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A toast to the ancestors, to family history & to you
Well it’s been quite a year hasn’t it,
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
Record collection of the month
Maimed Soldiers’ Petitions
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BOOKS & co
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DIARY DATES
Join in with events from the family history scene
How to join a webinar
New to the world of webinars? Find out how to join one of these online events and access a whole new sector of family history
NEWS
8 MILLION WELSH PARISH RECORDS ON ANCESTRY, MYHERITAGE & THEGENEALOGIST
Explore more than four centuries of Welsh baptisms, marriages and burials in the parish registers & discover the details for 14.5 million individual ancestors
Explore 12,000 Kent records -spotlighting ancestors at birth and death
FindMyPast’s recent record update comprises birth and baptism records
Over 2 million names included on new RAF release from The Genealogist
TheGenealogist has released 71 new Air Force Lists with over 2 million searchable names, as well as 385 extra war memorials listing over 31,000 names
Exploreover1.5millionindividualswithNorfolkparishrecordrelease
TheGenealogist has added over 1.54 million individuals to its Norfolk Parish Record Collection, released in association with Norfolk Record Office
WORTH £32! YOUR FREE RECORDS
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Heritage Index reveals English towns with ‘heritage potential’
Places as diverse as a seaside resort in Essex and a former mill town in Lancashire are among those with the most untapped ‘heritage potential’, a new ranking reveals
UK age 90+ population now at its largest ever : new ONS data
A birth spike after World War I is now reflected in new figures released by the ONS, showing data for men and women aged 90 and over around the UK
42.2millionindexedNorwaychurchrecords released by MyHeritage
MyHeritage has announced the release of more than 42.2 million historic church records for Norway, covering the years 1815 to 1938
ARE YOU MORE THAN A TICK IN A BOX?
Are you more than a TICK IN A BOX?
Chris Paton reflects on his changing sense of identity, thanks to family history. Read on and consider how family history might have changed how you see yourself too
INVESTIGATING TUDOR FISHERMEN
FISHING FOR my forebears
Following the twisting, turning tale that is family history, Melanie Winterbotham’s chance discovery that her ancestors ran a slave plantation in the Caribbean enabled her to unlock several centuries of her family tree and explore the working lives of her Tudor fishermen ancestors in Oxfordshire
INVESTIGATING THE SLAVE TRADE
Searching the Legacies of British Slave-ownership database
Search the website for biographical information about slave owners, and details and whereabouts of the plantations, and so learn more about the legacies of colonial slavery, the land and wealth involved, the owners – and the background to the lives of enslaved people
DISCOVER MORE ABOUT YOUR CONVICT ANCESTORS
Prisoners DOWN UNDER
There is a wealth of sources to trace our convict ancestors transported to Australia, and Simon Wills offers a brief introduction to help you get started
GENEALOGICAL MISCELLANY
Dear Paul
In this month’s Dear Paul, Paul Chiddicks takes us on a tour of weird and wonderful genealogy finds, from a sheep farmer who died of a broken heart after the loss of his flock, to the bride and groom who wed after a ‘tedious’ courtship of over 40 years
TRACING BRANCHES
Twiglets
Diarist Gill Shaw charts the rollercoaster ride of researching her family history
BECOME A DNA SUPER-SLEUTH!
Your DNA Workshop
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LOOK ANEW AT YOUR OLD FAMILY PHOTOS
Top 10 tips for studying the family photo album
Whether our family picture archives comprise orderly albums of old studio portraits and snapshots, or random prints squirrelled away in boxes, there is always scope beyond conventional photo-dating techniques for establishing firm time frames and learning more about our precious photograph collections. Photo-dating expert Jayne Shrimpton shares some fascinating advice to help you
STORY OF OUR STREET PROJECT
The story of a north-east England street: 1860 to 2000
Ian Newton takes us on a tour of 150 years of his street in Stanhope, exploring the lives and occupations of previous residents and using maps and local newspapers to help bring the street’s past to life
THE SOCIETY SCENE
Spotlight on... East Yorkshire Family History Society
Barbara Watkinson showcases the work of a society with more than forty years of history and an impressive publication programme, including over 300 monumental inscription projects completed and available to researchers
AIDS TO KEEP YOUR RESEARCH ON TRACK
MY WHEN? WHERE? WHY? WHAT? WHAT NEXT? NOTES
It’s so important to write down your family history findings, so that you can grow your research, without wasting time or getting in a muddle. The research log and blank family tree layouts on these pages are to help you jot down your discoveries as you go
YOUR FAMILY MYSTERIES SOLVED
Your questions answered
With our experts Jayne Shrimpton, David Annal, David Frost and Mary Evans
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FAMILY TALES TO TREASURE
Lockdown Stories
Charlotte Soares shares tales from past times, bonding with her small grand-daughter in this quite extraordinary year
SNAPSHOTS IN TIME
Twinkling memories of Christmases past
Diane Linsday peruses family photos of Christmas over the years, and recalls the memories held only in her mind’s eye... and thinks that this year she might begin to write it all down
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