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 • Use the 1911 enumerators’ books to pinpoint relatives’ rural addresses

CONTRIBUTORS

ILL-FATED CONNECTION

Who Do You Think You Are?

What's On

News • Rosemary Collins reports on data releases and genealogy news

NEWS IN BRIEF

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MEDIEVAL MIGRATION • Alan Crosby reveals how you can trace migrant ancestors in the medieval period

THE BIG FOUR TESTED • Nick Peers reveals how our reader panel rated the leading paid-for genealogical websites

ANCESTRY • Ancestry offers a huge selection of records, plus tools for DNA results and tree-building

FINDMYPAST • The 1921 census and the British Newspaper Archive are highlights

MYHERITAGE • Although this website's main focus is not on the UK, it still has plenty to offer British genealogists, especially those with overseas family

THEGENEALOGIST • Highlights include its Map Explorer tool, census address search and exclusive records

RISKY BUSINESS • It can be tempting to duplicate the information you find in another researcher's online family tree, says Chloe O'Shea. But there are a number of potential problems with cutting corners…

‘MY KIN BUILT NEW LIVES FAR FROM HOME' • When Lucy Parker began investigating her Norwegian relations, she had no inkling of the scope of their travels, says Claire Vaughan

RESOURCES • These resources played a vital role in Lucy's research

THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY • Janet Few shares her expert advice for researching relations’ lives between 1900 and 1938

FIELD BOOK, 1912 • This Valuation Office Survey Field Book is held by The National Archives (nationalarchives.gov.uk) in series IR 58. It is also available digitally at TheGenealogist (thegeneralogist.co.uk)

ALBANY BRAUND 1888–1963 • Janet explains how she researched the life of her grandfather

EXPERT PICKS • Janet recommends these often-overlooked collections for researching your relations in the early 20th century

RESOURCES • Take your research further

OLD PHOTOS • Jonathan Scott reveals how to locate old photographs online – and make sense of your own

EXPERT'S CHOICE

GO FURTHER • More websites you can't afford to miss

POST OFFICE PENSION AND GRATUITY RECORDS • Susannah Coster, archivist at The Postal Museum, dives into a newly digitised resource for tracing your postal ancestors

PENSION RECORD, 1938 • This record of George Henry Rawlings’ pension is held by The Postal Museum (postalmuseum.org) and available on Ancestry (ancestry.co.uk)

RESOURCES • Take your research further

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

Can you help me date this photograph?

What was my great grandfather doing at Donington Hall POW camp?

Was my uncle a motorcycle messenger in WW1?

LOCAL INDUSTRY • Celebrating our ancestors’ work in key trades

Edit photographs on your Ancestry tree • Nick Peers reveals how to upload, edit and colourise your family pictures using Ancestry

GOING TO THE POLLS • Felicity Day looks at how elections have changed in the past 250 years

CHARLES IGNATIUS SANCHO C1729–1780 • How one voter blazed a trail 250 years ago

RESOURCES

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