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ALL THINGS WELSH for the family historian

We are all very familiar with hitting brick walls due to trying to establish which possible ancestral line is the correct one, but this problem is especially common when tracing ancestors in Wales because of the history and customs of the country. Genealogist Fiona Gray-Davies is here with practical advice to help you surmount the research conundrums you may encounter that are particular to Wales

21ST CENTURY TONGES

Anchors away! Gill Shaw sets out to navigate her mum’s dad’s side of the family, the mysterious Tonges …

Making the most of THE GRO INDEXES

This month, Family Tree Academy tutor David Annal invites us to look more closely at the General Register Office (GRO) indexes for births, marriages and deaths, and shows us how to access and use them

Researching your ancestors who were OVERSEAS

Have you ever wondered how to go about tracing ancestors who may have travelled to, or lived in, another country? Here, Mary Evans gives us a comprehensive guide to the record sources that can help us trace our ancestors overseas

HOW WILL DNA HELP ME IF I DON’T HAVE A FULL TREE?

If you don’t have a family tree showing your biological family, with both your paternal and maternal sides, or if you have a branch that ‘stops’, ending with an unknown ancestor at some point in the last 5 or so generations, read on. Karen Evans is here to help explain how DNA can fill in the blanks in the tree, solving mysteries and answering questions that you may have wondered about all your life.

How DNA helps the piecing together of clues

AN ADOPTION-DNA CASE STUDY

Finding Your Way with HISTORICAL MAPS

MAKING THE MOST OF MAPS FOR FAMILY HISTORY

A history of the THANKFUL VILLAGE

Stephen Roberts takes us on a tour of the handful of ‘Thankful Villages’, the term used to describe a village that lost no men in the Great War, and reflects on the poignant history of these extraordinary places

WHAT DID 19TH CENTURY PEOPLE LIKE TO READ?

From Frank Leslie’s Illustrated News to Godey’s Lady’s Book , family historian and author Sue Lisk turns back the pages to the past to see what it was that 19th & early 20th century people really enjoyed reading, looking largely at American publications, as well as the Illustrated London News

DIARY DATES

DISCOVER ONLINE LEARNING EXPERIENCES TO ENJOY FROM ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD

Photo corner

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

ARE YOU USING THE FAMILY TREE SETTINGS ON ANCESTRY?

It’s easy to start building your family tree on Ancestry – and features are also provided to help you take your tree to the next level. Create a family tree that suits your research requirements – explore some of Ancestry’s family tree settings today ...

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED

With our experts Pauline Jarvis & Graham Caldwell

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Have you long been meaning to pick up your pen to record the family story? Maybe now’s the time you really should ...

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“Are you a patient person?”

Diane Lindsay ponders about just how much patience we really have to have in order to be fruitful family history researchers, while also remembering the poignant path to the local graveyard that set her on her family history endeavour in the first place all those years ago

Ministry of Justice Scraps Plans to Destroy Original Wills

Professional genealogist Richard Holt reports on the Government’s response to the consultation and invites us to ‘remain vigilant of a number of issues raised’

Newly available 1939 Register details

The details for a further 292,259 people recorded

Storied acquires AI company

Genealogy newcomer Storied launched two years ago, with the aim of helping people to tell, preserve and share their family stories well. The two-year anniversary sees Storied acquire artificial intelligence company MemoryLane

RootsTech 2025: Discover. 6-8March

‘Be part of the world’s largest family history celebration, March 6–8, 2025,’ announces RootsTech – the global genealogy conference which will be welcoming family history enthusiasts in 11 different languages

HistoryScapes: storytelling app from the National Trust

Three National Trust properties, in partnership with the University of Exeter, have developed HistoryScapes, a GPS-triggered storytelling app

DNA news

DNA Advisor Karen Evans reports on news from the genealogy scene

11.6 billion new ‘records’ on MyHeritage in just 2 months

Extracting details from historic newspaper collections from the UK, USA , Canada and Australia, MyHeritage has created a collection of 11.6 billion newly available details

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