Books & co

Family history books with Rachel Bellerby

GENEALOGY GADGETS & APPS FOR ALL OCCASIONS!

What tools do you use to help your genealogy life run more smoothly? In this series Helen Tovey shares tools enjoyed by Family Tree readers

THOUGHTS ON... Never a dull census…

This month, Diane Lindsay overcomes an initial feeling of anti-climax on exploring the 1921 Scottish census, reflecting on the fact that even our most ‘ordinary’ ancestors once lived, loved and laughed.

Family history – what ’s it all about?

How to build a reliable online family tree?

WORK TO START ON NEW STAFFORDSHIRE HISTORY CENTRE

Work to build a brand new £5.4m history centre for Staffordshire is set to begin early this year

100,000 historic Hampshire records now available at Ancestry

Almost five centuries of Hampshire wills and probates are now available on Ancestry, thanks for a collaboration with Hampshire County Council

Allied Air Force online research webinar series launch

Join experts in the field discussing topics relating to Commonwealth Air Forces during 2023

1.7 million Israel immigration records added to MyHeritage

MyHeritage has just published a huge new online collection of immigration records from 1919 onwards, which is completely free to use.

SOCIETY OF GENEALOGISTS CHIEF EXEC STEPS DOWN

Dr Wanda Wyporska, FrHistS, FRSA, has announced that

629,000 CHELSEA PENSIONER RECORDS ADDED TO THEGENEALOGIST

TheGenealogist has announced the addition of a new record set of historic records for Chelsea Pensioners, covering the years 1702 to 1933

A new member of the Local BMD Project family

The 12th Local BMD Project website is now available, making birth, marriage and death records for Kingston Upon Thames freely available

65,000 new records opened in the 1939 Register

Is your ancestor one of those named in the newly-opened 1939 Register records at FindMyPast?

Explore Your Genealogy website to launch this spring

A new website from the Family History Federation aims to spotlight the unique datasets and expert knowledge of family history societies around the UK

FamilySearch announce new records and features for 2023

Global genealogy website FamilySearch has announced new initiatives for the coming year, including the facility for family groups to work together on their research.

MILLIONS OF MYHERITAGE MILESTONES

MyHeritage has looked back on an action-packed year, with millions of records, photos and DNA test results added to its website

Being part of a BIGGER STORY

Dr Simon Wills describes what it’s like solving genealogy problems for TV programmes and big research projects

HOW TO BUILD A research plan

When we hit so-called “brick walls” in family history research we can often overcome them by taking a more organised, systematic approach to our searches. But how? In this article Phil Isherwood will share a best-practice approach to building research plans and show how to use them to solve those challenging brick wall problems.

WHERE IS WIDOW RIBOLDI?

Gill Shaw’s family history forays have taken her across the globe, but now, after all these years, she has found her first connection to Scotland

Some tips on researching the EARLY 1500S & BEFORE

Mike Maskrey shares useful tips, tactics and thoughts to help you trace your tree back further in time, prior to the era of parish registers.

DOS & DON’TS OF BUILDING AN ONLINE FAMILY TREE

Here we’re going to look at some of the key dos & don’ts when it comes to building your online family tree, to help ensure that yours is a great tree that you can be truly proud of

Marking a landmark anniversary

Richard Willis takes through his research journey as he took on the challenging task of researching and writing up the history of the College of Preceptors

TIMELINE

The College of Preceptors Key dates and events in the history of the College in the 19th century

FEEDBACK ON ‘To tell or not to tell’

In the November issue of Family Tree the topic of if, when and how to impart or publish distressing aspects of family history research was covered. Adèle Emm invited fellow readers to share their views, and here is a summary of the thoughts so penned

SPOTLIGHT ON... DNA Help for Genealogy (UK)

DNA Help for Genealogy (UK) is a friendly Facebook group that, for more than seven years, has been helping those who have taken a DNA test for family history

EDINBURGH’S COWGATE: a history of, and how to research an ancestor fromthe area

Emma Jolly uses a case study from her family tree to illustrate how much information can be gleaned from researching in detail the streets where your ancestor lived and worked

THE MYSTERY OF Edwin Henwood

Family Tree Academy tutor David Annal plays detective as he works to solve the mystery of a veteran of the Crimean War.

A SHOCK DISCOVERY

YOUR DNA WORKSHOP

Can I find my great-grandmother through DNA testing?

Q&A

TASK OF THE MONTH

Parent assigning with Ancestry So, you've clicked on

Photo corner

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

Your questions answered

Indian migration to Uganda/Kenya QMy attention was drawn

Your letters

Familiar faces, points raised, and an inspiring reminder of the value of photogenealogy