Discoveries
We love hearing what you’ve found in our online genealogy records and making some fascinating discoveries of our own. Send your stories to [email protected] and in the meantime, enjoy perusing all the amazing ‘wow’ moments we’ve already helped create.
This family broke records to boast six living generations and the only great-great-great-granny
Seven surprising finds in the 1911 Census
Who Do You Think You Are? Series 21: here's what you missed
Kamala Harris' family tree tells a tale of migration and education
We discovered German and Scottish roots in Donald Trump's family tree
Finding Eli: A granddaughter’s story
We found war veterans and healthcare workers within Keir Starmer's family tree
More footballers in the family? Jack Grealish’s family tree
Taylor Swift’s family tree shines with love, heartbreak and the triumph of the human spirit
Labourers and landed gentry: Kate Middleton’s family tree
Have we found Audrey Hepburn in WW2 England?
Doctor Who season 14: digging into the new Doctor's family tree and more
The secret histories of your Christmas decorations, as found in our newspaper archive
Into the ice: the Antarctic expeditions of Sir Ernest Shackleton
Family trees of The Crown season 6 actors reveal secrets and surprises
Ancestors that made the headlines: Community discoveries from our newspaper archive
Diverting Durham and surprising Salisbury: Here are some of history’s most newsworthy cities...
This October, connect with Black ancestry with our newspaper collection
Acting genes and wartime ancestors: Here's what we've discovered about the family history of The Great Escaper's cast
