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Past & future, present & correct

I’m just not sure where to begin this

Seven decades of change on the Olympic Way

Rachel Bellerby reports on the latest genealogy news. Got  a story to share? Email editorial@family-tree.co.uk

RIDE THIS WAY FOR CYCLING NEWS

British Newspaper Archive has this month added Cycling magazine to its archive, with 80,954 pages to explore, covering the years 1891 to 1914

Two new Welsh collections at Ancestry

Ancestry has announced the release of two new collections, which between them span the years 1845 to 1920

Try coastal time-tripping

A new and unique way to travel across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, when it is safe to do so, has just been launched, allowing travellers to plan modern-day adventures whilst exploring what life was like for communities of the past

Revealed: names at risk of becoming extinct

New research has revealed the names at risk of extinction in the UK and those that are growing fastest in popularity, analysing over 1.5million names across a period of ten years

FindMyPast share 1921 project update

FindMyPast has shared an update on the progress of their project to digitise and publish the 1921 census of England & Wales

4M new images for Australia added to FamilySearch

Four million new digital images from Australia, Victoria Wills, Probate and Administration Files 1841-1926, have been added to the FamilySearch genealogy website

British Library and FindMyPast announce renewal of long-term partnership

FindMyPast and the British Library have announced an extension of their long term partnership; the British Newspaper Archive, along with news that millions more newspaper pages will be digitised over the coming years

1.5M RAF Operations Record Books for the Dambusters squadron go online at TheGenealogist

TheGenealogist has released a large tranche of searchable RAF Operations Record Books (ORBs) including those ORBs for the famous No 617 Squadron, giving an insight into their wartime work

The Victorian & Edwardian Seaside

This summer, many of us will be heading to the coast for holidays nearer home – just like the Victorians and Edwardians. Anna Maria Barry takes a trip back in time and explores the seaside excursions of the 1800s

LIFE IN LIMERICK

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Spotlight on... North Liverpool Academy Family History Club

Despite being in existence for less than a year, the North Liverpool Academy family history club has seen its members make discoveries that many long-standing family historians would wish were on their family trees The club was established as a summer school in 2020 by genealogist and member of staff at the Academy, Ian Mooney. Overcoming the challenges of Covid lockdowns, a considerable number of students nevertheless joined the club and began to trace their family trees. Now, nearly one year on, these students, currently studying in year 7 (therefore typically aged 11-12 years) have made impressive progress

Escapes from World War I prisoner of war Camps in Britain 1914-1920

Colin R Chapman takes a look at successful escapes from World War I POW camps, dispelling the myth that only one such escape was successful

Covid VS Cholera

Dr Simon Wills reflects on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and how it will be viewed by posterity, and compares our experiences with those of our ancestors during the rampages of cholera in the 19th century 

The FIRST Edwardians

Stephen Roberts takes us on a tour through the lives and times of England’s first three King Edwards, the father, son and grandson who ruled the country during some of the most tumultuous years of the medieval age 

YOUR DNA WORKSHOP

MAKING DNA WORK FOR YOU

Analyse, assess & Mind the Gaps!

Improve your family history search skills with the Family Tree Academy. This issue, David Annal exhorts us to look carefully at the records we find online

Putting it into practice

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THE RICH TAPESTRY OF LIFE

A remarkable range of family-history related reads

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Voices from the 14th century

This month, Diane Lindsay uses the pages of her favourite history guides to imagine herself in the shoes of her 14th-century ancestors, and wonders, exactly how did they like their breakfast cooked…?