Yes this really is a thing and often folk with immigrant ancestors in Oz and North America have a higher level of interest in finding out about roots. I have met maternal and paternal descendants who've been visiting locations in the UK relevant to their ancestry. It's interesting to see how...
Just for anyone with Scottish roots you won’t easily find them on Ancestry etc as 99% of records are retained in a Scot gov website called Scotland’s People which has a really mean pay and search model that can be a real pain. If you do have gaps in English ancestry though it can be worth...
I'm a long-standing user of Ancestry, Find My Past and 23 and Me. I've found some amazing things along the way but one of the most useful dimensions to add colour is to use your research alongside newspaper archives. The one accessed via FMP is quite good but there are other routes in to the...