The latest and final instalment of the Surname Series for 2019 has just been published. For those who have been reading each month I hope you have enjoyed reading it, as I have writing it.

This last instalment focuses on DNA Projects for Surnames.

For 2020 I am back writing for the magazine, but will be moving to a quarterly article which will be longer than the current series.

In those articles we will be building a Surname Study from the ground up focusing on a surname that does not appear in my family. Why not choose a surname in your own tree and research alongside me.

Do leave a comment if you are planning to research alongside me and share what surname.

This issue commemorates the 35th anniversary of Family Tree Magazine being published here in the UK. I have been a reader since the late 1980’s – according to my planner I bought my first issue in October of 1988. Back then I had no idea that I would eventually  write for the magazine. The magazine is a pleasure to be associated with.

Congratulations Family Tree Magazine!