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 • Always search for a will, especially post-1857 – they can be fascinating

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Who Do You Think You Are?

What's On

News • Rosemary Collins reports on data releases and genealogy news

CASUALTIES OF THE KING • Alan Crosby reveals how the monasteries' dissolution may have affected your family

GET THE SCOOP! • As Newspapers.com reaches 1 billion pages, Chloe O'Shea explains how to make the most of online newspaper archives and uncover fascinating details about your ancestors' lives

OVERSEAS NEWSPAPERS • Trace your migrant ancestors

NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENTS • You can learn about your forebears' employment from adverts

MILITARY NEWSPAPER RESEARCH • Newspapers can reveal vital clues about a relation's military service – and sacrifice

RESOURCES • Take your research further

Transcription TUESDAY • Our hugely popular online event returns for 2024! Here Rosemary Collins introduces this year's projects, and explains how you can take part

‘MY TEACHER ANCESTORS INCLUDE A D-DAY HERO' • The fascinating characters in Katherine Langford's family tree include several educators, no least a Navy man who served with distinction in the Second World War.

RESOURCES • These resources were especially useful for Katherine's research

THEATRICAL ANCESTORS • Prof Katharine Cockin explains how to research forebears who trod the boards

DAME ELLEN TERRY 1847-1928 • Family historians owe this legendary actor a huge debt of thanks

EXPERT PICKS • Katharine recommends these three websites for researching your relations who worked as performers

THEATRICAL PROGRAMME, 1889 • These pages are included in a programme recording the details of a fundraising event. The document is held by Neil Wholey, whose forebear David Abrahams was one of the performers

RESOURCES • Take your research further

METHODISTS • Jonathan Scott recommends sites for researching followers of Methodism in your tree

EXPERT'S CHOICE • Stuart A Raymond wrote Tracing Your Nonconformist Ancestors (2017)

GO FURTHER • Eight more websites that you can't afford to miss

SCOTTISH CIVIL DEATH RECORDS • Chris Paton explains the wealth of detail available from the death of a Scottish ancestor

DEATH RECORDS, 1906 • This document recording deaths in Shettleston, Lanarkshire, is held by the National Records of Scotland and available digitally via ScotlandsPeople (scotlandspeople.gov.uk)

RESOURCES • Don't miss these websites

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

Can you help me uncover my forebear's origins?

CELEBRATING CROXLEY GREEN • Rosemary Collins meets a local historian who has been recording a Hertfordshire village's heritage since 1993

THE PATRIOTISM OF PYROTECHNICS • A female employee makes fireworks at Brock's Fireworks' factory in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, on 23 October 1937

Resize old photographs with Upscayl for free • Nick Peers reveals how to blow up your family photos using the power of AI

DANGER IN THE DARKNESS • Although the blackout helped to protect the home front, it made life during the Second World War even harder for our families

GORDON CUMMINS 1914–1942 • Meet the Blackout Ripper...