Genealogy News

The government has announced that outdoor civil wedding and partnership ceremonies in England and Wales are to be legalised from…

A widower who tried to avoid a clause in his wife’s will stating he must not remarry after her death…

The most popular baby names of 2021 so far have been revealed in a report from parenting website Baby Centre,…

The Scottish Empty Homes Partnership (SEHP) has helped bring over 850 empty properties back into use this year, according to…

Sight loss charity the Vision Foundation has benefitted unexpectedly from a bequest that was made almost 50 years ago. Irma Löwenstein Austin left…

Apple has announced the introduction of a Digital Legacy function that will allow a nominated individual to access someone’s data…

Solicitors say their experience of dealing with the Probate Service is not reflected by recent data published by HM Courts…

A historic Staffordshire pub on the site where the founder of digger giant JCB was born could be knocked down and…

Almost one in three properties (32 per cent) sold for more than its asking price in April, according to NAEA…

The government has announced that communities across England will receive a share of £500,000 to host events marking the third…

Offices lying empty after the Covid-19 pandemic may be transformed into “sub-standard” home conversions, councils have warned. The Local Government…

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s first ever War Graves Week takes place next week (21-28 May), with people encouraged to…

Figures released recently by Trafford Council show there were more than 1,000 empty properties in the Manchester borough prior to…

Around 97 per cent of households across England and Wales are believed to have completed Census 2021, with all local…

People should include digital passwords in their will to ensure executors can access vital online information, the Law Society has…

The government says it has corrected “a historic anomaly” by adding the names of mothers of brides and grooms to…

Social enterprise letting agency Homes for Good (HfG) has joined forces with the Scottish Empty Homes Partnership to purchase and…

People born in the 1980s can expect twice as much of their lifetime income to come from inheritance compared to…

Families are increasingly considering using a deed of variation to change the will of a loved one who has passed…

The Scottish Government has outlined a 20-year strategy to deliver 100,000 affordable homes over the next decade. ‘Housing to 2040’…