Anouncing my radio debut...

Well, my research's radio debut that is. BBC Radio 4's family history programme (which ran for several episodes last fall... perhaps you caught some of them) did a special on-off on the census on Saturday. 2011 is census year here in Britain and TYR wanted to research the history of a street (Fox Lane in Leyland, Lancashire) using the old census records that are now available to the public and share that information with current residents of the same properties. This is where I came in, digging through the old census returns, trying to piece together the stories of some of these families. I even found the descendants of one family of occupants from 1901 and they were brought along to meet the current residents, who were floored. Having researched the families, and found the living relatives through records, it was fun to then hear their voices, especially as they talked about and described their ancestor who they remembered from childhood. Have a listen: Tracing Your Roots