David Annal is a professional researcher in family history and he is well-respected and very experienced in this field. He speaks regularly at family history events and conferences and is a resident expert on Nick Barratt's Your Family History magazine.His company, Lifelines Research (est. 1990) allows him to undertake freelance research into whole family histories for clients, as well as acting as a record agent for researchers who were unable to access the major London record offices. From 1998 to 2011 he worked at the Family Records Centre at The National Archives and when he left he had be...