Historical Discoveries

From a London Draper’s Son to Lord Mayor An Unexpected Beginning One of the biggest misconceptions about family history is that it belongs to “other people” — grand families, famous names, stories already written in history books. Not ours. Most of us expect to find ordinary lives in our trees: quiet ones, people who worked…

The story of James William Kieran Discovering a Titanic Connection While researching my family tree, I uncovered an unexpected connection to one of history’s most famous disasters. A relative of mine was aboard the RMS Titanic — not as a passenger, but as one of the crew responsible for the welfare of hundreds of emigrants…