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

CONTRIBUTORS

Letters

WINNING EXPERIENCE

Who Do You Think You Are?

What's On

News • Rosemary Collins reports on data releases and genealogy news

NEWS IN BRIEF

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BANKING ON PROSPERITY • Alan Crosby looks at when our ancestors first opened bank accounts

10 BAPTISM PROBLEMS AND HOW TO SOLVE THEM • Chris Paton explains why you might not be able to find a baptism record, and possible solutions

RESOURCES

THE TRUE POWER OF HISTORY • Social historian Ruth Goodman tells Sarah Williams why her new podcast celebrates domestic life

'I Discovered My Family's WARTIME SECRET'S • David Hough knew that his father and grandfather had been put to the test in the world wars. His research has laid their ghosts to rest, says Claire Vaughan… although an uncanny incident suggests otherwise

RESOURCES

THE CANADIAN PRAIRIES • Albertan researcher Gemma Noon explains the history of the Canadian Prairies, and how to access the rich records that their European settlers left behind

Monica Hopkins 1884–1974

HOMESTEAD RECORD, 1903 • This application by William Brunt from Cornwall, who settled in Pincher Creek, Alberta, is held by the University of Alberta in Edmonton and available digitally on Ancestry (ancestry.co.uk)

EXPERT PICKS • Gemma recommends these three websites if your relations were Prairie homesteaders

RESOURCES • Take your research further

MEDIEVAL GENEALOGY • Jonathan Scott shares the essential online resources for research in the Middle Ages

EXPERT'S CHOICE • Anthony Adolph is the author of Tracing Your Aristocratic Ancestors (2013)

GO FURTHER • Nine more websites that you can't afford to miss

DEATH-DUTY REGISTERS • These records are an underused resource for 19th-century research and can now be easily searched online, as Paul Blake reveals

DEATH-DUTY REGISTER, 1861 • This record is held by The National Archives (nationalarchives.gov.uk) reference IR 26/2250 folio 461. It is not available digitally

RESOURCES

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

When was this photograph taken?

What can you tell me about my chef great grandfather?

Could this soldier be my great uncle?

LOCAL INDUSTRY • Celebrating our ancestors' work in key trades

Create a master index of BMDs for a surname • Debbie Kennett explains how to combine BMD data from FreeBMD and other websites

HURRAY FOR HUTS • Caroline Roope dives into the rich history of beach huts and bathing machines

MARTHA GUNN 1726–1815 • Take the plunge with the Priestess of the Bath

RESOURCES • Take your research further

'I USED DNA TO FIND MY GRANDFATHER, AND TRACED HIS WAR MEDALS' • Sonia Limm's father David spent decades wondering who his father was, until modern technology gave him a breakthrough. They've discovered a wartime hero who had a promising career as a boxer, says Gail Dixon

WAR GRAVES REPORT, 1945 • Sonia found this vital record on the website of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (cwgc.org)

EXPLORING LONDON'S STREETS • Rosemary Collins talks to the researcher behind a website celebrating lost streets

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