ANCESTRY 

Whether you know their details or not, you have ancestors whose lives have impacted on and influenced your own. Because of the wealth of easily accessible information the study of ancestry, or genealogy, is now one of the most frequently searched subjects on the Internet and many people have now started to research their family trees and have found it to be an absorbing interest.

Your ancestors had their own anxieties, thoughts, and life skills. Although their birth, marriage, and death details are important, engaging with the countryside where they lived, their homes and workplaces tells you much more about their lives and what made them the people they were.

A visit to your ancestral homeland to see what your ancestors saw and to talk to an expert about the life and the times in which they lived will help you to envision their lifestyle and the emotions they felt. Now you can ‘know’ your ancestors – and fully appreciate your ancestry.

For information on researching your family tree go to our Family History Research page. The relatively new science of DNA research has opened up opportunities to investigate your ancestry even where there is minimal family history information. Click on our DNA page for further information about how you can be aided by modern science to investigate your ancient family connections.