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 • Browse and search workhouse records to build up a full story

CONTRIBUTORS

POSTMORTEM REPORTS ONLINE

Who Do You Think You Are

Ancestry adds workhouse registers from Glamorgan • Rosemary Collins reports on data releases and genealogy news

Church of England launches churchyard mapping project

CAN YOU HELP?

NEWS IN BRIEF

FamilySearch finishes digitising more than 2.4m microfilm rolls

Findmypast adds Turks and Caicos records

New name index for US and Canadian newspapers

Five heritage projects awarded £14.5 million

TheGenealogist increases its Domesday Survey offering

Findmypast adds collection of 300,000 photographs

THE NATION’S MEMORY BANK • Alan Crosby reveals how our forebears decided to commemorate local men who fell in WW1

What’s On

PICK OF THE MONTH • This online event includes 25 talks from experts covering a vast range of subjects

BOOK AHEAD • This online event promises to warm up your December

GROW YOUR FAMILY TREE • As a new series of Who Do You Think You Are? begins, Sarah Williams asked the genealogists behind the show to share their expert tips for starting your family tree

HOW TO ORDER A BIRTH, DEATH OR MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE FOR ENGLAND AND WALES

MEET THE CELEBRITIES • Rosemary Collins celebrates the long-awaited return of WDYTYA? to BBC One and iPlayer

THE POWER OF FREEREG • Sandra Adams-West , FreeREG coordinator for Wales, explains how to access free parish records

FREEREG NEEDS YOU! • The website relies on a network of volunteer transcribers. Here’s why you should sign up – and what you can expect

SEARCHING RECORDS ON FREEREG • In this step-by-step guide, Sandra explains how you can find your ancestors on FreeREG, and what to do with your search results

‘MY GRANDPARENTS FOUND LOVE AFTER SURVIVING THE NAZIS’ • Danielle Ford has discovered the amazing story of her Polish and Ukrainian ancestors, who suffered unimaginable horrors during the Second World War.

RESOURCES • Search millions of records from Poland and Eastern Europe

COUNTING THE COST • Aerial view of Coventry in the West Midlands showing damaged plants (rectangles) and bomb craters (circles) following the Luftwaffe’s raid on 14/15 November 1940

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

PICTURE ANALYSIS

BIG QUESTION

MILITARY PICTURE ANALYSIS

If you are not sure about a baptism record, always check burials

MY FAMILY ALBUM • Send us your favourite images for a chance to win photographic software worth $49.99. This month’s pictures were supplied by Alan Harper from Norwich in Norfolk, and include a carte de visite from the 19th century

UNEARTHING EPSOM’S DEAD • Rosemary Collins learns how volunteers in Epsom are uncovering forgotten residents of the town’s five psychiatric hospitals

SCOTLAND • Jonathan Scott picks the most useful websites for researching your Scottish forebears

EXPERT’S CHOICE • Caroline Gerard is the editor of the

GO FURTHER • Uncover your Scottish heritage with these sites

AT THE CUTTING EDGE • A factory worker electroplates forks, knives and spoons in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, in 1955

COURTS MARTIAL • Phil Tomaselli reveals how you can find out if...