Our regular columnist Alan Crosby reveals his latest genealogical discoveries, including a particularly dodgy Antipodean character

Our monthly blogger Alan Crosby sets off on a historical journey across the moors of Cheshire and Derbyshire

Our regular columnist Alan Crosby takes a trip thousands of years into the past to explore what home life may have been like for our distant ancestors

With election day finally here, our regular columnist Alan Crosby takes a look at the very different choices on offer for voters 200 years ago

Our regular columnist Alan Crosby on the tricky business of learning more about the lives of the people behind the records

Our regular columnist Alan Crosby on the challenges – and unexpected rewards – of dealing with documents that have been edited over centuries

Alan Crosby laments the problems caused by constantly changing technology – but has come up with a surprisingly enjoyable solution

Alan Crosby discovers how one man's hortcultural quest shaped the contents of generations of British gardeners