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Family History....
Do you have a long lost ancestor?
Could you be related to Royalty?
Maybe you have relatives unknown to you in a foreign country!?
MILLIONS of people are now actively investigating their origins. To help family-history first-timers and more experienced amateur genealogists Collins has produced the new Collins Tracing Your Family History - a complete guide to everything you need to know about tracing your family tree.
This practical and fascinating book reflects the huge changes that have recently injected new life into the study of family origins. With more enlightened attitudes to race, the use of the internet and DNA testing all changing how we feel and learn about our family's past, the search for long lost relatives has become easier to examine under the microscope of today's technology.
Until relatively recently genealogy was often seen as the preserve of white middle-class families perhaps searching for an aristocratic past. However, the post-war mass immigration of black and Asian families means Britain has become much more Multi-Cultural, producing a vast number of British families with roots from overseas.
This has led to a growing interest in tracing more ethnically diverse histories, and with improved access to records as well as scientific advances the opportunities for finding out more are immense.
Using the latest DNA testing, author and TV's leading genealogist Anthony Adolph helped Mr. Jones from Cardiff discover that his ancestors where indeed of Scandinavian Viking origin. Under close inspection, when geneticists tested the DNA of the Icelandic population, which was supposedly pure Viking, they found a quarter of the population was originally of Irish descent!
The Jalil Family, who live in the Midlands, were able to uncover a story of military bravery when they found a 19th century Indian ancestor who had served in the Indian army and was awarded the Indian Distinguished Service Medal for his service in the war.
Covering all the latest technology, from internet access to DNA testing, explaining all the types of records, and packed with hints on what to do if your search falters, Collins Tracing Your Family History equips the reader with everything you need to start tracing your family history. Providing invaluable information on how to trace natural parents if you have been adopted, if relatives have changed their names, uncovering foreign ancestors, finding out your family coat of arms, and much more.
This comprehensive guide to uncovering your family secrets is a must for anyone interested in finding out more about their past and with detailed case studies on families who have been successful in their searches, it is a compulsive and informative aid to unearthing your family history.
Collins Tracing Your Family History is published on September 6.
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MAJOR CHARITY AWARDS FOR LOCAL YOUNG ACHIEVERS
CHILDREN'S charity NCH today launched a search for Merseyside and Cheshire's most talented and special young people.
It is calling on local people to nominate deserving individuals for its third Merseyside and Cheshire Young Achievers Awards. The awards ceremony, one of the most prestigious events in the region's social calendar, will be held at a gala dinner hosted by television presenter Esther McVey in Liverpool in November.
Awards organiser Gill Smith said:- "At NCH we believe in the potential of all children and young people, and these awards celebrate the achievement of some of the most talented young people in Merseyside and Cheshire. Anyone can make a nomination and anyone can be nominated. Filling in a form only takes a few minutes but is a great way of recognising someone who has made a difference."
Awards will be presented in on Tuesday 2 November 2004 and anyone under 35 years old who lives, works or was born in Merseyside or Cheshire is eligible.
Last year's winners included six-year old Samantha Pears from Birkenhead who raised money for people with epilepsy by selling a CD she wrote herself and recorded as a thank you to those who helped her with her epilepsy; Wayne Rooney of Everton Football Club; Jane Wolstenholme, Editor of Liverpool's Daily Post; and Constable Jason O'Neill, who headed into a burning building to save two men trapped in a flat.
Kathy Cowell, senior corporate social responsibility manager for Cheshire Building Society, said:-
"This is the second year we have supported the NCH Young Achiever Awards and each time we are moved and encouraged by the actions of young people from the region. We are delighted to be able to give them the recognition that they deserve."
To make a nomination simply download a form from www.nch.org.uk/youngachievers
or visit your local Barclays Bank, Cheshire Building Society, library or tourist information centre.
All profits will go towards NCH's vital work with excluded and vulnerable children and young people in the region. NCH runs 15 projects throughout Merseyside and Cheshire.
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