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REGIONAL VARIATIONS IN WHAT WE CALL OUR GRANDPARENTS: NEW RESEARCH
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ROOTSTECH ROUND-UP
We take a look at some highlights of the world’s largest online genealogy event, RootsTech, which recently welcomed well over one million participants from more than 225 countries around the world
Quaker Women’s Petition 1659 added to FindMyPast
Did your 17th-century female ancestor campaign for religious tolerance in England? A new release from FindMyPast reveals a snapshot of 7,000 women in 1659
12 million newspaper pages now available at newspapers.com
Ancestry has announced that more than 12 million historic UK newspaper pages from over 200 UK newspapers have been made available on Newspapers.com
Distilling and brewing magazine is a ‘treasure trove’ of historic adverts
New to British Newspaper Archive is Distillers,’ Brewers’ and Spirit Merchants’ Magazine, published in Glasgow from the late 19th century and addressing the distilling and brewing industries across Great Britain and Ireland
43,000 historical Scottish prison records released by Scottish Indexes
In a continuation of their Scotland’s Criminal Database project, Glasgow based genealogists Emma and Graham Maxwell of Scottish Indexes have released an index to a further 43,000 historical Scottish Prison records
Large-scale redevelopment planned for British Library site at Boston Spa
Plans to create a ‘modern and sustainable’ home for the UK’s growing national collection at Boston Spa in Yorkshire have been revealed, after planning permission was granted by Leeds City Council
GET MORE FROM THE 1939 REGISTER
TheGenealogist has updated the 1939 Register with a new detailed mapping feature and an additional 258,000 individuals
5.8M records from JewishGen published at MyHeritage
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Investigating Dwellings & Buildings
SCOTTISH HOUSE HISTORY
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TEN STEPS TO FINDING JOHN ARMSTRONG
We’ve all been there, haven’t we? Plenty of other family trees concurring, but without enough evidence to convince us that all really is as popular opinion seems to indicate. Here professional genealogist Susie Douglas shares some of the useful lessons to note when tackling a longstanding research block and trying to get to the truth of the matter
Brick Wall Busting
ANOTHER BRICK IN YOUR WALL?
Chris Broom shares some ideas on breaking through your brick wall, inviting us to think differently about our research obstacle, seeing the puzzle afresh and maybe through another person’s eyes…
Personal Family Records Explored
Postcards from the Front
Simon Wills looks at how to analyse your ancestors’ postcards, especially those which came from soldiers in the First World War, decoding the censors’ marks, deducing dates and more
An Unsolved Mystery
Did she fall or was she pushed?
Heather Nicol recounts an unsolved tragedy from her family history, as she attempts to discover the circumstances surrounding the death of her 3x greatgrandmother Sarah Mitchell
The Rules Behind The Records We Search
L AW & THE FAMILY HISTORIAN
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