History

From Huguenot Refugees to London Sugar Barons: The Remarkable Story of the Martineau Family

When I traced a remote branch of my family tree to Peter Martineau (1785–1869), a wealthy sugar refiner in London, […]

I’ve been researching the story of one of my grandmother’s brothers, William Esau Willmott, known in the family as Billy.

In the early years of the 19th century, two brothers from a modest Middlesex farming family carved out lives that

For more than 25 years I have been piecing together the story of my 3rd great-grandfather, Thomas Ward. Born around

Living just a short distance from the site of the former Didlington Hall in Breckland, West Norfolk, I’ve long been

Another beautiful location in the Breckland area of West Norfolk which is just a short drive away from our home.

One of my distant ancestors, George Ward (1735–1790), moved to Dorset to work with his uncle, John Sharrer, in the

I’ve been tracing through some more distant family connections and uncovered a fascinating link to Lieutenant Colonel Roderick Peter George

We had a short but delightful visit to Brandon Country Park recently—just a 10-mile drive from our home in west