New Addition to Magnifier Range

We have just added a new cerise coloured wallet size magnifier to our range. This has been our most popular selling magnifier in silver for a number of years. It has an overall x2 magnification with a bifocal inset of x6.

Would imagine this new colour will prove extremely popular as a gift item.
For more information visit the page on our website.

http://www.familytreefolk.co.uk/page_11037.html

Mike
Family Tree Folk

2011 Genealogist's Calendar

The Genealogist's Year 2011 CD desk calendar is a unique genealogy gift for any family historian. An ideal Christmas present to buy now.

The handy CD case desk format takes up only a small amount of desk space and means that the genealogy calendar is always close at hand when researching the family tree. Perfect for planning dates for trips to the record office!

Created by Family Tree Folk to raise a smile with 12 of our unique popular, full colour designs, a different one for each of the 12 months ahead. The cover also features our popular "Remember undocumented Genealogy ... is just Mythology!" design to give a warm start to the year.

Limited copies http://www.familytreefolk.co.uk/page_11168.html

Lest we forget them

With November looming, Remembrance Sunday is a day we remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice. However do we also remember the 1,000’s of POW’s (prisoner of war) who were incarcerated in sometimes brutal and appaling conditions?

Researching your ancestry should include finding as much about our ancestors including war records. Today more and more resources are becoming available on the internet. Three great sites (and there are many) are featured below.

Stalag VIIIB/344 Lamsdorf

Lamsdorf was a very large German prisoner of war camp located in SW Poland. More than 100,000 prisoners from Australia, Belgium, Britain, Canada, France, Greece, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Poland, South Africa, the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia and the United States passed through this camp.

A famous prisoner from here was Group Captain Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader.

http://lamsdorf.webs.com/

Stalag XVIIIA/Wolfsberg

Wolfsberg was located in Austria and this website is adding names to the roll call of prisoners who passed through. Currently this site has nearly 11,000 names and is being added to as information comes forward.

http://www.stalag18a.org.uk/

Far East Prisoners of War

Approximately 55,500 names of British POWs are on the database, taken from army, navy and air force records.

http://www.cofepowdb.org.uk/cdb2/Index.jsp

Writing out your family history research

In this age of technology we all store our information and records on various media. Long gone the days of the “floppy disk” and even current media storage will and is becoming outdated. We all have stored our family history research of many years hard work on CD’s, DVD’s, Memory Sticks, Hard Drive back up’s etc. Even places on the internet such as Dropbox where we can “safely” store our hard sought research.

However bringing family history to life is not just about having everything backed up. It is about presenting it in written hard copy format with information, photographs, BMD certificates, census copies etc. This done on archival acid free safe materials and presented in a binder to future generations (remember how many family bibles were passed down through the family).

I was approached by a lady today who wanted to handwrite her research on acid free paper but wanted to use acid free ink with a fountain pen! Admiration for this wonderful initiative from a family historian who wants to present her findings in this way. Family Tree folk sell a range of acid free papers and pens but have never been asked for a bottle of acid free ink.
What are other views out in the genealogy world? How do you write up your research? More importantly are you using archival safe products to ensure long term preservation?

www.familytreefolk.co.uk/page_11161.html


Be interested in any comments on this posting.

Genealogy Christmas

Well it will soon be October and Christmas is looming especially for our overseas customers who want to buy genealogy themed Christmas cards and gifts for their fellow family historians (or even themselves. Always a good idea to pass on our website http://www.familytreefolk.co.uk/ to your family who can never find something suitable for a family historian.

We have a range of Christmas cards and inexpensive gifts as well as our standard ranges. We also carry a comprehensive range of magnifiers and lights as well as a major selection of archival acid free products.

So if your looking for an inexpensive themed gift or something a little more serious visit our website at www.familytreefolk.co.uk

What do you buy a genealogist for Christmas or a birthday?

It is so hard to find something related to family historians (other than relations!) to give as a present or send a greetings card. Family Tree Folk established an online shop in 2007 just for that reason. I was unable to find a suitable card or some inexpensive little items (stocking fillers) to raise a smile with my genealogy friends.

Using humour that is in the main only understood by fellow genealogists we designed and produced a range of gifts such as keyrings, magnets, mouse mats, pens etc. To accompany these we produced a range of themed greeting cards including Christmas, Mothers Day and Fathers Day.

We also have a serious side (genealogy is a serious pastime as well as fun though) and we sell a comprehensive range of magnifiers for genealogists along with archival and acid free products. The range has grown over the years and continues to do so. Take a look at our website at the products we offer as well as informative sections and details of the full research facility we offer.

Christmas is approaching treat your friends (or even yourself) to something they can “relate” to. May be worth passing on our website to other members of your family as a prompt to buy you something. One can live in hope of that, almost like finding that elusive ancestor! Happy Researching.

Viking DNA

Viking burials yield uncontaminated Viking DNA for important analysis



Vikings are well known in mythology and stories for wearing their famous helmets and being buried with their treasures. Archeaology has discovered some of these helmets, which has provided much detail about the lives of Vikings. Now scientists have now used the human teeth and tissue from the Viking skeletons that have lain undisturbed, buried with their artefacts for over 1000 years, to extract pure Viking DNA to tell us more...

The researchers overcame problems that have plagued previous studies - that of contamination. All living things have DNA and examining archeaological finds always leads to investigators DNA being left on the finds. Danish researchers planned this excavation carefully. They took samples from teeth and bones for DNA testing moments after the ancient skeletons were first unearthed, before any DNA could contaminated the area.

For more information and links visit http://www.familytreefolk.co.uk/page_11065.html