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Got a family history brickwall? It’s time to smash it down!

H ands-up if you have a family history

Introducing the Big Oxfordshire Names Database - spanning Medieval times to the 20th century

Helen Tovey reports on news from the world of genealogy. Do you have a story to share?

Archives and Records Association Winners announced

The winners of the Archives and Records Association

First Asian cricketer on the England team, 128 years ago

Ranji, Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji, eight iconic photos of

Women making medical history: Celebrating 150 years of medical education

This October sees the 150th anniversary of the first classes held at the London School of Medicine for Women. Former student at the establishment, Paul Bingham reports.

Researching the SOCIAL & FAMILY HISTORY of unrelated cohorts

Unrelated yet linked cohorts have exciting potential for social and family history research. Such studies ensure that the less famous are not overlooked and gives context for individual ancestors. Paul Bingham and Paul Robinson demonstrate the potential by exploring the first 106 General Medical Council (GMC) registered women doctors.

LIVES ON THE OCEAN WAVES

Tracing your mariner ancestors before 1914

Dear Paul

This month, Paul Chiddicks takes another look at parish records, and reveals cases of incumbents betraying their frustrations with their parishioners

LIVES OF SERVICE

RESEARCHING 19TH-CENTURY SOLDIERS

BELLE OF THE BALL

Diving into the newspapers, Gill Shaw finds a lovely description of her ancestor Catherine Mary – and one weak but weird link to the family name …

YOUR 6-STEP PLAN to thorough (brick wallsmashing) family history

Research methodology is a key skill that ALL family historians need to learn if they are to solve knotty, brick wall problems, advises Phil Isherwood. Follow Phil’s research method and you will have a set of doable steps to help you make better family history progress, however tough it gets. PS We have published Phil’s article in the centre of the magazine so that you may pull it out, if you wish, to keep and refer to for top-notch research practice!

Your 6-step Research Methodology

Phil Isherwood’s 6-step Research Methodology. Cut out, scan

How ANCESTRY ENHANCED SHARED MATCHES can help you

‘If you had been within a mile of my house one Monday in late June you could not have failed to hear the squeal of excitement I gave when Pro Tools landed on my Ancestry DNA page!’ writes Karen Evans. ‘This much anticipated add-on, which included enhanced DNA matches, had been discussed for many months. But is it worth all the hype?’.

WHICH TEST is right for you?

DNA testing has revolutionised the genealogy world and become an essential tool in any family historian’s toolbox. There are several different tests and testing companies to choose from, however, and here professional genealogist and DNA detective Michelle Leonard will help you with making the correct choices

SPOTLIGHT ON... YORK AND DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY

York Family History Society was founded almost 50 years ago, and has an active membership across the globe, as Publicity and Events Co-ordinator Steve Barrett tells us

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED

With our experts Graham Caldwell & Emma Jolly

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

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Photo-dating puzzle: the answer

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‘Big ships & I HAVE HISTORY

So much more than a Dolly Daydream, Diane Lindsay is a solid-gold family-history supersleuth, with an extra dollop of perseverance when it comes to decoding the puzzles of the past

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