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Who Do You Think You Are?

May 22 2022
Magazine

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 • Join the Western Front Association (WFA) to view WW1 pension cards

CONTRIBUTORS

WHERE THERE’S A WILL

Letters

Who Do You Think You Are

What’s On

PICK OF THE MONTH • Find out how to research your impoverished kin

BOOK AHEAD • Visit Northampton in May for expert advice on house history

ScotlandsPeople adds Perth Prison registers

Warwickshire ‘Loss Accounts’ database launched

CAN YOU HELP?

NEWS IN BRIEF

The National Archives launches ‘Prize Papers’ research portal

New MyHeritage tool makes photographs ‘move’ and ‘speak’

Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine Android app updated

Grants to uncover working-class heritage announced

Findmypast adds index for Norfolk memorial inscriptions collection

FamilySearch launches new scheme for volunteer transcribers

HORROR IN THE HOME • Alan Crosby considers the domestic tragedies that lay in wait for our Victorian ancestors

Get more from MAPS • Gill Blanchard reveals the historic maps and plans from the 1500s to the 1900s that will transform your family research

6 ESSENTIAL MAPS FOR FAMILY HISTORIANS • The six types of map that will help you research your forebear’s life back to the 17th century

USING THE MAPS ON THE NLS’S WEBSITE • Learn how to search the thousands of maps that are available for free on the National Library of Scotland’s website maps.nls.uk

UNCOVERING THE STORY OF A HOUSE • Gill explains how she used maps to research a house in Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk

10 USEFUL MAP WEBSITES • The online resources you can’t afford to miss

HURRICANES AND HEATWAVES • Ruth A Symes explains how you can find out how the weather affected your ancestors’ lives

EXTREME WEATHER • From storms to droughts, we reveal the weather from the past 600 years that our families remembered for generations

THE ACRE INITIATIVE • How researchers across the globe are revealing the climate information hidden in old records

WEATHER SOURCES • There’s a vast range of sources to learn about historic weather

RESOURCES • Take your research further

Make the most of Family Tree DNA • Debbie Kennett looks at this pioneering testing company in the third article in our series about genetic genealogy

FAVOURITE FEATURES • FTDNA offers a wide range of options for working with the results of your DNA test

RESOURCES • Learn more about DNA testing

‘MY VICTORIAN GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS A BLACK ACTOR’ • Audiences and critics alike loved the performances of Clare Patrick’s ancestor John Robert Mitchell, but beyond the stage door prejudice made life difficult for him and his descendants, says Gail Dixon

RESOURCES • These three resources were a great help in Clare’s research

THE BIG PICTURE • Celebrating our ancestors caught on camera

HAVE YOU HIT A BRICK WALL?

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

Is the baby in this photograph my great great grandfather?

Was the murderer Joseph Heald one of my wife’s ancestors?

Which branch did J Hellier serve in?

QUICK TIP

MY FAMILY ALBUM • Send us your favourite images for a chance to win photographic software worth $49.99. Here Rob Walsh from Zurich in Switzerland shares his...


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Frequency: Monthly Pages: 92 Publisher: Our Media Limited Edition: May 22 2022

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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 • Join the Western Front Association (WFA) to view WW1 pension cards

CONTRIBUTORS

WHERE THERE’S A WILL

Letters

Who Do You Think You Are

What’s On

PICK OF THE MONTH • Find out how to research your impoverished kin

BOOK AHEAD • Visit Northampton in May for expert advice on house history

ScotlandsPeople adds Perth Prison registers

Warwickshire ‘Loss Accounts’ database launched

CAN YOU HELP?

NEWS IN BRIEF

The National Archives launches ‘Prize Papers’ research portal

New MyHeritage tool makes photographs ‘move’ and ‘speak’

Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine Android app updated

Grants to uncover working-class heritage announced

Findmypast adds index for Norfolk memorial inscriptions collection

FamilySearch launches new scheme for volunteer transcribers

HORROR IN THE HOME • Alan Crosby considers the domestic tragedies that lay in wait for our Victorian ancestors

Get more from MAPS • Gill Blanchard reveals the historic maps and plans from the 1500s to the 1900s that will transform your family research

6 ESSENTIAL MAPS FOR FAMILY HISTORIANS • The six types of map that will help you research your forebear’s life back to the 17th century

USING THE MAPS ON THE NLS’S WEBSITE • Learn how to search the thousands of maps that are available for free on the National Library of Scotland’s website maps.nls.uk

UNCOVERING THE STORY OF A HOUSE • Gill explains how she used maps to research a house in Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk

10 USEFUL MAP WEBSITES • The online resources you can’t afford to miss

HURRICANES AND HEATWAVES • Ruth A Symes explains how you can find out how the weather affected your ancestors’ lives

EXTREME WEATHER • From storms to droughts, we reveal the weather from the past 600 years that our families remembered for generations

THE ACRE INITIATIVE • How researchers across the globe are revealing the climate information hidden in old records

WEATHER SOURCES • There’s a vast range of sources to learn about historic weather

RESOURCES • Take your research further

Make the most of Family Tree DNA • Debbie Kennett looks at this pioneering testing company in the third article in our series about genetic genealogy

FAVOURITE FEATURES • FTDNA offers a wide range of options for working with the results of your DNA test

RESOURCES • Learn more about DNA testing

‘MY VICTORIAN GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS A BLACK ACTOR’ • Audiences and critics alike loved the performances of Clare Patrick’s ancestor John Robert Mitchell, but beyond the stage door prejudice made life difficult for him and his descendants, says Gail Dixon

RESOURCES • These three resources were a great help in Clare’s research

THE BIG PICTURE • Celebrating our ancestors caught on camera

HAVE YOU HIT A BRICK WALL?

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

Is the baby in this photograph my great great grandfather?

Was the murderer Joseph Heald one of my wife’s ancestors?

Which branch did J Hellier serve in?

QUICK TIP

MY FAMILY ALBUM • Send us your favourite images for a chance to win photographic software worth $49.99. Here Rob Walsh from Zurich in Switzerland shares his...


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