Bringing your ancestors stories to life

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Your Ancestory is a historical research agency that reveals forgotten narratives and brings them to life through professionally researched and beautifully crafted family tree experiences. 

who are we

Meet our founder Kim 

Your Ancestory was established by Kim, a Qualified Genealogist with a Masters degree in Genealogy and a passion for uncovering hidden stories. Frustrated by the lack of excitement and eye-catching design in the genealogy field, she set out to prove that family history is anything but boring! 

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The Your Ancestory Process

How it works

  • Once you’ve booked one of our packages, we’ll send you a link to our family history form. This helps us gather what you already know as a starting point. You can fill it in yourself or ask a relative with more knowledge to help. The more details you can provide, the better, as this allows us to focus on uncovering new discoveries for you.

  • Using the building blocks of genealogy - census entries, along with birth, marriage, and death records - we’ll carefully trace your ancestry branch by branch, crafting a beautifully designed A3 print that shows you exactly where you came from.

  • With the tree in place, it’s time to go beyond the names and dates. We’ll explore additional records such as historic newspapers and military records to uncover the lives behind the names, and photos and illustrations to give you a feel for the places and people. We might also obtain documents from national and regional archives.

  • Once your family tree and storybook are complete, your records are carefully arranged in a record folder for you to uncover, one record at a time - guided by your storybook, like your own personal genealogist. Then everything is thoughtfully packaged and sent to you or your chosen recipient. This will always be before the date stated in your booking - ready to be explored and cherished for years to come.

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What our customers are saying

  • "The way Kim brings your ancestors' lives together and their memories alive is a definitely a very emotional journey. Her work is amazing, and I'd recommend this service to everyone who wants a personalised keep sake to past down to all the generations. We've enjoyed every minute."

  • "The work you did for us about my Great Great Grandad was fascinating. The whole family was absolutely made up with the findings. To find out he was a sailor and travelled all round the world! Maybe that's where I get my travel bug from? Thank you Kim , my Mum was thrilled with her Christmas present x"

  • "Kim did a great job researching my maternal family tree and found fantastic stories and photos about ancestors I didn’t know existed. I would highly recommend her services."

  • "Grandad loves it, thank you very much. I don’t know how you got all that information!"

  • "They loved it and were so grateful to your hard work. My dad was really taken aback because he's never seen his mums and dad's wedding certificate so that was special."

  • "Thank you so much for the family tree and booklets packed with amazing documents! It’s incredible to see all this information, and the photos too! I gave the family tree and the documents to my mum for her birthday and she absolutely loved them all! It was amazing."