Copyright James Taylor 2009
Hello,
My name is James Taylor and I’m a freelance journalist. I have been producing features and IT product reviews for over twenty years,
writing on small business matters, personal productivity, lifestyle and leisure for the UK computer press.
I now specialise in writing in the UK press and online on the use of computers for family
history: reviewing software, webware, and web search pages, as well as genealogy-
related books and data CDs. I also write occasional features and answer readers’ queries.
I pioneered the reviewing of documentary videos for their genealogical, historical and
nostalgic content and archive material. I have contributed to all the UK’s family history
magazines.
I am familiar with most software available to the UK market in all its varieties: desktop,
both lineage-linked (eg. Family Tree Maker) and event-driven (eg. The Master
Genealogist); PDA (eg. Pocket Genealogist); and webware (eg. 350Pages); as well as
companion software (eg. charting); and ancillary products (eg. photo editing and web-
building).
James Taylor
Contributor to Ancestors (The National Archives), BBC History Magazine, ComputerActive, Computer Buyer, Computer Shopper, Discover
My Past ~ England, Family History Monthly, Family Tree Magazine, IT Reviews (online), PC Advisor, PC Home, PC Plus, Personal Computer
World, Practical Family History, What PC?, Who Do You Think You Are? (BBC), Your Family Tree, and others