Blog posts in total 43
Monday 13 May 2013, 09:31
I gladly gathered up the gauntlet and went in search of extra details regarding the mysterious William Yolen Williams.
Read more about The search for William Yolen Williams
Thursday 7 February 2013, 16:09
Noelene Lucas is one of those lucky Australians who can trace their heritage because she is descended from not just one convict but three!
Tuesday 22 January 2013, 17:18
David J Loomes-Wilson was different. Despite being in the army and having the prerequisite number of nicknames, his friends were very specific about the information and meticulous in their memories.
Wednesday 12 December 2012, 08:28
Never having heard of the name myself I was amazed to see not one but two queries in my inbox which asked for help tracing ancestors both called Salome.
Friday 23 November 2012, 16:19
Cat Whiteaway explores the many online resources and archives to help you find out more about the men and women who died in World War One.
Read more about Exploring the stories behind Welsh war memorials
Monday 12 November 2012, 16:54
Genealogist Cat Whiteaway writes about Peter Coldham's book The Complete Book of Emigrants in Bondage 1607-1775 for BBC Wales History
Wednesday 31 October 2012, 10:23
BBC Wales History article by genealogist Cat Whiteaway who reunites two old friends and asks for your help to find out about the life of Ethel Walters.
Monday 8 October 2012, 16:51
Last week I found myself with a free afternoon, and headed to the Glamorgan Archives, where it’s always nice and warm and friendly.
Read more about Searching the treasures of the Glamorgan Archives
Thursday 20 September 2012, 16:44
Cat Whiteaway article on caring for Welsh graves
Friday 14 September 2012, 11:45
Article by Cat Whiteaway on making sense of the national census
Thursday 6 September 2012, 08:58
Cat Whiteaway blog about graves with Welsh links in Grand Forks, British Columbia.
Read more about The stories behind the Welsh headstones in Grand Forks, British Columbia
Thursday 30 August 2012, 11:08
Jane Goffin contacted The One Show back in April as she wanted me to help her mother Joyce, who was adopted shortly after her birth in 1931.
Friday 17 August 2012, 15:24
Cat Whiteaway's article on her search to find more information about Bert Barlett
Friday 10 August 2012, 15:31
Cat Whiteaway writes about Welsh Olympian Paulo Francesco Radmilovic
Saturday 21 July 2012, 10:00
Back in April 2012 I received an email from a lady called Kathy in Newport, after appearing on BBC Radio Wales' Jamie & Louise programme.
Kathy and her husband Stuart met in Singapore in the 1950s. She was stationed there while working as a telephonist in the WRAF and he was in the RAF. Kathleen Dymond...
Tuesday 17 July 2012, 11:15
In one of my recent blogs I wrote about finding an old postcard addressed to Lil Wilson.
It was posted in 1918 from her friend Gladys and sent to Lil's address of 10 Mountjoy Street in Newport. I found it on my computer when I was cleaning old files.
9th August 1918, Portsmouth...
Monday 9 July 2012, 11:00
Last week I had a day out in Ebbw Vale and spent several happy hours tucked away in the old steelworks that now house the Gwent Archives. I couldn't think of anywhere I'd rather be, especially when it was raining yet again.
I'd gone with two research projects in mind but was immediately sidetracked...
Wednesday 4 July 2012, 13:20
One story that sticks in my mind from the vast number we covered for Look Up Your Genes with BBC Radio Wales was that of Kristina Taylor.
Kristina's search concerned her maternal grandfather. Her mother, Ruth Schmidt was born in 1913 in Germany as the illegitimate daughter of a German Aryan mother and...
Read more about Kristina's search for her grandfather Chaim Levy Rotblatt
Friday 22 June 2012, 17:44
After every appearance as a family history expert on BBC Radio Wales I get deluged with enquiries from listeners. Last week's programme was no different, other than our focus on paternal family history queries because of the proximity to Father's Day.
Seeking Mr Savage
Judith Savage was one of the first...
Tuesday 19 June 2012, 15:44
Back at the end of last summer I received a plea for help from Bee Richards. It was accompanied by two such lovely old black and white photographs that it was impossible not to want to help.
Bee's father was Thomas Edward Richards, born in 1895 in Llantrisant. He served in the army during World War...
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