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Learn how to trace your family tree! Every issue is packed with: family history research advice hands-on learning experiences to help you become an ancestor super-sleuth & step-by-step guides to show you the path to tracing the past. From vintage documents to the latest in DNA, we’re here to help you discover more! Get the latest in genealogy news, software, books, archives and expert answers. Plus enjoy those reader stories that remind what it means to trace your family story. Research & remember your roots with Family Tree!

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NEWS • Helen Tovey & Karen Evans report on news from the world of genealogy. Do you have a story to share? Please email helen.t@family-tree.co.uk

1921 Census now on Ancestry

Hull City Council Records now available on Deceased Online

New general manager at FamilyTreeDNA

Introducing the Archives Liaison Officer, the new role at the Family History Federation

DNA news

New National Trust paint laboratory: what colour were homes in times gone by?

Dear Paul • This month, Paul Chiddicks proves what a treasure trove old newspapers can be, and brings us another selection of weird and wonderful research results

BRANCHING out • Gill Shaw trots on to pastures new with the Tonges – the family nobody seems to know much about …

FAMILY TREE PLUS Frequently asked questions • We want to share the exciting features of our online membership, Family Tree Plus, with you, and answer the questions that often get asked. Discover more about the webinars and videos, the Family Tree Library, and the many other benefits of the online membership here.

Finding Your Way with HISTORICAL MAPS (PART 1) • Whether we’re planning an onward adventure, or have lost our way and need leading back to the path, maps help us navigate, problem solve and explore. Isn’t it time we used them more widely in our family history research? Dr Sophie Kay sets you on the right course with the first of a two-part series on using maps

BEYOND IRISH BIRTH RECORDS • Chris Paton reflects on the impact of illegitimacy, societal expectations, stigma and institutionalised ‘care’ and cruelty on mothers and babies, and how this may impact family history research in Ireland

DNA WORKSHOP • DNA advisor Karen Evans helps readers to piece together their family history research with the aid of DNA

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The search for George EVIDENCE IN THE PARISH REGISTERS • This month, Family Tree Academy tutor David Annal shows us how to break down a brick wall by thinking differently about what the parish registers can tell us

Where was my ancestor finally LAID TO REST? • Jonathan Conibere tells us about the challenge of locating the final resting place of an ancestor whose original burial ground in London was emptied to make way for a new housing development

Exploring a treasure trove of FAMILY LETTERS • Genealogist and writer Tania Taylor surveys an extensive collection of 19th century family letters she was tasked with transcribing – a project that was to set her on the joyful path to a new career …

Photo corner • Costume historian and photo dating expert Jayne Shrimpton shares advice to help you date your unidentified pictures and so put names to the faces of the past

SIX THINGS I wish I’d known then • David Allen has learnt many invaluable lessons during the quarter of a century in which he’s been doing family history. He shares some of them here, in the hope they help someone else avoid the very same issues

Your letters • Connections are the order of the day with this month’s crop of letters. Connections among people, places, family stories and more

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