Twigs of Yore

As I said in my recent Facebook post , I love a good colour coded chart! Colour coded birthplaces charts have been doing the rounds, sparke...

I’ve been having a lot of fun fitting together the puzzle pieces of the Allsop family of Tissington, Derbyshire, England. In doing so, I’ve ...

Well, that got a bit out of hand! My little proof-of-concept experiment for a flexible CSV import plugin for Family Historian grew into a l...

Here’s the final message from the latest trial run of my ‘Import CSV’ plugin for Family Historian. 35 seconds feels like a long time to wait...

I had good intentions of writing up a post after Congress 2015 . I started, but never quite finished. Somewhere along the way I got distract...

One of the things that I most enjoy, and that causes me most frustration, with family history research is all the little side tracks. Frustr...

I’m feeling rather chuffed with myself tonight. My genealogy software, Family Historian , is very customisable. Even more so now that versi...

When I realised the date, I thought I would see if Family Historian could produce a list of people who died on a Friday the 13th. No proble...

I recently mentioned that I’m changing genealogy software . Three weeks on, I’m still happy that I made the right decision. The most surpri...

I've made a big decision. I’m leaving the one I love. After indecision and agonising, I'm changing genealogy software. This isn...