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My ancestor miraculously survived a murder attempt

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• Merseyside ancestors • WW2 army records go online • Christmas in the workhouse

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• Discover Suffolk gaol books • Resources for south-west Scotland • FREE app to organise family photos

HEROES OF TRAFALGAR

HEROES OF TRAFALGAR The harsh reality of life in Nelson’s navy

Welcome

When I was a child we had no car, so all of our holidays involved travel by train (nobody I knew flew anywhere). We would pack up a large trunk, and the railway service would pick it up and deliver it to my grandparents in Suffolk. The last train would...

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I used to have a folder on my laptop with key records from my Ancestry tree. My reasoning was that if I ever stopped subscribing, I would still be able to see all the census records and more that I had amassed over the years. But that really wasn’t...

Welcome

One of the many things I love about genealogy is that I’m always learning. I learn from our contributors, I learn from our readers and I learn from my own research (I even sometimes learn from my ancestors!). Watching the latest series of made me...

The Scottish paternity records that revealed Diane Morgan’s kin

Contributors

Kelly Cornwell A professional genealogist based on the border of Suffolk and Essex, Kelly is an experienced tutor who shares expert advice from her social media course on page 14. Ian Castle Ian’s project to name all of the victims of the First...

VICTORY IN EUROPE

How Britain celebrated the end of the war with Germany – and the best tools to uncover your family’s WW2 stories

Contributors

Rebecca Probert Rebecca is a professor of law and leading expert in the history of marriage. On page 14 she looks at the thorny issue of how the Church and the law controlled who you could marry. Alun Withey Alun is a senior lecturer at the...

Contributors

Janet Few Genealogist, writer and tutor, Janet Few (thehistoryinterpreter. com) likes to focus on the stories of ‘forgotten women’. Her advice on page 19 will inspire you to do the same. Laura Berry Laura has been one of the lead genealogists for...

Welcome

As family historians, we focus a lot on family trees, but there are other ways of looking at your research. This month I’ve been inspired to have a think about how timelines can give a fresh perspective. As Chloe O’Shea explains on page 14, a timeline...

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• The Rhondda Valley’s history • The archive of a cross-dressing star • A sporting family legacy explored

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A DNA test helped me uncover who my great grandfather was

Nick Peers

There’s nothing Nick, our technology writer, likes more than sorting and improving old photographs, and he thinks you’ll love Upscayl which he demonstrates on page 50.

Welcome

Every time a new series of Who Do You Think You Are? arrives on our screens it inspires more people who want to explore their family’s past. I would like to welcome any of you who have picked up this magazine for the first time to get some help with...

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Sarah’s T p Tip

Alan Crosby’s s answer to Evan’s an’s question about ut his forebear’s s Northumberland and home in ‘Q&A’ (page 44) encouraged couraged me to‘ walk’ the street using Google Street View. Using old Ordnance Survey maps and Google Maps together, you can...