This is a proposal of a new data model for maintaining DNA test and match data with Gramps. Note: I maintain a working prototype of this design on the dna-core branch in my fork of gramps (comparis...

Updates to the website and thoughts about future directions.

A family history tracing the Chambers line from seventeenth-century Suffolk farmworkers to the industrial north of England, spanning nearly four hundred years of ordinary lives.

Sometimes you discover evidence that makes you re-evaluate your interpretation of the past. Today was one of those days.

What we've achieved in 2025 and what we're targeting in 2026

I made an important new discovery today. A couple of weeks ago I discovered that Ancestry had added images and an index of the Suffolk Parish Registers.

Preface I don’t believe Patricio Herrera was a relative of mine. However, my great-great-grandfather Joseph Hemmings lived in Risca at the same time as Patricio, and there’s a possible connection that...

So, it’s that time again… another re-evaluation of all the Josephs in the Chambers line in Suffolk.