Over the years, we have researched many interesting problems. Here are just a sample- anonymous of course!

Case 1
There was a story that a gentleman had been important in the border counties. By using Herefordshire Record Office, Gwent Record Office & the National Library of Wales I was able to trace family that was previously unknown. I found a number of newspaper articles from the 1870’s, detailing his activities in the Hereford area, including his ownership of property in the Hereford area, and then his families move into Monmouthshire. I found his obituary, and his will. This involved Parish Registers & Non-conformist records as well as other archives.

Case 2
A family had split in the 1930’s and the whereabouts of the Father after that were unknown. By using Electoral Registers, GRO records, & clues from family stories I was able to track his movements in an inner city area & his eventual death.

Case 3
A man with a reasonably unusual surname couldn’t be found in the part of Birmingham he was expected in. By careful use of indexes I investigated a record of a man with a variant name. This didn’t look very promising as he was described as a “son in law” a year before my man was married! It turned out to be the correct entry. Looks like the girl’s mother was too embarrassed to call him a lodger when the enumerator came round!

Case 4
 I followed a number of families in rural Wales that appeared to not be where they should be. I was able to track them through a number of farms, finding them in various censuses, & by using various registers managed to add branches to the family tree. I even found that originally one branch was English! You never know what you are going to find.