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 • Find where your ancestor worked with Goad fire-insurance maps

CONTRIBUTORS

Letters

IT WASN’T JUST LONDONERS IN THE LONDON REGIMENT

Who Do You Think You Are

What’s On

PICK OF THE MONTH • Northamptonshire Family History Society’s conference includes house history and nonconformity

BOOK AHEAD

1950 US census goes online with free access

First records of WW2 military service added to TNA’s online catalogue

CAN YOU HELP?

NEWS IN BRIEF

Police appeal for family historians to solve 40-year-old cold case

Farm moved stone by stone to museum

FamilySearch adds Ukrainian records

Historic England launches map of aerial photographs

History For Ukraine raises over £50K

Charles Darwin

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Robert Rinder

Hillingdon and Harrow

Victorian rainfall records transcribed by volunteers

WAVING GOODBYE • Alan Crosby considers how emigration has affected our families over the centuries

FINDING THAT ELUSIVE ANCESTOR • Genealogist Katherine Cobb shares her expert advice for smashing brick walls and growing your family tree

DECODING THE PAST • Turi King, co-presenter of DNA Family Secrets, tells Jonathan Wright about her work on the series and how the latest DNA techniques are revolutionising family history

FINDING JACKIE’S FAMILY • One of the most moving episodes of the new series involves a man who was sent to a concentration camp when he was only a baby

DISCOVER SCHOOL ATTENDANCE RECORDS • Ruth A Symes explains the evolution of compulsory education, and how to find out more about your ancestor’s school days

SCHOOL ATTENDANCE MILESTONES • How did these affect your relations?

RESEARCHING SCHOOL ATTENDANCE • A range of sources can shed light on your forebear’s time at school

ATTENDANCE MEDALS • Did an ancestor win a school attendance medal?

RESOURCES • Take your research further

How to use Living DNA • Debbie Kennett concludes our series on getting the most out of your DNA results

RESOURCES • Learn more about DNA testing

FAVOURITE FEATURES • Find out more about some of the tools that Living DNA offers

‘MY GRANDFATHER WAS A COWBOY, REPORTER AND PREACHER’ • Stanley James wrote two autobiographies to give his descendants a taste of his extraordinary life – but he left a number of important details out, as his grandson Robert Nurden explains to Claire Vaughan

RESOURCES • These resources helped Robert uncover his grandfather’s story

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

Can you tell me anything about this photograph showing my nan as a girl?

How can I track down the Stables family who Beatrix Potter sent this letter to?

Who is this mystery soldier?

MY FAMILY ALBUM • Share your favourite images and win £75 to spend on photo restoration. This month’s pictures were supplied by Helen Taylor from Linlithgow, West Lothian, and include a relation who was a member of the Black Watch

A SLICE OF YORKSHIRE HISTORY • Rosemary Collins finds out about a project uncovering the story of Sheffield’s cutlers

GENTRY, ROYALTY AND...