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Family histor y books with Helen Tovey & Rachel Bellerby

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O ne of the charms of family history

MyHeritage becomes the first family history company to use conversational AI for genealogy

MyHeritage has announced the release of two new AI features which it promises will ‘revolutionise genealogy’ in the same way Chat GPT revolutionised searching the internet

Memory Station from Vivid-Pix rolled out to new locations across the US

A one-click scanning solution designed with older adults in mind, to help save precious images, artefacts and voice memories for future generations will be taken to new locations around the United States of America

Almost 400,000 individuals available to search on the 1939 Register

A further 389,600 individuals available are now available search on the 1939 Register for England and Wales, in accordance with the 100-year rule and requests submitted by the public

80 million people added to the world’s largest family tree

FamilySearch has released a round-up of 2023, which included a record 1.5 billion people now in the world’s largest family tree

Petition to save the wills

On 15 December 2023 the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) published a consultation paper in which the proposal was made to digitise the post-1858 wills collections for England and Wales and to destroy the originals after 25 years. This proposed destruction has been met with great concern by the genealogy community and a petition has been started.

1931 Census of Canada available to explore for free at FamilySearch

FamilySearch has announced the completion of a free, fully searchable index and images of the 1931 Canada census, thanks to its partnership with Libraries Archive Canada

New online genealogy encyclopaedia for all

MyHeritage has announced the release of MyHeritage Wiki, its community-led online encyclopaedia for all things genealogy

Discovering a whole new heritage via DNA

MyHeritage has released a two-part short film telling

MEDIEVAL ANCESTORS

Chris Paton ventures back in time to outline some of the challenges of medieval research...

JIMMY MILLER

Football legend and my ancestor

ENHANCE YOUR FAMILY HISTORY WITH Maps, photos & tax records

Don’t leave your family tree at just names and dates – put your ancestors' lives in context and discover their homes using maps and photographs. Family Tree Academy tutor David Annal demonstrates how

NAVIGATING MAPS FOR FAMILY HISTORY

Having a map to hand is both fascinating and useful when it comes to family history research.To follow are ideas for places to look for maps online, to help you explore the locations your ancestors once lived and worked in the British Isles.This Family Tree guide covers a selection of freely available map & place-related websites.

THE ‘BRIDGERTON’ FILES

Just for fun, Gill Shaw goes on the trail of Vicomtesse Mina, her 2x great-aunt’s adoptive stepmother-of-sorts, and gets caught in a web of intrigue and espionage…

SPOTLIGHT ON... HUDDERSFIELD & DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY

Huddersfield & District Family History Society was formed in 1987 and is now one of the most successful and proactive societies in the country, writes Susan Hutson, as she introduces the society and its activities

#SaveOurWills You can help!

The recent Ministry of Justice’s (MoJ) announcement late 2023, of a consultation paper proposing the destruction of archival will records, has met with widespread consternation across the genealogy community.To follow we share a collection of views, from major UK genealogy organisations and a selection of leading UK genealogists, about the MoJ proposals.We also share details of the petition to #SaveOurWills and information as to how you may voice your opinions.

Why can’t I find my IRISH ANCESTOR?

Irish family history research has a well-deserved reputation for being difficult. Often it can seem nearly impossible. Where do you go to research once you have exhausted the typical sources? David Ryan shares his expertise for overcoming the common barriers to tracing Irish ancestors

The British pub

Mike Bedford takes us on a tour of public houses of the British Isles, taking in coaching inns, alehouses and taverns, to explore the buildings our ancestors would have known – and the family history clues we can find…

Preparing your family history prints for scanning

Learn about the kit you need and the knowledge that will help you prepare to scan your family history prints with Ann Larkham.

YOUR DNA WORKSHOP

IF AT FIRST you don't succeed

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED

With our experts Michelle Leonard & David Annal

Photo corner

Costume historian & photo-dating expert Jayne Shrimpton shares advice to help you date your unidentified pictures and so put names to the faces of the past.

Your letters

An amazing find, an heirloom for the future & concerns regarding post-1858 wills

Your gift TO THE FUTURE

‘Even scraps of memoir,’ writes Diane Lindsay, ‘are a gift for the future’ – as she encourages us all to dabble in the delights of journalling our lives

THE GAZETTE

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IHGS

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Family Tree

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Family Tree

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Rootstech

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DNA DISCOVERIES

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Pharos Tutors

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Family Tree

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JOIN THE CLUB

Society of Genealogists

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Genealogical.com

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QUALIFIED GENEALOGISTS

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Ancestry

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