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Family history’s all about making connections – between people and places, family stories and global events... What discoveries will you make as you journey on your family history quest?
Find your ancestors all over the globe!
Many of our ancestors left their homeland for new lives across the world, especially in the era of British Empire. Start tracing your family worldwide with Emma Jolly’s guide to the best online resources for your research
Ancestor’s travel log
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TOP SECRET CELEBRATION! GCHQ 1919-2019
GCHQ historian Tony Comer speaks to Helen Tovey about the 100-year history of this intelligence organisation that has helped to change the path of history. Read on to learn about key chapters in the amazing story of GCHQ and investigate ways in which you can uncover the role of your Secret Service ancestor
NEVER HAS THERE BEEN A BETTER TIME TO EXPLORE YOUR SURNAMES & PERHAPS REGISTER ONE
In the latest in her series about undertaking a one-name study, Julie Goucher details online learning resources
The lunch hour genealogist
Being busy doesn’t mean you have to neglect your favourite hobby, you can still learn in your lunch break! Squeeze just 60 minutes of family history into your daily routine and you’ll soon start to see your tree blossom. It’s time to tuck into Rachel Bellerby’s genealogy treats
Find your ancestors travelling abroad
Passenger records offer an opportunity to not only discover whereabouts your ancestors went overseas, but also how they got there and who they went with. Find out more with Simon Wills
Behind the scenes
Dress historian Jayne Shrimpton sheds light on the photographic studio conventions that can help you to interpret your ancestors’ portraits
Heirlooms and ephemera – stories for your blog
Look around your home at the photos and memorabilia – and have a think about the stories they may tell about times gone by. Here Paul Carter shows how to use them to enhance your family history and write about them to provide fascinating material for a blog (your blog!)
Taken a DNA test?
DNA tests grow ever more popular and can lead to fascinating new insights about your ancestry. There is a lot to learn, but help is at hand with Karen Evans’ practical advice for making so much more sense of your DNA
‘I’m supposed to have German roots…’
DNA is a fascinating topic, but it definitely raises questions among the curious! Catherine Ball, Chief Scientific Office at AncestryDNA, is on hand to help Nikcole understand what her test results mean
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Karen Clare shares more genealogical gems, tragic tales and fantastic family history stories sent in by readers. This issue we’re counting the ancestors in a cemetery, finding out how bollards got their shape and sharing a touching discovery about the origins of a name
Finding Annie
After his father’s death, Peter Maher set about seeking the story of his Irish roots – tracing relations to America, piecing together a suspected conspiracy and reinstating the long-forgotten ‘Annie’ to the family fold
The Second World War Experience Centre
Set up over 20 years ago, to record the personal testimonies of those who lived through the conflict, the Second World War Experience Centre now has over 10,000 memories archived for posterity. Helen Tovey explores this important project, international in scope, which was set up to collect and share the unique story of individual men, women and children from the time
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Spotlight on... Botany Bay Family History Society
Jean Campbell introduces Botany Bay Family History Society, located in New South Wales, Australia. It is south of Sydney, on the southern shore of Botany Bay, hence the name, within the Sutherland Shire
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