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If you’re planning on visiting an archive this Autumn, perhaps for the first time, Jenny Thomas’ excellent article (page 50) will fill you in on how best to plan your visit. She has tips to help you make the most of your time there and on ordering and handling old documents, taking notes, and on planning an enjoyable and productive day. You may also want to brush up on your family history skills, so why not take a family history course? Your local adult education college or family history society may well be holding genealogy courses, and it is also worth looking online as there is a huge range of correspondence courses. See Faith Back’s handy round-up of good places to try on page 90. Alternatively, why not find out more about your surname and start a one-name study. Kirsty Gray’s easy-to-follow instructions show you how to go about this – and you never know, you could end up being the expert on your name.