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TRACE YOUR ANCESTORS’ TRADES & INDUSTRIES:The history of OLD OCCUPATIONS

Learn about your ancestors’ world of work, from The fields to The factories. Wayne Shepheard investigates The history of occupations, key sources, and The cultural and climatic background against which The times played out, to help you discover your ancestors’ employment of yesteryear

The vanishing act of Fred Will is

When Sue Hassett set about tracing The living descendants of her ancestors to try to find out what happened to her 2x great-uncle ‘brick wall’, she never imagined her genealogical journey would lead to a remarkable reunion

What did your ancestor do for a living?

Genealogist Chris Paton delves deeper into The range of online and oTher resources to help you follow your ancestors’ employment history

Identifying your ancestors’ medals

Gain The knowledge and skills to identify and date medals in your old family photographs with Simon Wills’s expert guide

Life on The ocean wave

Working on yachts runs in David Frost’s blood and it may well be in your DNA too if you had mariner or fishermen ancestors. Here he explains how to spot a yachtsman in your family and learn about Their lives at sea

This issue’s Theme is Army Service records

Now it’s time to put your research skills to The test. Have a look at The three Army service documents and answer The questions below. The solutions aren’t always in The documents Themselves; sometimes you’ll need to look at oTher sources to find The answer s.

Taken a DNA test? Now what?

DNA tests grow ever more popular and can lead to fascinating new insights about your ancestry – but initially The results can be bewildering. Help is at hand, however, with Karen Evans’ practical advice for making so much more sense of your DNA

Researching your roots in Wales

We often refer to ‘England and Wales’ in family history

Your questions answered

With our panel of experts Jayne Shrimpton, Mike Trenchard, David Frost and Mary Evans

£9.2m funding for major new data research project

Karen Clare reports on The latest genealogy news. Got

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Susie Douglas, founder of Twitter’s #AncestryHour, considers a burning family history topic of The moment… wrong information on online trees

Choose from over 100 lectures & workshops!

Visitors to Family Tree Live taking place at London’s

Rail dig finds explorer’s lost grave

Archaeologists working on The new HS2 fast-rail route

Spotlight on… Malvern Family History Society

If you are looking for a family history society in Worcestershire, look no furTher than Malvern Family History Society, based in The lovely spa town that nestles on The side of The Malvern Hills, writes Ruth Casemore

COLOURFUL CLUES from my favourite source

Joan Dexter has never forgotten her faTher’s advice, to find out as much as possible about each of her ancestors, learning what kind of folk They were and what sort of lives They led. And, on this quest, she’s found Manor Court Rolls to be full of colourful clues

House historyof The young royals’ homes

Nick Thorne looks at Anmer Hall, country home of William and Kate, and Frogmore Cottage, that of Harry and Meghan, using The varied record collections of TheGenealogist

Books

Karen Clare, Helen Tovey and Belinda Griffin take a look at some new titles of interest in The world of family history and genealogy

DIARY DATES

Find or post diary dates at www.family-tree.co.uk/Events for FREE or email Them to editorial@family-tree.co.uk

Twiglets

Diarist Gill Shaw charts The rollercoaster ride of researching her family history

Your letters

FurTher thoughts on The thorny topic of genealogical ethical dilemmas. How do you deal with These decisions diplomatically?

Coming next in FamilyTree

Discover The nex t steps you need to take Master new

Think out of The box

Thanks to a prompt from a fellow Family Tree reader Diane Lindsay’s research horizons are transforming, dazzingly…

SURNAME STUDIES: SIZE MATTERS

In her ongoing series, Julie Goucher shows you how to assess The potential size of your study and The whereabouts that your surname may be located

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. It’s time to tuck into Rachel Bellerby’s genealogy treats

It’s all under one roof at Family Tree Live

Everyone has a family story; come along and discover more about yours at Family Tree Live

SAVING YOUR FILES TO The CLOUD…

This issue web guru Paul Carter advises how to save your Family Historian files to The cloud – and why you’d wish to do so

How did you do?

Find out The answers to last issue’s Family Tree Academy challenges. Our Academy tutor David Annal explains all

Join he Family Tree Academy & become a skilled family historian

The Family Tree Academy is specially created to help you discover more about The records, resources and research skills you need to become The best genealogist you can be! Read on to join in with Family Tree Academy challenges