I have been researching my family tree since 2013 when my mum was going through health problems. She had very little knowledge of her family origins (Cobcroft/Northend - Sharpe/Tapley/Geddis)having been raised in an orphanage. Wow, did I discover...

My mother's surname is Lencia. I did not know how rare it was until I started doing her family tree. Her father was born in Rueglio, near Turin in Italy, and I was able to trace his family in Turin as far back as the late 1700s. The surname sounds...

I have been doing genealogy research for a long time. My maternal grandfather's information is as follows: Calvin Talmadge Faircloth, b. 1889; d. 1934; married Harriet Frances Stieren in 1918. I would like to know why he left North Carolina and...

licensee Thomas Cowl, killed 1835. What were circumstances?. Wife Jane Cowl took over hotel licence.

Hi All. Like most among us I'm sure, I've been researching my genealogy for decades, but mostly in fits and starts. I usually get invigorated to back into it following a family event, or a chance contact online by someone also chasing a...

This is a summarised list of the names and serial numbers of the Māori and Pacific Islanders who served in the Contingents and Reinforcements of NZ in WWI & WWII. It includes the 28th Battalion, the 15th Reinforcements and the Jay Force. The...

This is a summarised list of the names and serial numbers of the Māori and Pacific Islanders who served in the Contingents and Reinforcements of NZ in WWI & WWII. It includes the 28th Battalion, the 15th Reinforcements and the Jay Force. The...