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.

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Who do you think you are

Findmypast makes over 1m newspaper pages free to view

Almost 548,000 tithe records added to TheGenealogist

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NEWS IN BRIEF

Ancestry claims ‘perpetual’ right to users’ content

Findmypast expands Royal Engineers collection

FamilySearch adds ships’ musters

Ancestry releases probate records from Westminster

Major French websites sold

Manchester Museum shuts for £13.5m redevelopment

What’s On

A PARSON IN OCTOBER • Alan Crosby enjoys the colourful details of the changing seasons in a parson’s diary

LONDON ONLINE • Jonathan Scott rounds up the most important websites for researching the lives of Londoners

LONDON RESOURCES • These 12 websites explore a specific area of London in more depth

FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETIES • Make the most of your fellow family historians’ expertise

POSTCARDS’ RISE AND FALL • The key events in the first 50 years of the British postcard, from the format’s origin in 1869 to its decline during the First World War

PICTURES FROM THE PAST • Helen Baggott reveals how she follows the clues contained in old postcards to uncover fascinating family stories

SOURCING POSTCARDS • Helen shares her top tips for finding postcards

RESOURCES • Take your research further

‘MY RELATION FOUGHT FOR AUSTRALIA IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR’ • Michael Wrigglesworth always wondered what happened to a great uncle who emigrated Down Under. A forum post held a clue that led to the tragic answer, says Claire Vaughan

RESOURCES • These three resources helped Michael uncover Wilfred’s story

THE BIG PICTURE • Celebrating our ancestors caught on camera

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

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MY FAMILY ALBUM • Send us your favourite images for a chance to win photographic software worth $49.99. This month’s pictures belong to Noelle Chambers from Evesham, Worcestershire, and include her mother’s Scottish forebears

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NONCONFORMISTS • Jonathan Scott recommends sites to help you get to grips with nonconformist research

EXPERT’S CHOICE • Stuart A Raymond, author of Tracing Your Nonconformist Ancestors (2017)

GO FURTHER • These websites can also help your research

VISIT US

Habitual drunkards register, 1903–1906 • Corinne Brazier, heritage manager at the West Midlands Police Museum, discusses a set of records that paint a troubling picture of life in Edwardian Birmingham

TEACHERS’ REGISTERS • Michelle Higgs reveals the priceless information in the records of the Teachers’ Registration Council

TEACHER’S REGISTER, 1919 • Esther Howard registered in 1919. The Society of Genealogists holds this record, which is also on Findmypast

RESOURCES • Take your research further

BRICKMAKERS • David Cufley reveals the hard lives of our forebears who toiled in the brickfields

GO VISIT • Learn more about the trade at this former brickworks

HOW TO FIND YOUR BRICKMAKER ANCESTORS • David explains the records that can help you locate your forebear in...