NJNick JamesHistorian & genealogy researcher
People · places · stories

Recover the history that matters to you.

Careful research into families, homes and communities—turning scattered records into clear, evidence-led histories that can be understood, shared and kept.

Research services

From a name or an address to a meaningful history.

You may have a family story you want to test, an ancestor who disappears from the record, or a house whose previous lives remain hidden. I bring the relevant evidence together, assess it carefully and explain the findings without turning uncertainty into fact.

The result is more than a list of dates: it is a piece of history with people, place and context restored.

GENEALOGY

Trace people and relationships

Focused research into named ancestors, family lines, occupations, migrations and unresolved identities.

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HOUSE HISTORIES

Discover who lived there

Trace owners, occupiers, changing uses and the place of a property within its community.

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HISTORICAL NARRATIVES

Make the evidence readable

Turn records and existing research into a properly qualified narrative for families or local organisations.

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How it works

Care before certainty.

The goal is not the most exciting answer at any cost. It is the most responsible answer the surviving evidence allows.

01

Listen

Begin with your question and what is already known.

02

Define

Agree a realistic scope and clear endpoint.

03

Investigate

Search methodically and test each identity.

04

Narrate

Return a readable, evidence-led account.

What would you like to uncover?

A brief outline is enough to begin.

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