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By Paul McNeil Posted on July 9, 2024

DNA Talk on BBC Radio Solent’s Lou Hannan Show


I’m on at about 1hr 18min right after my walk on music Hot Chocolate’s “You Sexy Thang” what can I say?

Categories: BBC Radio Solent, genealogy, Time DetectiveTags: BBC, BBC Radio Solent, dna, Lou Hannan, Time Detective
By Paul McNeil Posted on June 29, 2024August 12, 2024

DNA Journey to be Streamed on Ancestry’s USA/Canadian YouTube Channel For First Time!


DNA Journey to be Streamed on Ancestry’s USA/Canadian YouTube Channel For First Time!

Categories: Celebrity, DNA Journey, genealogy, Time DetectiveTags: Canada, DNA Journey, Hugh Bonneville, John Bishop, time detectives, USA, Youtube
By Paul McNeil Posted on June 6, 2024June 11, 2024

Finding Your Ancestors in War Records; BBC Radio Solent


I’ll be back on the Lou Hannan Show BBC Radio Solent Monday 10th June 11 to12 AM.

Categories: Celebrity, genealogy, Historical Warfare, Time DetectiveTags: BBC, Lou Hannan, Louisa Hannan, Military Records, Paul McNeil, Radio Solent, time detectives, War Records
By Paul McNeil Posted on June 2, 2024January 31, 2026

D-Day


With the vehicle immobile and the mine crater filling with petrol, the crew abandoned the tank.

Categories: genealogy, Historical Warfare, Time DetectiveTags: 22nd Dragoons, Berner Street, Crab Tanks, D-Day, Dinky-Doos, Flail Tanks, Funnies, Hagens, Hindmans Road, history, Jack The Ripper, Tank Corps, The Nelson Beerhouse, Tizzard, world-war-2, world-war-ii, WW2
By Paul McNeil Posted on May 8, 2024May 8, 2024

Happy VE Day!


He went from a Tram Driver in the Old Kent Road, to a Tank Driver helping to liberate France and Germany from the Nazis.

Categories: genealogy, Historical Warfare, Time DetectiveTags: Family History, Millwall, Old Kent Road, time detectives, Uncle Albert, WW2
By Paul McNeil Posted on February 20, 2024March 23, 2024

Latest Time Detectives Appearance: Live at Applemore College Dibden Purlieu!


A World First! Family History With a Sense of Humour!

Categories: Celebrity, Dibden Purlieu, DNA Journey, genealogy, Live Show, Time DetectiveTags: Ambitious for all foundation, Ancestry, Dibden Purlieu, dna, DNA Journey, Family History, genealogy, history, Paul McNeil, Stand up Genealogy, time detectives
By Paul McNeil Posted on February 10, 2024February 10, 2024

Armchair Genealogy Interview


I’d say I’m a professional TV genealogist purely by chance without the qualifications to do the job. But with the experience.

Categories: genealogyTags: Armchair Genealogy, Broadcast Media UK, DNA Journey, Family History, family tree, genealogy, Mell Turford, Paul McNeil, time detectives
By Paul McNeil Posted on January 23, 2024

Great Performance at The Quay Theatre Sudbury Suffolk!


The World’s First and Only “Stand-up Genealogy Show!”

Categories: genealogyTags: DNA Journey, Genealogist, skeletons, Straight outta Peckham, Sudbury, Suffolk, The Quay Theatre, The Time Detective, time detectives
By Paul McNeil Posted on December 31, 2023December 31, 2023

Time Detectives 2023


As the clock ticks towards 2024, here’s a little round up of 2023 from a Time Detectives Perspective.

Categories: Celebrity, DNA Journey, genealogy, Historical WarfareTags: DNA Journey, Ghoul Gang, MENSA, NARPO, Slitherine, time detectives, Unearth The Past
By Paul McNeil Posted on December 28, 2023February 18, 2024

Spalls, Shakers, and Norkies: Timothy Spall’s Suffolk Roots


Unfortunately Robert was on the receiving end of this when a local Bricklayer decided to disrupt the service in Robert’s house

Categories: Celebrity, genealogyTags: Dallinghoo, Framlingham, Ipswich, rafe spall, Spall, Suffolk, Timothy Spall, W H Spall, Wireless, ww1
By Paul McNeil Posted on December 13, 2023

Unearth The Past: Illegitimate Ancestors


“I was born a bastard – but some people achieve that status on their own!”

Categories: genealogyTags: Bastardy, dna, DNA Testing, Illegitimate, Michala Hulme, Paternity, Paul McNeil, time detectives, Unearth The Past
By Paul McNeil Posted on December 12, 2023

The Underworld Unveiled!


A great watch or listen for those Cold, Wintery, Christmas Nights!

Categories: genealogyTags: blog, family, Family History, genealogy, personal-stories, victorian-era

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