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

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PICK OF THE MONTH • You don’t need to brave the wintry weather to attend this upcoming virtual show

Findmypast announces release date and pricing of 1921 census • Rosemary Collins reports on data releases and genealogy news

Thomas Cook archive partly catalogued

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NEWS IN BRIEF

Historic England launches virtual aerial map online

Findmypast adds Plymouth Catholic records

Volunteers complete project transcribing Post Office records

Project launched to digitise pedigree rolls

NLW and NRS improve access as restrictions lifted

The Anglo-Irish Treaty

Volunteer indexes records of kirk sessions

IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER • Alan Crosby reveals how our ancestors coped with a freezing-cold Christmas

SEND US YOUR PHOTOS! • We’ve all got gems tucked away in our family albums. Now is the time to share them for a chance to win £200 plus other prizes thanks to Vivid-Pix

SHARE YOUR TREE THIS CHRISTMAS • ’Tis the season to be jolly – and to give the gift of family history to your relations, says Chris Paton

TO JAB OR NOT TO JAB • Ruth A Symes examines the controversial introduction of compulsory smallpox vaccination in the 19th century, and reveals how you can find out if your ancestors refused the jab

KEY SOURCES • Was your forebear for or against vaccination?

TIMELINE • It took 184 years for smallpox to be eradicated following Dr Jenner’s creation of a vaccine

WILLIAM TEBB 1830–1917 • Meet the most prominent anti-vaxxer of his day

RESOURCES • Take your research further

Create a video of your relation this Christmas • Make a film that will be treasured for generations with these tips from TV producer Alan Howard

BRING IN THE PROFESSIONALS • For a more professional result, there are many companies that will help you create a lasting video memory. Here are a few...

‘MY DANIEL RELATIONS MADE THEIR MARK ON BRITISH HISTORY’ • Roger Gosling was sceptical when his mother told him that her uncle had been an admiral, but his research had some major surprises in store, he tells Claire Vaughan

RESOURCES • These three websites were a great help in Roger’s research

THE BIG PICTURE • Celebrating our ancestors caught on camera

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

PICTURE ANALYSIS

BIG QUESTION

MILITARY PICTURE ANALYSIS

MY FAMILY ALBUM SOFTWARE worth $49.99 • Send us your favourite images for a chance to win photographic software worth $49.99. Here Karen Woods who lives in Culcheth, a village in Warrington, shares her pictures, including two from her father’s National Service

A LIFE’S LABOUR • Rosemary Collins talks to an 84-year-old Bristolian who’s sharing her lifelong research into the city’s history online

GET INVOLVED

MIGRATION • Jonathan Scott chooses vital websites that will help you to track ancestors across boarders

EXPERT’S CHOICE • Dr Ian Maxwell is the author of Tracing Your Northern Irish Ancestors and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors

GO FURTHER • Nine more sites to research migrant ancestors

ROLL OUT THE BARREL • A worker stores a barrel of whisky in a bonded...