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Family Tree Academy FESTIVE QUIZ 2024

Welcome to the 2024 Family Tree Academy End of Year Quiz. This year Family Tree Academy tutor David Annal has focussed on free resources – the answers to all of the questions can be found without having to access any subscription websites! In some cases you’ll have to register to use the free resources, but you won’t have to pay a penny.

BEGINNER’S GUIDE: Discover the science behind YOUR DNA TEST

Do you understand why your ethnicity is just an estimate? Do you know your segments from your STRs and SNPs? Do you know how your parents’ DNA , way back when, recombined to create a unique DNA code just for you? DNA enthusiast and advisor Karen Evans is here to help

CINDERELL A’S LEGACY

In the final part of her Riboldi saga Gill Shaw ties up the last threads and looks back to one glorious day in May 1910 …

FAMILY TREE PLUS Frequently asked questions

We want to share the exciting features of our online membership, Family Tree Plus, with you, and answer the questions that often get asked. Discover more about the webinars and videos, the Family Tree Library, and the many other benefits of the online membership here.

SPOTLIGHT ON ... THE CHANNEL ISLANDS FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY

Our main aim is to encourage research into genealogies and histories of families in Jersey and worldwide,’ writes Margaret Cabot, Press Officer of the society. Read on to learn about the organisation, its origins and its role in helping others today

Help! I’ ve hit a brickwall – What next?

At some point or other in our family history research, hitting a brick wall is inevitable. Here Mike Gould provides guidance on what to do next when you do get stuck – and his first step may surprise you …

Telling your ancestor ’s story THROUGH A SINGLE SOURCE

In this fascinating ar ticle, genealogist Jude Rhodes tells us about the information she was able to glean from a single piece of documentation – her parents’ old passport

A funny thing happened on the way to the Record Office…

Family historian Stuart Valentine looks back, with a little nostalgia, to the time before digital online records, and his hours spent in record offices seeking out elusive ancestors

FAMILY TREE GENEALOGY Gift Guide

If you’re lucky enough to be being asked what you’d like for Christmas, or if you fancy treating yourself, explore our round-up of genealog y gifts to enjoy

A guide to the MOD-KEW-ANCESTRY MILITARY RECORDS DIGITISATION PROJECT

Military historian Graham Bandy reports on the newly digitised mid20th century Army records, providing insights to questions surrounding the project, access, what’s available and what’s not, in this – the largest digitisation project under taken by the UK National Archives

FREE FAMILY HISTORY SOFTWARE online & offline

Not everything requires you to put your hand in your pocket. Professional genealogist Alison Spring, aka the Frugal Family Historian, is the proud owner of a free program she uses for her family history research. Here she shares her thoughts and ideas for genealogy money-saving alternatives to paid-for family history software

A DISTURBING discovery

News stories, yesterday, as today, can provide accounts of tragic circumstances. Genealogist Julie Johnson investigated one such news story from 110 years ago, to learn about the lives and people surrounding this hear t-breaking set of circumstances

Photo corner

Costume historian and photo dating exper t Jayne Shrimpton shares advice to help you date your unidentified pictures and so put names to the faces of the past

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED

With our exper ts Mary Evans, David Annal & Sally Benevides Hopkins

YOUR FAMILY MYSTERIES SOLVED

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“It’s said after the cheery lightshow of Christmas, January is the most depressing month, but I love this time of year,” writes Diane Lindsay

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