Spotlight on Midland Ancestors

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H ow’s your family history going? Very well

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

NEW COLONIALISM AND HISTORIC SLAVERY REPORT

The Trust aims to address the links between wealth and slavery at properties in its care such as Penrhyn Castle, whose estate was purchased using proceeds from the six plantations Richard Pennant owned in Jamaica and the hundreds of enslaved people who worked there

A uniform appearance: What did our ancestors wear in institutions?

Dress historian Jayne Shrimpton considers the clothes worn

Getting to grips with Family Reconstruction

Improve your family history search skills with the Family Tree Academy. This issue, David Annal demonstrates how, by casting your net wide, and working methodically through the search results, you may be able to take your family tree research further

How to find stories of the women in your family

CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

Scottish PoorLaw Records

         What information is contained in Scottish poor law records? What use can researchers expect to make of them? What is available online? Alison Spring explains

YOUR  DNA WOrKSHOP

Welcome to the DNA Workshop! In every issue DNA adviser Karen Evans will be unpacking a reader case study, and giving you step-by-step tips for you to use in your DNA research at home. It’s time to unlock the story of your genes…

NETTING YOUR ANCESTORS

Researching a fisherman ancestor is not always straightforward because you might have to cast your net wide when it comes to sources, writes Simon Wills

The  lunch hour genealogist

Being busy doesn’t mean you have to neglect your favourite hobby, you can still learn in your lunch break! It’s time to tuck into Rachel Bellerby’s genealogy treats

Books & co

INSPIRED BY THE PAST  Novels, memoirs & histories

Version

Rachel Bellerby reviews the latest version of the popular Family Historian software

Version

Rachel Bellerby reviews the latest version of the popular Family Historian software

New names and new professions for a new year

This month, Gill Shaw begins a new genealogy adventure as she follows family records to Ireland, where her Italian 3 x great-grandfather plied his trade as a craftsman

Belong to the Global Family

Using local archives and lib raries in your Irish research

David Ryan takes us on a tour of the local repositories that contain a wealth of valuable information about the lives of our Irish ancestors, adding colour to the basic facts obtained from civil records

Are you a citizen historian?

(Perhaps without even knowing it)

Your questions answered

Why do they keep changing their names? Q 

LEARN ANY TIME, ANYWHERE Online talks & courses

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Your LETTERS

An inspiring crop of memories, insights heart-felt and/or useful advice

Telling the ancestral tales

Diane Lindsay reveals her tricks of the family history story-telling trade