Guided online family history tours

Want to know if you have royal blood coursing in your veins but are just too busy taking the dogs out? Curious about what great grandma did in the war, but never had time to get bogged down in the archives?

YOURTOURS are guided online tours that make family history fun. Expertly curated and researched by our professional Guides, YOURTOUR provides a unique live experience which can be enjoyed alone or shared with family members, YOURTOUR is the perfect gift for parents and their families.

Our customers widely report feeling enlivened and invigorated following their sessions with our Guides. Many choose to give further sessions as gifts or take further sessions with their family members joining in from around the world. The personal benefits of experiences like YourTour are only now being established, but we have a huge amount of customer feedback which supports this. To that end we have recently signed a 5 year agreement with the University of Strathclyde to enrich this exciting field of research.

WHAT ARE PEOPLE SAYING ABOUT YOURTOUR?

“What a service! Thank you so much for what was an absolutely eye-opening exploration of my forebears. I am hugely grateful to my Guide, to her research and expertise. Amazing to discover that the Hollands can be traced all the way back to 1664, and that a great-great-grandfather knew Tennyson and met with a Napoleon!” Mail on Sunday - Tom Holland, Author Broadcaster

“I thoroughly enjoyed taking a YourTour, exploring a part of my own family history about which I knew surprisingly little. My Guide was charming and informative, filling our hour with interesting facts and actual archival records I’d never seen previously. I would highly recommend taking - or giving - YourTour to anyone with a passion for delving into history.” - Lady Antonia Fraser, Author and Historian.

"I’d like to recommend your tour from Historic Productions Ltd. James Hooper who runs it has a fantastic team of professional genealogist who delve into your family's history. You just give them all the facts that you know about your ancestors (the more they know the deeper they can go) and then they do the research. In a few days you then have an hour's zoom call with the genealogist who shows you what they found with photos, maps records etc and then they send you a written report afterwards. I gave it to my 93-year-old father for his birthday - it was such a lovely thing to do together and being on zoom you can link in relatives from all over the world if you wish. I’ve since given it to my husband and asked for the same genealogist so she really knows my family history now!" - Sophie G.

“The tour with YOURTOUR live was one of the most illuminating, joyous things I've ever done. I knew next to nothing about my female ancestors on my mother's side and learning about these remarkable women was just wonderful.” - BG, London

"This is a brilliant way of learning about your family history and connecting more closely with loved ones. I bought a YourTour for my step-father as a birthday present so it was wonderful to learn more about him, with some amusing and surprising connections emerging that he had no idea about. He loved the details that we uncovered and taking time to reflect on where he has come from." - TP, London:

HOW DOES IT WORK?

Providing much more than a list of names and dates, the YOURTOUR experience is more like visiting a museum of your own family history with your own archivist. Each guided session is engaging and entertaining, connecting people with the stories, culture and traditions that make us who we are. It’s the perfect gift for anyone with an interest in their past and because the sessions are delivered live on Zoom, the whole family can join in.

After the live session, people will be sent a detailed colour report of the findings, packed with information, illustrations and historical records, which they can keep and share with their family, or use as the starting point for further explorations. Sessions cost £195 (incl VAT) and include:

* A dedicated and professional genealogist Guide who will receive your booking then research your chosen area or branch of family history in advance.
* A 1 hour live online tour of the Guide's findings, including the available archive records, maps, photography and film.
* A digital report with the highlights of YourTour showing extracts from the archives for you to keep, share and enjoy.
* A unique hour of family entertainment which you can enjoy with whomever you choose - just share the zoom link!

HOW TO GIVE YOURTOUR AS A GIFT

YOURTOURS make perfect gifts which can be purchased and sent to someone either as an email or as a physical voucher which they'll receive in the post on the chosen date.

Just head to our website via the link below to browse and buy!