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NEW DNA RESEARCH
Domestic cats and wild cats did not mix untill the 1960s:
Scottish Women’s Land Army records now available online
ScotlandsPeople has announced the release of almost 10,000 index cards for those who joined the Land Army and Timber Corps from 1939 to 1950
Seallam! announces rebrand to Hebrides People
Seallam!, the genealogy and visitor centre in the Isle of Harris, has announced a rebrand to reflect its plans for expansion and development
Spotlight on the best world tourism villages of 2023
54 villages have been newly unveiled by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation as the world’s best tourism communities
Online conference: CALL FOR PAPERS FROM YOUNG GENEALOGISTS
The Society of Genealogists and Family History Federation are jointly arranging an online conference to be held in autumn 2024 and are inviting proposals from young genealogists aged between 16 and 35 years
RootsTech 2024 first keynote speaker announced
Lynne M. Jackson, author, and president and founder of the Dred Scott Heritage Foundation, is the first keynote speaker to be announced for RootsTech 2024
A PASSION FOR STORIES
A new platform for sharing family history stories offers its members the chance to come together to pool ideas and learn from each other
Millions of military records
From the Crimean War to the battlefields of World War I, FindMyPast’s new releases comprise millions of wartime records featuring men and women involved in global conflicts
SoG announcements
The Society of Genealogists has announced that the long-awaited opening of its new London premises is now imminent
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– ITS LEGACY, MY FAMILY, AND THE MADNESS WITHIN
Beyond the lunatic asylum of the 19th century
FINDING FAMILY GRAVES
My family’s graves and how I found them
BRADFORD’S UNDERCLIFFE CEMETERY:
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SCHWEDERSKY – how we discovered an unknown East Prussian ancestry
Ro and Paul Madgett share their research journey, in which they worked together to investigate the origins of Ro’s grandmother
A TASTE OF THE PAST
A GINGERBREAD story
Charlotte Soares takes us a on a seasonal look back at the story of ginger and its many uses. Not only might our ancestors have enjoyed sweet and savoury treats containing this spice, it has also made its way into our literature, history and even medicine cupboards…
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LIVING IN GEORGIAN SPLENDOUR
Still buzzing from the surprise of finding her 2x great-aunt hiding out in Sussex on the 1871 Census, Gill Shaw keeps digging…
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The Friends of Wolverhampton Archives is a volunteer group based at Wolverhampton Archives and Local Studies at the Molineux Hotel in Wolverhampton. Lisa Hale introduces the group and its activities
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USING MEMOIR AND STORYTELLING
THE NAME THAT WOULDN’T DISAPPEAR
The long and sad life of AMELIA DOLDING
Stuart Valentine charts the story of how one name in a workhouse register started him on a quest to find out more about a woman from an Anglo-Indian background whose changing circumstances saw her enter and leave the Bromley workhouse many times – trapped in poverty thousands of miles from her birth country
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