Where did your ancestors live? Did they stay in the UK or emigrate overseas? What did they do for a living?

These questions will be familiar to many, irrespective of whether you’re just starting out or are already some way into your family research. Well, now you can discover these and many more fascinating facts relating to your ancestors and their surnames by using Ancestry’s latest Family Facts features.

For example, did you know that Turner means a maker of wooden, bone or metal objects, or even an official in charge of tournaments in the Middle ages as well as a guard in a watch tower in Southern Germany?

Nearly 30% of all turners in England and Wales were living in either Lancashire or Yorkshire around the turn of the 20th Century.

Learn About the Family History of Your Surname
Here’s some of the interesting facts you’ll find about your family name:

• Name meaning and history
• Where your family lived and migrated in the US and the UK
• Where they immigrated to and from
• Life expectancy
• Civil War
• Occupations

You may even find others who have posted information about your family or who would like to contact you. Just visit Ancestry.co.uk to get started!

Editor, Third Age.