# family tree (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 6 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover family tree. Page: Feed: --- ## [Ancestry Updates Find a Grave Index Collection](https://www.anglocelticconnections.ca/2026/08/22/ancestry-updates-find-a-grave-index-collection/) _2026-08-22 · John Reid · Anglo-Celtic Connections_ There are over 5.6 million new records in the UK and Ireland Find a Grave Index collection, recently updated on Ancestry. Title Aug-26 Dec-25 Increase Increase % U.S. 187,073,146 184,339,956 2,733,190 1.5 UK and Ireland 29,447,349 23,818,332 5,629,017 23.6 Global 24,536,564 22,691,823 1,844,741 8.1 Australia and New Zealand 12,770,201 12,526,572 243,629 1.9 Canada 12,741,202 11,905,737 … Continue… ## [Ancestry Updates Cheshire Parish Records](https://www.anglocelticconnections.ca/2026/08/21/ancestry-updates-cheshire-parish-records/) _2026-08-21 · John Reid · Anglo-Celtic Connections_ Ancestry’s collection Cheshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 saw the addition of 16,436 records since the previous update two years ago. Other Cheshire Church of England collections were cleaned up, reducing duplication. Original record images are linked throughout these collections. The post Ancestry Updates Cheshire Parish Records appeared first on… ## [Tracing lives through allotment records](https://www.anglocelticconnections.ca/2026/08/21/tracing-lives-through-allotment-records/) _2026-08-21 · John Reid · Anglo-Celtic Connections_ Many record collections are too small and niche to attract the interest of the large genealogy companies, but none-the-less valuable. Often you’ll find them in the UK at local archives, county record offices and museums. It’s good practice to check those where you have ancestry periodically. A recent example, documented in an 18 August blog … Continue reading "Tracing lives through allotment… ## [MyHeritage does Y-DNA](https://www.anglocelticconnections.ca/2026/08/20/myheritage-does-y-dna/) _2026-08-20 · John Reid · Anglo-Celtic Connections_ MyHeritage has launched Y-DNA results that help users explore their direct paternal line based, in most cases, on existing MyHeritage DNA data, with no new test required. Read the MyHeritage blog post here. This service is the result of a partnership with Family Tree DNA. MyHeritage is rebranding FTDNA’s products and FTDNA now releys on … Continue reading "MyHeritage does Y-DNA" The post… ## [The Family History AI Show: Episode 42](https://www.anglocelticconnections.ca/2026/08/20/the-family-history-ai-show-episode-42/) _2026-08-20 · John Reid · Anglo-Celtic Connections_ Mark Thompson and Steve Little are back after a four-month hiatus — not from the dead, but from a busy summer — with episode 42. They still haven’t found the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything (AI isn’t quite there yet — maybe next episode), but they’ve packed this one … Continue reading "The Family History AI Show: Episode 42" The post The Family History AI… ## [Weir(d?) Times at Library and Archives Canada](https://www.anglocelticconnections.ca/2026/08/19/weird-times-at-library-and-archives-canada-5/) _2026-08-19 · John Reid · Anglo-Celtic Connections_ Consultation on Service LAC maintains communication with clients through various consultation and mechanisms to better understand its client base and their needs. – Services Consultation Committee has been inactive since 2024 and has not met recently. – 2025 Service Improvement Survey results were posted on 23 February 2026 linking to an extensive contractor report. The … Continue reading… ## [Ask AI: What is the maximum number of children a woman could have?](https://www.anglocelticconnections.ca/2026/08/19/ask-ai-what-is-the-maximum-number-of-children-a-woman-could-have/) _2026-08-19 · John Reid · Anglo-Celtic Connections_ Before reading this, make your own assessment (guess). 20,30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 100+? I asked three AI services. All referenced the woman most commonly credited with the highest number of children, Valentina Vassilyeva, the first wife of Feodor Vassilyev of Shuya, Russia. According to an 18th-century account, she supposedly had … Continue reading "Ask AI: What is the maximum number of… ## [BIFHSGO Conference Update](https://www.anglocelticconnections.ca/2026/08/18/bifhsgo-conference-update/) _2026-08-18 · John Reid · Anglo-Celtic Connections_ This year’s British Isles Family History Society (BIFHSGO) conference dives deep into the forces behind Scottish migration and emigration, offering expert speakers with invaluable insights and practical strategies to help trace family lines back to a Scottish homeland. Here’s the program for this year’s virtual conference. The program, themed Flittin’ Day: Forces That Moved our Scottish … Continue… ## [This Week’s Online Genealogy Events](https://www.anglocelticconnections.ca/2026/08/18/this-weeks-online-genealogy-events-237/) _2026-08-18 · John Reid · Anglo-Celtic Connections_ Choose from these selected free online events. All times are Eastern Time, unless otherwise noted. Registration may be required in advance—please check the links to avoid disappointment. For many more events, mainly in the U.S., visit https://conferencekeeper.org/virtual/ . Tuesday, 18 August 2026 2:00 PM EDT – Ottawa Virtual Genealogy Drop-In, for OGS Ottawa Branch… ## [Family Tree Magazine: September 2026](https://www.anglocelticconnections.ca/2026/08/17/family-tree-magazine-september-2026/) _2026-08-17 · John Reid · Anglo-Celtic Connections_ Briefly, the contents of this issue. MARRIAGES: BEYOND THE OFFICIAL RECORD David Annal explains why there may be more than one source of information about our ancestors’ marriages. WHAT DID YOUR ANCESTORS DO IN WAR WEAPONS WEEK? Discover the nationwide range of community events — held to raise funds for the machinery of war during … Continue reading "Family Tree Magazine: September 2026" The post… ## [Point a Domain, Start a Pit (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/mZgbPQe9lLqw) _2026-08-17 · **Sponsored**_ Point any domain to a blacked-out, poison-green coming-soon page with an email waitlist. ## [Sunday Sundries: Maps and Weather](https://www.anglocelticconnections.ca/2026/08/16/sunday-sundries-maps-and-waether/) _2026-08-16 · John Reid · Anglo-Celtic Connections_ Miscellaneous items I found interesting this week. GeoPuzzle – Arrange the pieces of the world! Beyond the 15‑minute city: What really makes people want to walk London, drawn, a sprawling AI-generated city rendered in the style of a classic SimCity map. Reading Maps: Journeys from fiction drawn on the real world Map tools for family … Continue reading "Sunday Sundries: Maps and Weather" The post… ## [Findmypast Weekly Update](https://www.anglocelticconnections.ca/2026/08/15/findmypast-weekly-update-179/) _2026-08-15 · John Reid · Anglo-Celtic Connections_ Great Western Railway Company Staff Records Now with 556,680 results covering staff of the Great Western Railway Company — “God’s Wonderful Railway” — founded in 1835. Drawn from The National Archives’ RAIL 264 series, these registers can include name, occupation, station, appointment and birth details, and last date of service, each with a transcript and … Continue reading "Findmypast Weekly… ## [Good Reading in the Journal of One-Name Studies](https://www.anglocelticconnections.ca/2026/08/14/good-reading-in-the-journal-of-one-name-studies/) _2026-08-14 · John Reid · Anglo-Celtic Connections_ As one of 88 Canadian members of the Guild of One-Name Studies I receive the quarterly Journal of One-Name Studies. The full-colour July-September 2026 issue, brim-full of good information, just arrived in my mail-box. As I don’t conduct a study, and can’t conveniently attend the in-person events like UK residents — 73% of the membership … Continue reading "Good Reading in the Journal of One-Name… ## [Floppy LED](https://bennuttall.com/blog/2026/08/floppy-led/) _2026-08-08 · Ben Nuttall's blog_ During the first COVID lockdown, stuck at home, bored, I had a silly idea: could I use the insertion of a floppy disk as a trigger to control something from a Raspberry Pi? I bought a sleek USB floppy drive and a brand new 10-pack of disks. Although I managed to mount the floppy and read files from... ## [Writing His First Biography](https://madelinefeierstein.substack.com/p/writing-his-first-biography) _2026-08-06 · Madeline Feierstein · Rooted in Place_ No one prepared me for the emotional rollercoaster of drafting a book on someone when you're the first in history to do so ## [Own Your Family Tree](https://purplehoisin.com/own-your-family-tree/) _2026-08-02 · purplehoisin · Purple Hoisin_ A few days ago a distant family member shared some old photos of my great grandmother (or great great) and a few details about her that I thought would be interesting to preserve. So, that got me thinking. What’s the best way to preserve this data for the future generations? I’m aware there is software... Read More “Own Your Family Tree” » The post Own Your Family Tree appeared first on Purple… ## [gpiozero flow](https://bennuttall.com/blog/2026/07/gpiozero-flow/) _2026-07-25 · Ben Nuttall's blog_ Back in 2015, I had the idea for gpiozero — a Python library for Raspberry Pi, making programming GPIO devices simpler by abstraction: instead of thinking about pin channels, voltages, pull-up resistors and rising or falling edges, we think about buttons being pressed and released, sensors... ## [Ronald Reagan & the Collapse of the Insane Asylum](https://madelinefeierstein.substack.com/p/ronald-reagan-and-the-collapse-of) _2026-07-12 · Madeline Feierstein · Rooted in Place_ The Mental Health Systems Act (1980) was torpedoed before it could launch proper deinstitutionalization, but the state hospital was doomed to fail long before Ronald Reagan became president. ## [greatgramps: a static site generator for Gramps family trees](https://bennuttall.com/blog/2026/06/greatgramps/) _2026-06-27 · Ben Nuttall's blog_ Last year I came across a few paper family trees from different sections of my family my Gran had collected, and I decided to look for a way to digitise them and bring them all together. Firstly I scanned them all in to make digital copies, and then I looked to see if Ubuntu had any family... ## [How America Stole from Mexico, and Why We Don't Discuss It](https://madelinefeierstein.substack.com/p/how-america-stole-from-mexico-and) _2026-06-07 · Madeline Feierstein · Rooted in Place_ The Mexican-American War doesn't weigh heavily on the average American's conscience. Here is a quick, social history take on why this consequential conflict doesn't get the attention it deserves. ## [Ultra-Quiet Business Mini (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/nXoZUWFHLbYE) _2026-06-07 · **Sponsored**_ Compact business mini, ultra-quiet for focused work. ## [1924](https://madelinefeierstein.substack.com/p/1924) _2026-05-24 · Madeline Feierstein · Rooted in Place_ 150 years after American independence, a new war waged against who could land on our shores. To understand anti-immigration laws today, we must learn about their origins. ## [Why We Have Forgotten the War of 1812](https://madelinefeierstein.substack.com/p/why-we-have-forgotten-the-war-of) _2026-05-13 · Madeline Feierstein · Rooted in Place_ America went to war with Great Britain for a second time from 1812-1815. We emerged victorious, so why don't more Americans know about it? ## [Getting Claude to extract data from a 1997 football manager game](https://bennuttall.com/blog/2026/04/fsm97/) _2026-04-29 · Ben Nuttall's blog_ There's a football manager game I got for my birthday when I was nine years old: FIFA Soccer Manager 97. I spent countless hours playing it as a child, trying to win the league, the cup or just avoid getting the sack! Two years later I got a newer manager game with better graphics and more... ## [Glen Etive](https://bennuttall.com/blog/2026/04/glen-etive/) _2026-04-19 · Ben Nuttall's blog_ I realised I hadn't blogged anything outdoorsy for an awfully long time. I used to occasionally post about travels and adventures, or my kayaking in general, but I guess I haven't done anything blogworthy in a while. I've been kayaking (on-and-off) for over twenty years, mostly in the Lake District... ## [America250 for the Immigrant](https://madelinefeierstein.substack.com/p/america250-for-the-immigrant) _2026-04-12 · Madeline Feierstein · Rooted in Place_ In 2026, the United States commemorates 250 years since the Declaration of Independence. For those who cannot claim an ancestral hand in the Revolution, what does this year mean for the rest of us? ## [Peter Brawley 1903-1972](https://shakingthebranches.com/2026/04/12/peter-brawley-1903-1972/) _2026-04-12 · Shaking The Branches · Shaking The Branches_ Peter Brawley was born on 9 January 1903 in Newmains, Lanarkshire. He was born in the family home at 12 Manse Road, the 7th child of Peter Brawley and Catherine Keenan. 7 seems like a lot of kids but Peter was the middle child. Catherine and Peter had 13 children born between 1891 and 1916. … Continue reading Peter Brawley 1903-1972 ## [Beemo Analytics](https://bennuttall.com/blog/2026/04/beemo-analytics/) _2026-04-11 · Ben Nuttall's blog_ Last Summer I wrote about building my own static site generator called Beemo. I went on to use it as the generator for a few other websites I manage, and made a few enhancements along the way. Beemo Recently I had the idea to use lars (a web server log analyser written by Dave Jones) as the... ## [Why America Doesn't Talk About World War I](https://madelinefeierstein.substack.com/p/why-america-doesnt-talk-about-world) _2026-03-21 · Madeline Feierstein · Rooted in Place_ The Great War (1914-1918) is largely forgotten. While poppy-strewn memorial ceremonies draw thousands in Europe, American interest in WWI fails to measure up to our allied counterparts in-arms. ## [Teaching Politics with Eminem](https://madelinefeierstein.substack.com/p/teaching-politics-with-eminem) _2026-03-07 · Madeline Feierstein · Rooted in Place_ Marshall Mathers' music entertains, informs, and educates. Although scathing, they're laced with social justice and political commentary. Here is how to analyze Slim Shady's lyrics in the classroom. ## [Thomas Jefferson's Deadly Tomatoes, and How to Research Exaggeration](https://madelinefeierstein.substack.com/p/thomas-jeffersons-deadly-tomatoes) _2026-02-27 · Madeline Feierstein · Rooted in Place_ As historians, it's easy to believe something quite radical. In fact, we crave it: viewing it as nonsensical and a breath of fresh air. But how can we utilize exaggerated information for our research? ## [Fast, secure international transfers (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/QfOQuLV4epez) _2026-02-27 · **Sponsored**_ Bank transfer, cash pickup, mobile wallet — low fees and real-time tracking ## [Barking Up the Family Tree, and How I Found a Criminal Ancestor](https://madelinefeierstein.substack.com/p/barking-up-the-family-tree-and-how) _2026-02-09 · Madeline Feierstein · Rooted in Place_ Some of my best research stemmed from genealogical gems and familial finds. What is hidden in your family tree? ## [Brawley FC](https://shakingthebranches.com/2026/01/25/brawley-fc/) _2026-01-25 · Shaking The Branches · Shaking The Branches_ I have been looking for evidence of a football team made up wholly of members of the Brawley family. My mum told me about it and I even found an article mentioning it but I had no idea when it happened or who was involved. Could it just be another family myth passed down through … Continue reading Brawley FC ## [A Bunch Of Trouble – John Helferty](https://shakingthebranches.com/2026/01/11/a-bunch-of-trouble-john-helferty/) _2026-01-11 · Shaking The Branches · Shaking The Branches_ John Helferty or Helferty is my 1st cousin 3x removed on my maternal granny’s side. He and my great granny Sarah Helferty were full cousins. That branch of the family, the Greenock Helfertys, were well known to the courts. There are several mentions of the family in the local papers. The article above is from … Continue reading A Bunch Of Trouble – John Helferty ## [A Strong Woman – Ann Symington 1832-1909](https://shakingthebranches.com/2026/01/07/a-strong-woman-ann-symington-1832-1909/) _2026-01-07 · Shaking The Branches · Shaking The Branches_ Time I think to get back to the paternal side of the family and to my great, great, great grandmother Ann Symington. Family Tree Maker allows me to create family charts. I don’t use it often enough. However, I thought it might be useful to see how the family line works. Ann Symington was born … Continue reading A Strong Woman – Ann Symington 1832-1909 ## [A Winning Team](https://shakingthebranches.com/2025/11/22/a-winning-team/) _2025-11-22 · Shaking The Branches · Shaking The Branches_ Football Fever has gripped Scotland this week, with the national team qualifying for the World Cup for the first time in 28 years. Such was the excitement and celebration at the game against Denmark on Tuesday that mild earthquakes were felt! Football is very much part of the Brawley family history. Searching through the British … Continue reading A Winning Team ## [PyCon UK 2025](https://bennuttall.com/blog/2025/10/pyconuk-2025/) _2025-10-03 · Ben Nuttall's blog_ Last week was PyCon UK, which took place in Manchester for the first time. I've attended the conference every year it's run since 2014, and each year I've given a talk. This year I decided not to submit a talk, instead trying my hand at running a workshop on "Data modelling with Pydantic". Luckily,... ## [A Day Out In Dundee](https://shakingthebranches.com/2025/10/02/a-day-out-in-dundee/) _2025-10-02 · Shaking The Branches · Shaking The Branches_ I haven’t spent a lot of time on my family tree recently. It is fantastic that there are so many online resources available but there are times when I just don’t feel like sitting looking at a screen. It is my intention to visit more of the places linked to my family history. Last week … Continue reading A Day Out In Dundee ## [Another website revamp](https://bennuttall.com/blog/2025/08/another-website-revamp/) _2025-08-23 · Ben Nuttall's blog_ I have a habit of revamping my website every few years. Since starting on Blogger some ... 19 years ago I've moved between platforms and redesigned the layout several times over. This time I decided to go for a static site build, which means not requiring managing WordPress plugins and updates, or... ## [hostedpi](https://bennuttall.com/blog/2025/07/hostedpi/) _2025-07-14 · Ben Nuttall's blog_ Cambridge-based hosting company Mythic Beasts — long-time friends of Raspberry Pi people and products — launched a unique service back in 2016: Raspberry Pi hosting, what they call their "Pi Cloud". When I developed the first version of piwheels, it made sense to make use of this service to... ## [A Visit To Furnace Row](https://shakingthebranches.com/2025/06/22/a-visit-to-furnace-row/) _2025-06-22 · Shaking The Branches · Shaking The Branches_ If you have visited my blog before you may well have seen this photograph. This is Burnside Row, Newmains which was more commonly known as Furnace Row. It is here that so many of my family were born, lived and died. The photo was taken around 1910 and shows a row of houses which were … Continue reading A Visit To Furnace Row [Listen](http://videos.files.wordpress.com/GeA2gNE5/my_edit_render-1.mp4) ## [Another Brawley Photo Find – Can You Identify?](https://shakingthebranches.com/2025/06/06/another-brawley-photo-find-can-you-identify/) _2025-06-06 · Shaking The Branches · Shaking The Branches_ The above photograph was donated to North Lanarkshire Libraries and is part of a collection of photos of old Newmains that is available for viewing in Newmains library. I immediately recognised the background as the old St Brigid’s School/Church which is now the Parish Hall. Fortunately whoever donated the picture added some information to the … Continue reading Another Brawley Photo Find – Can… ## [My Great Uncle James Brawley 1891-1956](https://shakingthebranches.com/2025/05/11/james/) _2025-05-11 · Shaking The Branches · Shaking The Branches_ I have written about my great uncle James Brawley before in a short post but I discovered a newspaper article about him that’s really interesting so I thought it worth updating. My maternal grandfather Hugh was one of 12 children born to Daniel Brawley and Ellen Keenan between 1887 and 1908. He was actually child … Continue reading My Great Uncle James Brawley 1891-1956 ## [Hugh and Daniel Brawley](https://shakingthebranches.com/2025/05/04/hugh-and-daniel-brawley/) _2025-05-04 · Shaking The Branches · Shaking The Branches_ Today is the 4th of May. 102 years since my uncle Dan was born and 57 years since my grandfather Hugh died. I never got to meet my grandfather as he died before I was born and while I didn’t see a lot of my uncle Dan, as he lived in England and we were … Continue reading Hugh and Daniel Brawley ## [🌳 Family tree](https://www.elzear.de/posts/2025-02-23-family-tree) _2025-02-23 · Elzear blog_ D3 visualization of part of my family tree