil servants.
Included in this online collection are individuals who shaped and transformed the country in those early days. One of these was Richard Burton Deane, an officer and author educated in India and Ipswich (England) who in July 1883 was appointed by the Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald as an inspector in the North-West Mounted Police in July 1883. After the North-West rebellion Deane became responsible for the prisoners, including Louis Riel one of the most controversial figures in Canadian history.
These comprehensive records spanning 47 formative years of Canada’s Administration are a vital part of the Dominion’s development and the source for family historians whose forebears left Britain for a new life and in many cases reached importance and fame in their adopted country. The collection is available online to all members and by way of an annual subscription of only £30.00 or US$50.00 with other datasets at www.familyrelatives.com
Familyrelatives.com today launched over 200,000 Canadian Civil Service records for the period 1872-1918. The fully searchable records offer a fascinating insight into the machinery of government - from the Governor General’s office and those employed in Parliament (House of Commons & Senate) to the 10 people in the “Slide and Boom” Service of the Inland Revenue all of whom are meticulously accounted for. The online records reveal the civil servants name, position, department, length of service, salary and date of appointment.
The period covers the early years of the Dominion of Canada from 1872 through to the end of the First World War, when immigration to North America was increasing Canada saw the majority of migrants arriving from Britain and Ireland which accounted for a large proportion of the Government Service Lists. In 1870 this influx reached its highest level.
The earliest Returns detail the origin and creed of those in the civil service. Canadians were described as French or British or even Irish and German but these distinctions eventually disappear.
When Engineers were paid more than Lawyers
Interestingly the highest paid civil servant in 1872 was the Scottish born Sir Sandford Fleming, who was fondly known as the “Inventor of Standard Time” as well as being the founder of the Canadian Institute. The 19th Century was the Age of Steam and the innovator Fleming was the Chief Engineer for the Intercolonial Railway (later to become the Canadian National Railway) who earned $4,800. The importance of Fleming’s position is underscored by the fact the Deputy to the Minister of Justice was paid only Canadian $2,600. An Under Secretary of State fared somewhat better with an annual salary of $2,840 – by contrast a labourer earned as little as 70 cents a day, the equivalent of $18.70 today. At that time the average annual wage was $1,695.
In 1872 there were 3,704 civil servants which increased to 8,312 by 1909. The latest figures show that there are now over 454,000 Canadian civil servants.
Included in this online collection are individuals who shaped and transformed the country in those early days. One of these was Richard Burton Deane, an officer and author educated in India and Ipswich (England) who in July 1883 was appointed by the Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald as an inspector in the North-West Mounted Police in July 1883. After the North-West rebellion Deane became responsible for the prisoners, including Louis Riel one of the most controversial figures in Canadian history.
These comprehensive records spanning 47 formative years of Canada’s Administration are a vital part of the Dominion’s development and the source for family historians whose forebears left Britain for a new life and in many cases reached importance and fame in their adopted country. The collection is available online to all members and by way of an annual subscription of only £30.00 or US$50.00 with other datasets at www.familyrelatives.com
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Who really owned Britain – was it your forbears?
Britain’s Victorian “Doomsday Book” released online by Familyrelatives.com
The first ever complete collection of fully searchable Landowner returns is published online today for England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland.
A record of who owned land in Britain and Ireland was created over a hundred years ago by the Victorians as a response to the great outcry about what was described as the monopoly of land. The wildest and most reckless exaggerations and mis-statements of fact were uttered about the number of individuals who were actual owners of the soil.
In the House of Lords it had been said that according to the Census of 1861 in the United Kingdom, there were no more than 30,000 landowners and although this estimate arose from a misreading of the figures, its accuracy had never been disputed, the true status was a matter of conjecture but it was believed to have been nearer 300,000 landowners.
In these circumstances a comprehensive “Return” was called for and termed the “Doomsday Book”. It was published in 1873 almost a thousand years after William the Conqueror commissioned the original Domesday Book in 1086.
These fascinating Returns provide the name and address of every Owner and their holding in acres, rods and poles, with the estimated yearly rental valuation of all holdings over 1 acre. Interestingly lease holders at the commencement of their term were considered as owners also, however those at the end of their term were not so considered.
As a result over 320,000 landowners of one acre or more can be searched online representing 1% of the entire population of the United Kingdom. The number of owners with less than one acre was nearly 850,000. London the “Great Metropolis” was excluded from the Returns as was waste land if it yielded no profit.
Among the landowning aristocracy were the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry who owned 432,373 acres in the Scottish Highlands and the Duke of Norfolk with 44,638 acres mostly around Arundel Castle in Sussex. The Prince of Wales’ estate at Sandringham is listed with 6,724 acres, as are Charles Dickens and Alfred Tennyson with more modest holdings.
The Victorians with their conviction for detail and orderliness even counted asylums, hospitals, colleges, school trustees, railway companies, navigation companies, sewer commissioners, War department, water works and river commissioners as a vital part of their record keeping.
The database is available to search online and is organised under each county, with name and address for every landowner. The collection together with 650 million historic records is available online to all members and visitors by way of an annual subscription of only £30.00 or US$50.00 at www.familyrelatives.com
The first ever complete collection of fully searchable Landowner returns is published online today for England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland.
A record of who owned land in Britain and Ireland was created over a hundred years ago by the Victorians as a response to the great outcry about what was described as the monopoly of land. The wildest and most reckless exaggerations and mis-statements of fact were uttered about the number of individuals who were actual owners of the soil.
In the House of Lords it had been said that according to the Census of 1861 in the United Kingdom, there were no more than 30,000 landowners and although this estimate arose from a misreading of the figures, its accuracy had never been disputed, the true status was a matter of conjecture but it was believed to have been nearer 300,000 landowners.
In these circumstances a comprehensive “Return” was called for and termed the “Doomsday Book”. It was published in 1873 almost a thousand years after William the Conqueror commissioned the original Domesday Book in 1086.
These fascinating Returns provide the name and address of every Owner and their holding in acres, rods and poles, with the estimated yearly rental valuation of all holdings over 1 acre. Interestingly lease holders at the commencement of their term were considered as owners also, however those at the end of their term were not so considered.
As a result over 320,000 landowners of one acre or more can be searched online representing 1% of the entire population of the United Kingdom. The number of owners with less than one acre was nearly 850,000. London the “Great Metropolis” was excluded from the Returns as was waste land if it yielded no profit.
Among the landowning aristocracy were the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry who owned 432,373 acres in the Scottish Highlands and the Duke of Norfolk with 44,638 acres mostly around Arundel Castle in Sussex. The Prince of Wales’ estate at Sandringham is listed with 6,724 acres, as are Charles Dickens and Alfred Tennyson with more modest holdings.
The Victorians with their conviction for detail and orderliness even counted asylums, hospitals, colleges, school trustees, railway companies, navigation companies, sewer commissioners, War department, water works and river commissioners as a vital part of their record keeping.
The database is available to search online and is organised under each county, with name and address for every landowner. The collection together with 650 million historic records is available online to all members and visitors by way of an annual subscription of only £30.00 or US$50.00 at www.familyrelatives.com
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Familyrelatives.com readies website for new data releases
The team at the Family History website Familyrelatives.com is in the final stages of a new website design that will enhance and simplify the way records can be accessed on its website. Previously Familyrelatives' members were able to click on one of two tabs to access records from England and the United States.
Now with the growth of data sets and the forthcoming addition of records from Australia, New Zealand, England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada and the United States it has been necessary to expand the tabs and simplify the website layout to accommodate the growing number of datasets.
The improvements include a New Menu which allows users to be more selective in their viewing, as well as new search pages which will make it easier to navigate and use the website. Databases have been classified into regions making it simpler to locate data. Additional search refinements will also assist in making searches faster and more efficient.
"We have been listening to our members who have complimented the clear and straightforward design. They liked the no-nonsense approach we have taken and so we decided to build and expand on these features in anticipation of the new data sets that will be uploaded over the coming months. The groundwork has been well prepared and as well as expanding the data that will be available to our members, in the very near future we will be introducing a number of other new features including a new image viewer and a calendar which will benefit our members" added a spokesman for the website.
As the amount of data on the website expands the different Country tabs will clearly indicate those new data sets being added. Members with subscriptions are able to take advantage of the new datasets. The new design is available to all members via the familyrelatives.com website.
Now with the growth of data sets and the forthcoming addition of records from Australia, New Zealand, England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada and the United States it has been necessary to expand the tabs and simplify the website layout to accommodate the growing number of datasets.
The improvements include a New Menu which allows users to be more selective in their viewing, as well as new search pages which will make it easier to navigate and use the website. Databases have been classified into regions making it simpler to locate data. Additional search refinements will also assist in making searches faster and more efficient.
"We have been listening to our members who have complimented the clear and straightforward design. They liked the no-nonsense approach we have taken and so we decided to build and expand on these features in anticipation of the new data sets that will be uploaded over the coming months. The groundwork has been well prepared and as well as expanding the data that will be available to our members, in the very near future we will be introducing a number of other new features including a new image viewer and a calendar which will benefit our members" added a spokesman for the website.
As the amount of data on the website expands the different Country tabs will clearly indicate those new data sets being added. Members with subscriptions are able to take advantage of the new datasets. The new design is available to all members via the familyrelatives.com website.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Engineers and Professional list of members published on Familyrelatives.com
Finding out about your ancestor’s occupation and achievements allows the family historian to build a more complete picture of your ancestors’ past. Familyrelatives.com has released a collection of Professional member lists including the Engineers Who’s Who and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales 1923.
The Engineers Who’s Who 1939, is a register of engineering appointments and attainments and a useful family history source for researchers with engineers in their family. At this time with the impending Second World War many engineers were involved with the war effort in the Admiralty, the War Office as well as those who joined the armed forces.
Only a year earlier a British steam locomotive had set a new world record while German troops had occupied Austria, the Royal Air Force took delivery of 400 planes a month and free air raid shelters were being distributed to London homes. Britain was also planning to introduce conscription and UK farmers were being urged to dig for victory. Hitler's army invaded Poland on 1 September 1939 and World War II began.
“Nearly 7000 names are recorded in this volume – within most cases some biographical details; no endeavour has been made to include British Engineers operating abroad, and the majority of those contained in this record are active engineers whose work lies in the United Kingdom.”
The records in the main include the surname, forename(s), British order of chivalry, qualifications, accomplishments and appointments as well as the private address, career and education. In some instances the age, war service and useful dates are included, providing a fascinating insight into individuals.
Individuals in the Engineers Who’s Who included Professor Sir Bennett Melvill Jones (1887-1975), who demonstrated the importance of streamlining the design of an aircraft. Whilst at Cambridge he supervised Frank Whittle the inventor of the jet engine.
His entry reads as follows;
JONES, Bennett Melvill. C.B.E., A.F.C., M.A., F.R.Ae.S., F.I.Ae.S.
Francis Mond Professor of Aeronautical Eng., Laboratory, Cambridge.
Age: 51. Career: Aeronautics Dept., Nat. Phys. Lab., 1910 – 1913 ; Royal Farnborough, 1914 – 1916 ; Experimental Officer, Royal Air Force, 1916 – 1918.
Another leading structural engineer Sir John Fleetwood Baker worked with the Air Ministry on the structural problems of airships. During the Second World War, Baker was appointed Scientific Adviser to the Ministry of Home Security, using his plastic theory of structural analysis on reducing the impact of bombing of buildings he created the indoor air raid Morrison Shelter named after the Home Secretary at the time.
BAKER, Professor John F. M.A., Sc. D., D.Sc., Assoc.M.Inst.C.E. (Telford Medal. Telford Premium, Howard Quinquennial Prize), M.I.Struct.E.
Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Bristol. Private Address: 1, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, 2. Age: 37. Career: Technical Officer Royal Airship Works, Cardington ; Scientific Officer, Building Research Station, Watford ; Technical Officer, Steel Structures Research Committee.
The data sets for the Institute of Chartered Accountants are divided between individual members (both Associates and Fellows) and professional firms with each listing its address and its Partners. As with the Engineers, many Chartered Accountants went on to distinguished careers as MPs, members of the Government and the Armed Services as well as developing significant roles in business and industry.
Researchers can search the index by name and look at scans of original records and one can also browse the records. These records are available as part of the familyrelatives.com subscription which provides unprecedented value for money. A number of features and records are available for free on www.Familyrelatives.com###
The Engineers Who’s Who 1939, is a register of engineering appointments and attainments and a useful family history source for researchers with engineers in their family. At this time with the impending Second World War many engineers were involved with the war effort in the Admiralty, the War Office as well as those who joined the armed forces.
Only a year earlier a British steam locomotive had set a new world record while German troops had occupied Austria, the Royal Air Force took delivery of 400 planes a month and free air raid shelters were being distributed to London homes. Britain was also planning to introduce conscription and UK farmers were being urged to dig for victory. Hitler's army invaded Poland on 1 September 1939 and World War II began.
“Nearly 7000 names are recorded in this volume – within most cases some biographical details; no endeavour has been made to include British Engineers operating abroad, and the majority of those contained in this record are active engineers whose work lies in the United Kingdom.”
The records in the main include the surname, forename(s), British order of chivalry, qualifications, accomplishments and appointments as well as the private address, career and education. In some instances the age, war service and useful dates are included, providing a fascinating insight into individuals.
Individuals in the Engineers Who’s Who included Professor Sir Bennett Melvill Jones (1887-1975), who demonstrated the importance of streamlining the design of an aircraft. Whilst at Cambridge he supervised Frank Whittle the inventor of the jet engine.
His entry reads as follows;
JONES, Bennett Melvill. C.B.E., A.F.C., M.A., F.R.Ae.S., F.I.Ae.S.
Francis Mond Professor of Aeronautical Eng., Laboratory, Cambridge.
Age: 51. Career: Aeronautics Dept., Nat. Phys. Lab., 1910 – 1913 ; Royal Farnborough, 1914 – 1916 ; Experimental Officer, Royal Air Force, 1916 – 1918.
Another leading structural engineer Sir John Fleetwood Baker worked with the Air Ministry on the structural problems of airships. During the Second World War, Baker was appointed Scientific Adviser to the Ministry of Home Security, using his plastic theory of structural analysis on reducing the impact of bombing of buildings he created the indoor air raid Morrison Shelter named after the Home Secretary at the time.
BAKER, Professor John F. M.A., Sc. D., D.Sc., Assoc.M.Inst.C.E. (Telford Medal. Telford Premium, Howard Quinquennial Prize), M.I.Struct.E.
Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Bristol. Private Address: 1, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, 2. Age: 37. Career: Technical Officer Royal Airship Works, Cardington ; Scientific Officer, Building Research Station, Watford ; Technical Officer, Steel Structures Research Committee.
The data sets for the Institute of Chartered Accountants are divided between individual members (both Associates and Fellows) and professional firms with each listing its address and its Partners. As with the Engineers, many Chartered Accountants went on to distinguished careers as MPs, members of the Government and the Armed Services as well as developing significant roles in business and industry.
Researchers can search the index by name and look at scans of original records and one can also browse the records. These records are available as part of the familyrelatives.com subscription which provides unprecedented value for money. A number of features and records are available for free on www.Familyrelatives.com###
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
New series of Who do you think you are? to air in February 2009
Following the success of the popular family history programme series of Who do you think you are? which featured Boris Johnson and Patsy Kensit's forebears the sixth series of Who Do You Think You Are? returns to our screens on BBC1 at 9.00pm on Monday 2 February. The programme is repeated the following day Tuesday 3 February on BBC2 at 7.00pm.The first episode begins with the story of the television comedian and political satirist Rory Bremner who delves into the wartime experiences of the father he didn't know very well.
Rory Bremner uncovers war heroics of father he barely knew
In the second episode on BBC1 at 9.00pm on Monday 9 February television news and presenter Fiona Bruce discovers the sad truth behind her great-grandfather's mysterious death. The programme is repeated the following day Tuesday 10 February on BBC2 at 7.00pm. Also available to watch on BBC iplayer.
If you want to get started and learn more about researching your family history sign up to https://www.familyrelatives.com and start searching for your ancestors.
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Rory Bremner uncovers war heroics of father he barely knew
In the second episode on BBC1 at 9.00pm on Monday 9 February television news and presenter Fiona Bruce discovers the sad truth behind her great-grandfather's mysterious death. The programme is repeated the following day Tuesday 10 February on BBC2 at 7.00pm. Also available to watch on BBC iplayer.
If you want to get started and learn more about researching your family history sign up to https://www.familyrelatives.com and start searching for your ancestors.
Getting started on Familyrelatives.com
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