‘A FRENCH CONNECTION BROKE DOWN MY BRICK WALL’

DAVID HUBBER lives in Dorset and is a retired director of a publishing and printing company. He has been researching his tree for 40 years

Many of us have ancestors who vanish from official records. In such circumstances, it’s always worth investigating whether your relatives were globetrotters.

David Hubber had two brick walls in his family tree, which he overcame thanks to a French record. The trail led to the glamorous French Riviera and the racetracks of Paris.