Family Detective

The Family Detective research team returned to their desks this week, happy and refreshed after a wonderful Christmas break. To the many of you who received your Family Detective research package for Christmas, we hope it was all you expected, and more!

To those interested in commissioning your own Family History research, now is just the right time! Our packages make the process very straightforward to understand and, because of our fixed-price system, you know exactly how much you pay. To all our customers, old and new, we wish a very Happy New Year!

Our offices are now closed for Christmas and will re-open Monday 28th December. This means we will not be taking telephone orders, however our website remains open 24/7, so if you're interested in having us trace your Family History, feel free to complete our enquiry form.

We hope you all have a very happy Christmas and a good New Year!

"I just wanted to say a big thank you for our family tree. My Dad loved it. We went away on holiday for his and my Mum's birthdays - luckily it arrived just in time to take with us. Dad was really impressed - thank you very much for all of you hard work."

We came across this young female servant on the 1841 census in Wales. Mary Not Known was 20 and living with the Rees family and was obviously orphaned or abandoned at an early age.

Unlike poor Mary, most of us have the opportunity to discover where we came from and who our ancestors were. Don't miss the opportunity of finding out about your family history. Ask your loved ones for a Family Detective Gift Certificate for your Christmas present this year!

?They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.?

Due to the large number of people requesting Free Surname Research, our response time is between 3 and 4 days currently. But please keep sending your requests -- it's good to see how many of you are fascinated by your family's history!

(To see an example of our work, click on the image to the right. This will open a PDF document)

One of our current clients is distantly related to Clarissa Theresa Philomena Aileen Mary Josephine Agnes Elsie Trilby Louise Esmerelda Dickson Wright. More commonly known as one of the Two Fat Ladies celebrity chefs. Would you like us to trace your family, Clarissa? We think your unusually long list of names would make it quite easy!

Have you been watching the BBC's "Who Do You Think You Are?" re-runs? Fancy finding about your ancestors? Or maybe you'd like to give one of our Family Histories as a Christmas present? Call us or fill out the enquiry form today.

Welcomed another client yesterday who had tried to trace her family history herself but, in her words, "had got hopelessly lost," and had "given up hope of ever finishing it!" We're happy to take on half-finished, or even half-started projects and turn them into something beautiful! Give us a call and one of our researchers will chat it through with you.

Some customers have reported problems receiving their Surname Searches and we've discovered that they've got stuck in certain ISP's spam filters. If you're one of the many people who've requested a Surname Search and haven't received it within 24 hours, please let us know, and we'll send it again. You can email us at: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it