Who Do You Think You Are?

Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine not only explores the stories behind the popular BBC genealogy TV series, but also helps you uncover your own roots. Each issue is packed with practical advice to help you track down family history archives and get the most out of online resources, alongside features on what life was like in the past and the historic events that affected our ancestors.

Welcome

SARAH'S TOP TIP

CONTRIBUTORS

BURNTWOOD OMISSION

Who Do You Think You Are?

What's On

Ministry of Justice proposes to digitise wills and destroy originals • Rosemary Collins reports on data releases and genealogy news

MyHeritage announces new AI tools

NEWS IN BRIEF

New family history Research Hub opens

CAN YOU HELP?

Details of 6.9 million people breached on 23andMe

MyHeritage adds German marriage records

Russell Crowe

Pen returned to Holocaust victim's family

Britain's Finest Hour • Alan Crosby recalls how his grandparents did their bit during the Second World War

WORKHOUSE RECORDS • Peter Higginbotham explores this rich seam of information on pauper ancestors

RELIEVING OFFICER'S APPLICATION AND REPORT BOOK

PAUPER EXAMINATION BOOKS

WORKHOUSE MEDICAL OFFICER'S REPORT BOOK

COTTAGE HOMES ADMISSIONS/DISCHARGE REGISTER

MEDICAL OFFICER'S RELIEF LIST

INFIRMARY ADMISSION REGISTER

RELIGIOUS CREED REGISTER

RESOURCES • Take your research further

'My Grandparents Loved Jungle Life' • Lucy Rushton is fascinated by the adventures of her family who worked as missionaries in East Asia. It was a Kiplingesque world of hypnotic beauty and mysticism, but danger lurked beneath the forest canopy, as Gail Dixon explains

RESOURCES • These resources helped Lucy uncover her relations' lives

WOMEN AND THE CRIME OF BIGAMY • The laws relating to bigamy have changed over the centuries. Fairly constant, though, is the differing treatment of female and male bigamists. Rebecca Probert explains

A SERIAL BIGAMIST • The story of John Kinsella

RESOURCES • Take your research further

TRAVEL AND PASSENGER LISTS • Chloe O'Shea shares her expert advice for locating and using records of people who travelled between countries

SIR ERNEST HENRY SHACKLETON 1874–1922 • The explorer appears in many records of travellers

PASSENGER LIST, 1917 • This outward passenger list from 18 October 1917, showing Ernest Shackleton travelling to New York from Liverpool, is held by The National Archives and available on Ancestry (ancestry.co.uk)

EXPERT PICKS • Chloe recommends these three major digital collections for researching your ancestors' voyages

RESOURCES • Take your research further

THE HOLOCAUST • Jonathan Scott finds resources for researching the genocide of European Jews during WW2

EXPERT'S CHOICE • Samantha Dulieu is Communications Manager at Wiener Holocaust Library

GO FURTHER • Seven more sites that you can't afford to miss

SCOTTISH CIVIL BIRTH RECORDS • Chris Paton explains how to trace your Scottish ancestors' births using civil registration records

BIRTH REGISTER, 1911 • This register of December 1911 births in the East District of Greenock, Renfrewshire, is held by National Records of Scotland and available digitally on ScotlandsPeople (scotlandspeople.gov.uk)

RESOURCES • Take your research further

Q&A • Our team of experts offers tips and inspiration

Who could the sitters be in this photograph?

Why did my ancestors move from Dorset to Yorkshire?

What did grandfather Frank do in the war?

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