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

CONTRIBUTORS

Sarah's Top Tip • Don't always believe what the records say - our ancestors sometimes lied!

Letters

Who Do You Think You Are?

What's On

BOOK AHEAD

News • Rosemary Collins reports on data releases and genealogy news

NEWS IN BRIEF

WAVES OF MIGRATION • Alan Crosby considers what the latest Irish census tells us about the country's fortunes

Websites to Watch 2023 • Jonathan Scott peers behind the wizard's curtain to see what's in store for 2023

Occupations

Military

THE BIG PICTURE • Celebration our ancestors caught on camera

'We Found A WW1 Bedspread In A Charity Shop' • When Anne Ward visited a charity shop in search of a tablecloth in 2018, she had no idea that she'd walk out with a piece of First World War embroidery. She's still trying to unravel its mysteries with her husband Damian, says Claire Vaughan

TELL YOUR STORY

SCOTTISH BURIAL RECORDS AND MEMORIAL INSCRIPTIONS • Chris Paton explains how to find those elusive Scottish burials and memorial inscriptions

ROBERT CURRIE 1902 - 1929 • Chris found his great uncle's grave thanks to MyHeritage

INTERMENT REGISTER, 1940 • This page is taken from the collection 'Cemetery Records for Riddrie Park Cemetery, Glasgow, 1900-1995' on FamilySearch (familysearch.org)

EXPERT PICKS

RESOURCES • Take your research further

SERVICE RECORD, 1919 • This WRNS service record for rating Martha Holmes is held by The National Archives at Kew (ADM 336/26/114), and is available digitally via discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk

WRNS SERVICE RECORDS, 1917-1919 • It's easy to find out more about a relation's work in the Women's Royal Naval Service during the First World War, says Michelle Higgs

RESOURCES Take your research further

Q & A Our team of experts offers tips • Our team of experts offers tips and inspiration EDITED BY CLAIRE VAUGHAN

When did these ladies go on their day trip? • This month, Jayne shares an evocative photograph from her own archive. It's one of about 130 undated images displayed in a large Victorian album containing black-and-white photos, watercolour drawings, ink sketches and small picture sequences representing parlour games

Where was Harold Duncan Balfour born?

Who are the soldiers in this photograph?

LOCAL INDUSTRY • Celebrating our ancestors' work in key trades

Try Ancestry DNA'S 'By parent' feature • AncestryProGenealogist Laura House explains how to use a new way to explore your DNA

Animal MAGIC • Pet ownership in Britain may have soared during the Covid-19 pandemic but our love of pets is nothing new, as Caroline Roberts reveals

RESOURCES Take your research further

'I TRACED THE FAMILY IN AN OLD PHOTO ALBUM' • Photographs can reveal so much about a family's past. Rita Boswell became intrigued by a collection of pictures she found in an antiques shop, and was able to give a Scandinavian researcher a wonderful surprise. By Gail Dixon

READER TIPS What advice does Rita have for researching on the Continent?

THE BURIALS AT BROOKWOOD CEMETERY • Rosemary Collins talks to a researcher who has uncovered the history of minority burial grounds in a Surrey cemetery

Surrey • Jonathan Scott finds all sorts of digital...