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Project serves up taste of Neolithic ancestors’ food
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War Memorials Register launches with millions of names
STORIES FROM THE CEMETERY
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Final year to preserve Lives stories
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Findmypast creates world tree
Findmypast has created a new global family tree to
Village WW1 Armistice project remembers a lost generation
A village is holding a series of events to commemorate local menfolk killed in WW1, including the first installation of a poignant nationwide project. Victoria Williams, of Tarporley Remembers, reports
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walking ancestral homelands
Step into the past with David Venner as he walks in the footsteps of his forebears along a 50-mile waterside trail in Somerset, which links his ancestral home near the river’s source with his own birthplace, near its mouth. Along the way, he discovers family connections with the countryside and towns back to the 16th century, and the records that have helped him trace them. Follow his suggestions to shed light on the lives of your ancestors too
Women’s war work
Explore the serious, sublime and the ridiculous facets of family history in this genealogical miscellany. This issue, Tom Wood learns about the records relating to the Women’s Land Army in WW2, a singularly interesting first name, a heart-warming reunion late in life and a death by anthrax
Get you r hands onhistory
In the British Isles there are thousands of archives, housing millions of documents. This wealth of treasures spanning centuries of history isn’t just saved for posterity, it is very much accessible to us today. Helen Tovey explores a round-up of the nation’s key archives and their websites and shows the ways in which we can use them to find clues about our family’s history
The feel of fashion
Learn about the clothing worn by your late-Victorian ancestors as dress historian Jayne Shrimpton explores the fashions of the past
BUILDING A BETTER FUTURE
The housing crisis is nothing new, and Amanda Randall explores the history of creating towns purposefully built with the aim of improving the lives of our ancestors. From Saltaire, to Swindon and Central Lancashire – it’s a history of communities that reaches back to the 1800s and even 1700s
A breaking point survived
Keith Gregson investigates the German Spring Offensive of 1918, a series of attacks by the Germans along the Western Front, towards the end of a long and brutal war. Many of our ancestors would have seen action in these battles, been taken prisoners of war or lost their lives, creating a lasting impact on countless families and communities
The lunch hour genealogist
Being busy doesn’t mean you have to neglect your favourite hobby, you can still learn in your lunch break! Squeeze just 60 minutes of family history into your daily routine and you’ll soon start to see your tree blossom. So settle down with your lunch and tuck into Rachel Bellerby’s genealogy treats
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Read on to find out the answers to last issue’s Family Tree Academy challenges. Our Academy tutor David Annal explains all
Join the Family Tree Academy & become a skilled family historian
Running all through 2018, the Academy learning experience will help you discover more about the records, resources and research skills you need to become the best genealogist you can be. We have case studies for you to pit your wits against, documents for you to decipher, old handwriting for you to tackle, and more…
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Banished from Britain: The Irish poor
Destitute and dispossed, paupers from Ireland could find themselves forcibly sent back to their homeland, from England, Wales and Scotland, if unable to support themselves financially. Chris Paton finds rich pickings for genealogists in these lesserknown records of poverty-stricken families
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Great War memorials project
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During 2018, Julie Goucher is spotlighting a website each month that is either unusual, overlooked or simply fascinating. It is an ideal way to expand and bring to life your family history. This issue she discovers a thought-provoking WW1 website
Techy tips for family historians
Make the most of digital devices, websites, apps and gadgets, with genealogical web guru Paul Carter
Spotlight on… Bedfordshire Family History Society
If you have Bedfordshire kin you’ll find a warm welcome at Bedfordshire Family History Society, which has been helping people explore their ancestry for more than 40 years, write Geoff Sewell and Mary Wooldridge
Twiglets
Diarist Gill Shaw charts the rollercoaster ride of researching her family history
A taste of home
The Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes (NAAFI) served thousands of members of the Armed Services at home and abroad during World War II, and your relatives may have been among them. However, they did not get the recognition they perhaps deserved, says John Leete, who has researched those who served in the NAAFI to learn more about their invaluable contribution to the war effort
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