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Although it can be something of a challenge to trace our own kin back to medieval times, there are copious online sources to enlighten research into the history of settlements, buildings, families and names.
The situation is summarised in the website recommended by this month's expert: “There seems to be a feeling that, for the bulk of the population, any knowledge of medieval ancestry is unattainable. In contrast, a hundred years ago, when