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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

– ITS LEGACY, MY FAMILY, AND THE MADNESS WITHIN

Beyond the lunatic asylum of the 19th century

My family’s graves and how I found them

BRADFORD’S UNDERCLIFFE CEMETERY:

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 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…

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…

The Friends of Wolverhampton Archives

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

THE NATURE AND USES OF memoir and storytelling

USING MEMOIR AND STORYTELLING

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

CHRISTMAS QUIZ

FAMILY TREE ACADEMY

YOUR DNA WORKSHOP

Making DNA work FOR YOU

PHOTO CORNER

Costume historian & photo-dating expert Jayne Shrimpton shares

SPRUCE UP YOUR Ancestry tree

Ancestr y is the home of much of the family history tree building that many of us undertake. If you’re feeling that your tree could do with a quick check to ensure you’re making the most of some of the key Ancestr y site tools, read on. Helen Tovey shares ideas to spruce up your tree.

Your letters

Newspapers, gravestones, steamships & star lines

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED

Cap badge & World War II campaign medals

A job for life?

Diane Lindsay reflects of the multitude of jobs our ancestors might have undertaken alongside the ‘official’ occupation we may glean from census records