About Us
We are a bespoke historical research team. We provide research on your family ancestry, house histories and pub histories across the country. We look forward to helping you with all your historical questions and needs!
Will Davis-Coleman
Founder and Researcher-in-Chief
Will is a historical researcher and family history expert. For the past 4 years, he has variously worked in television, books, family history, house and pub histories.
The founder of the Davis Family Detective Agency in 2017, Will and his team work as family history experts, providing bespoke genealogical research, family trees and crests. Alongside his work with the agency, Will has been a researcher on the BBC’s “Who Do You Think You Are?” and various history documentaries for Channel 4 and 5. He was commissioned by the award-winning journalist and author, Tina Brown, to undertake research for her latest, soon-to-be-published book, a follow up to the widely acclaimed, Diana Chronicles.
Will has also created two podcasts: B Listers of History Podcast - which handpicks a selection of men and women who were wrongly overlooked by historians and brings their incredible stories to life - and the Cloak and Dagger Podcast (co-hosted with Patrick Courtney) which traces the use of assassination as a political weapon throughout history.
Will spent four years living in Manchester studying for a BA Hons in History and a MA Hons in Medieval and Early Modern History at the University of Manchester.
He lives in London and cycles everywhere.
Ed Spash
Graphic designer
Ed Spash is a designer, artist, and illustrator currently acting as the in-house graphic designer and calligrapher for the Davis Family Detective Agency. Ed also works as a freelancer in the fields of design and illustration as well as editing and publishing. Most recently Ed has edited and illustrated a memoir and is currently editing a doctoral thesis. Ed’s passion for creativity and expression drives his dedication to such a wide range of disciplines and the variety of work further fuels his enthusiasm.
Ed’s foundation was originally in Art before undertaking a Product Design BSc at Brunel University, London. Outside of work he likes to indulge his passion for film and television as well as undertaking personal art and design projects. Ed currently lives in London. For more information or to contact Ed directly, visit EdSpashDesign.myportfolio.com or email him at EdSpash.Design@gmail.com.
“We inherit from our ancestors gifts so often taken for granted. Each of us contains within this inheritance of soul. We are links between the ages, containing past and present expectations, sacred memories and future promise. ”
— Edward Sellner