Overseas ancestry

Learn how to search for your ancestry overseas and discover your international family tree

German street musicians 1879

Overseas ancestry

How to tell if you have German ancestry

Indian Tea Plantation British in India

Overseas ancestry

How long were the British in India?

Irish wills. A wake in Ireland, 19th century

Overseas ancestry

How to find Irish wills

A party of child migrants about to leave for Canada, 1929

Overseas ancestry

What is child migration?

Passengers play games on board ship, 1936 passenger lists

Discover your past

How to find passenger lists for ships

If your family came from the Caribbean, you could also have British royal ancestry

Getting started

The best websites for tracing Caribbean ancestors

A tithe proctor visits a family in Ireland to fill in a tithe applotment book, 1830s

Overseas ancestry

Tithe applotment books: Our guide to finding your Irish ancestors’ land

A funeral in Florence, c. 1945 Italian ancestry

Overseas ancestry

How to research Italian ancestry

Irish ancestry. Farmers in Glenshesk, County Atrim, c. 1900

Overseas ancestry

Irish ancestry: How to trace Irish ancestry

Ruins of Mirtle Bank Hotel after the earthquake Jamaican ancestry

Overseas ancestry

Jamaican ancestry: How to find Jamaican family history records

Irish civil records

Overseas ancestry

All you need to know about Irish civil records

Black and white photograph of a sugar cane farmer in New South Wales, Australia Australian ancestry

Overseas ancestry

Australian ancestry: How to find your Australian ancestors

An 18th-century Sephardic Jewish wedding

Overseas ancestry

Sephardic Jews: Who they are and how to prove Sephardic ancestry

Canadian family history - view of Busy Bon Secours Market

Canadian family history: The best websites

Huguenots Land At Dover

Overseas ancestry

Who were the Huguenots?