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UNCOVERING THE NATION’S WORKING CLASS HERITAGE

Historic England has announced its Everyday Heritage Grants: Celebrating Working Class Histories, which will fund community-led and people-focused projects that focus on heritage, linking people to overlooked historic places

National recognition for photo reminiscence project

A research study that concluded Photo Reminiscence Therapy can improve the quality of life for those living with dementia has been recognised by the National Institute for Dementia Education

Let’s make archives for everyone

The Archives for Learning and Education Section of the Archives & Records Association (ARA) UK & Ireland has published an Accessible Learning Toolkit to help archive services to become SEND-friendly

A summer of celebrat ions

Were you lucky enough to see the Queen’s

Get recognition for your group in 2022!

The Community Archives and Heritage Group of the Archives and Records Association (ARA) is looking for nominations for their annual awards

Scottish 1921 Census contract awarded

Genealogist Chris Paton revealed the news on his

Farewell Eric Probert

Family Tree was saddened to hear of the

SEARCH MILLIONS OF NEW BERKSHIRE RECORDS

Over 2.1 million new records from Berkshire have been added to Findmypast

20M US and Switzerland records added to FamilySearch

20 million records spanning over three centuries have been added to FamilySearch recently, with notable additions for both Switzerland and the USA

Local History Photographer of the year

You have until 30 April to enter the British Association for Local History photography competition

New release takes RAF collection to 11 million records

TheGenealogist has released over 4.2 million transcripts for its RAF Operations Record Books (ORBs), fully searchable by name, rank, aircraft, squadron, and date

FIND MYHERITAGE RECORDS MORE EASILY

MyHeritage have added a new view for search

Survey reveals attitudes towards history

COVID-19 is the current event that will be of most interest to the historians of tomorrow, beating Brexit, climate change and the refugee crisis, 41% of Britons have said in a survey conducted by the Wolfson History Prize

Help to make the US 1950 census searchable online

FamilySearch International has announced its participation in the 1950 US Census project, inviting online volunteers to assist in making this census easier for everyone to search and discover

Celebrating Armed Forces Day 2022

Saturday 25 June will see communities across the UK hold events to celebrate www.armedforcesday.org.uk . Discover how you can join in, find an event near you, and learn about the Family Tree online military ancestors competition, open to all

TAILORS, DRESSMAKERS & SEAMSTRESSES

Long, long hours and low wages were the lot of our ancestors who plied their needles: Adele Emm takes a look at their lives and working conditions in Victorian times

Dear Paul

This month, Paul Chiddicks presents a code breakers theme involving postcard messages, and shares a genie-celebrity challenge for readers to try

THE BIRTH DAY CLUE: HOW IT CAN HELP YOUR RESEARCH

The Family Tree Academy is here to help you grow your genealogy skills. The aim is to help teach more about the search skills and source know-how needed to step up your family history research. In this issue, Family Tree Academy tutor David Annal discusses how peculiarly reliable birthdates can be and how this can help you with your research…

How to understand and use KIRK SESSION RECORDS

Following the recent online release from ScotlandsPeople of kirk session records, Richard Morgan explains exactly what these records are, why they were created and how they can be used for Scottish genealogy purposes

YOUR DNA WORKSHOP

Welcome to the DNA Workshop! In every issue DNA adviser Karen Evans will be unpacking a reader case study, helping you learn how to use your DNA research at home. It’s time to unlock the story of your genes…

Determining the ORIGIN OF SURNAMES

Why, how and when did surnames come into use? Wayne Shepheard answers all these important questions in his foray into researching the origin of family names

FAMILY HISTORY IS HISTORY WITH THE WHOLE FAMILY

Dr Robin McConnell shares some ideas about encouraging the children in your life to think about their place in the family tree, and how to record their own life and times

Spotlight on... Gloucestershire Family History Society

With more than 1,000 members, Gloucestershire FHS has many unique resources for those with ancestors in the county, and also runs a popular programme of talks and events

What, my mum was a sergeant major?!

Michael Thorpe tells the story of how a seemingly ‘ordinary’ family history was transformed with the discovery that his mother was once a sergeant major at an important communications centre in Whitehall

A heck of a trek!

Theresa Green talks us through a brick wall project that has spanned the decades, as she charted the travels of her ancestor William Tennant from Scotland, to Gibraltar and across the Atlantic to the island of Grenada, all in a seemingly simple quest to find his place of birth

Your questions answered

With our experts Jayne Shrimpton, Mary Evans, David Frost, Michelle Leonard & Kirsty Wilkinson

I’m making progress but can you help me with my DNA queries?

Until signing up for the DNA Bootcamp (February-March

Might my great-great-grandfather be politician Sir Francis Burdett?

QMy earliest memories of family history include being

Can you help me understand this confusing predicament?

QI have found a copy of a death

TWIGLETS MOMENTS OF DELIGHT… & DESPAIR

Gill Shaw is a long-time family history enthusiast, but it’s only recently that her papertrail has led across the ocean to America. Here she gets to grips with the records available, and unavailable, for tracing folk in New York in the late 1800s

Your LETTERS

Thoughts on the 1921 Census & a photo with

Happy birthday Mum

Diane Lindsay has been dabbling in the newly released 1921 Census, expecting no real surprises. But how wrong she was... new facts and new myseries abound