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

SARATH'S TOP TIP • Search the 1939 Register by first name and birthdate to find women

CONTRIBUTORS

Letters

ASYLUM STORIES

Who Do You Think You Are?

What's On

PICK OF THE MONTH

ScotlandsPeople adds prison records

1931 Canadian census goes online

NEWS IN BRIEF

CAN YOU HELP?

Scottish Red Books publishes on Ancestry

E 179 database

PUNISHED BY POSSE • Alan Crosby shares grim records of life and death from over 700 years ago

UPROOT & REPLANT YOUR TREE • Chloe O’Shea explains the many benefits of uploading your Ancestry family tree to other sites, and compares four popular alternative offerings

FINDMYPAST

GENEANET

HOW TO DOWNLOAD YOUR ANCESTRY TREE AS A GEDCOM FILE • Chloe explains how to export a family tree from your account on Ancestry (ancestry.co.uk) so that you can upload it to another website

MYHERITAGE

THEGENEALOGIST

BE A WW2 HERO • Dr Matthew Kidd explains why the University of Oxford project ‘Their Finest Hour’ is digitising stories and objects from the Second World War – and how you can get involved

HOW TO ORGANISE A COLLECTION EVENT • Matthew is looking for volunteers to help the project collect stories and objects

ADDING MATERIAL TO THE ARCHIEVE • Matthew reveals how to upload images and accounts

A WAR OF CONTRASTS • The digitisation of a pair of scrapbooks reveals the importance of preserving items from the war

'RESEARCHING FRANK'S LIFE HAS BEEN AN UNBELIEVABLE EXPERIENCE' • Chris Hussey never met his grandfather, but has uncovered the story of a brave man who overcame prejudice, emigrated to Canada and fought on the Western Front.

RESOURCES • These websites helped Chris research Frank’s biography

IRISH LAND RECORDS • Dublin-based genealogist Nicola Morris shares her tips for using 19th-century land records to research your Irish kin

ANTHONY CLARKE • Nicola reveals how she used land records to investigate Julie Walters’ forebear

VALUATION OFFICE REVISION BOOK • This record from Ballynamarroge includes Julie Walters’ maternal great grandfather Anthony Clarke

EXPERT PICKS • Discover how to access the most important Irish land records for free online

RESOURCES • Take your research further

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT • Jonathan Scott picks the best online resources to research family from India and beyond

EXPERT'S CHOICE • Valmay Young is the website and social media manager at FIBIS

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

INQUISITIONS POST MORTEM • Paul Blake reveals how to access these death records dating back to the 13th century

INQUISITION, 1395 • This is one of four IPMs for William de Botreaux, the others being taken in Dorset, Devon and Cornwall, because the deceased held lands there also. Between them, they identified the many properties he held in the several counties

RESOURCES • Take your research further

Did my grandfather sail one of the 'Little Ships' to Dunkirk? • Our team of experts offerS tips and inspiration

Can I find out more about this 1943 plane crash?

What happened to Frances?

When was this wedding photographed?

How can I prove Nathaniel is my husband's...