New statistics reveal the most common age for childbirth for women born in 1974

Connectingwithkinworldwide

So often in family history separate elements

SHARING YOUR FAMILY HISTORY ONLINE

Chris Paton explores the many ways to share r esearch and to collaborate online

Twiglets

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

Dear Tom and Paul

In this special Valentine’s Day edition of Dear Paul, Paul Chiddicks takes a look at some tall tales from readers’ family trees, and shares some very Cupid-inspired names from the records

Tracing the coastal trades of ourancestors

You shall have a fishy…

Getting to grips with WILLS (for England & Wales)

Improve your family history search skills with the Family Tree Academy. This issue, David Annal demonstrates how to locate your ancestors' wills, concentrating on England and Wales, and shows why they are such valuable documents to track down

ARE YOU READY TO CONNECT WITH THE GENEALOGY WORLD?

Over the past ten years, RootsTech has brought exciting elements of the genealogy and technology worlds together, transforming the genealogy show-going scene, and celebrating new IT based developments that we, the end users, benefit from when doing our family histories at home, online. Helen Tovey takes a look at what we can look forward to from RootsTech in 2021

PARISH REGISTERS A MINI TIMELINE HISTORY

The records of our ancestors as found in the parish registers give us the opportunity, potentially, to trace our family trees over several centuries to the 1500s. Helen Tovey walks us through a timeline to show just how useful they can be in researching our families back to the time of King Henry VIII

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

Books &co

winter READS!  Where will your reading take you in 2021?

YOUR DNA WORKSHOP

Welcome to the DNA Workshop! In every issue DNA adviser Karen Evans will be unpacking a reader case study, and giving you step-by-step tips for you to use in your DNA research at home. It’s time to unlock the story of your genes…

NEW TO ANCESTRY DNA TESTING?

Here are some questions that Peter asked – perhaps they are also things you are wondering about?

Your questions answered

With our experts Jayne Shrimpton, David Frost, Mary Evans and David Annal

DIARY DATES

DISCOVER LEARNING EXPERIENCES TO ENJOY FROM ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD FROM THE COMFORT OF YOUR OWN SOFA!

Your letters

Research conundrums, and a few lucky breaks

SUBS CLUB

Welcome to the Family Tree Subscriber Club. Members

New Year resolution number 1

You don’t get more dedicated to her family history than Diane Linsday but even she has the occasional slip-up. Here she shares a rueful tale which hopefully will remind you to back up your research right away

New CEO at SoG

Chief Executive Officer at the Society of Genealogists June Perrin retired in December 2020 after 20 years at the helm

A monumental achievement in Banffshire heritage

A team of volunteers from Portsoy Salmon Bothy have had their efforts rewarded with the publication of a booklet aimed at family historians worldwide with Fordyce connections

‘Vast new online collection’ created thanks to lockdown volunteers

FindMyPast have announced the release of a new collection of more than one million epitaphs, revealing stories of those laid to rest in Scotland’s historic burial grounds

Britain’s first known 5th-century mosaic discovered in Gloucestershire

National Trust archaeologists working at Chedworth Roman Villa in Gloucestershire have received unexpected results following the radiocarbon dating of material uncovered during an excavation

Exploring a century of history with Imperial War Museums

Imperial War Museums (IWM) has announced its 2021 programme with exhibitions, events and new openings across its five sites

Anodtothefuture

VueScan, the image scanning programme, has announced that

250,000 individuals named on online education records

The latest release from TheGenealogist includes records from England, Ireland, Scotland and more…

New fam ily collaboration

A new feature at Family Tree Maker, TreeVault

New photo colourisation model released by MyHeritage

Following on from the launch of MyHeritage In Color™ earlier this year, MyHeritage have now released a new colourisation model that promises even better results for old family photos

The American Air Museum at IWM Duxford awarded Grade II* listed status

The American Air Museum at Imperial War Museum Duxford, Europe’s largest air museum, has been listed at Grade II* by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on the advice of Historic England

GATHERING EVIDENCE OF DISEASE & DISASTER

Wayne Shepheard takes an analytical look at some familiar records to see what else they might reveal about our ancestors’ lives; in particular to determine what and how certain natural events affected people and communities in the past, in order to tell a more complete history of our forebears’ times