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Learn how to trace your family tree! Every issue is packed with: family history research advice hands-on learning experiences to help you become an ancestor super-sleuth & step-by-step guides to show you the path to tracing the past. From vintage documents to the latest in DNA, we’re here to help you discover more! Get the latest in genealogy news, software, books, archives and expert answers. Plus enjoy those reader stories that remind what it means to trace your family story. Research & remember your roots with Family Tree!

Genealogy: that connected feeling

New landmark celebrates 150 years of Clacton • Clacton Pavilion is set to install Clacton’s 150th anniversary wheel by the start of spring after being granted planning permission

In memory of Cecil Raymond Julian Humphery-Smith O.B.E., F.S.A • The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies (IHGS) has reported the death of its founder Cecil Raymond Julian Humphery-Smith (1928-2021)

23andMe merger

Men of Worth transcription project • A project to transcribe the War Hospital Register of the Keighley War Hospital, West Yorkshire, has issued a call for volunteers

98,000+ SOUTHWARK INDIVIDUALS ADDED TO LLOYD GEORGE DOMESDAY SURVEY RECORDS

New CEO at Ancestry • Ancestry has announced it has appointed Deborah (Deb) Liu as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the company’s board of directors with effect from | March

New webpage launched by FamilySearch • FamilySearch have launched a new webpage, created to help users access family history help and information

Developments at Vivid-Pix

Explore Irish births, marriages and deaths for free

Was your ancestor featured in ‘Who’s Who’? • TheGenealogist has added almost 100,000 Who’s Who records to its Occupational Records collections, with entries covering individuals from all over England, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, USA, New Zealand and further afield

Updated communities now available at Ancestry • If you’ve taken a DNA test with Ancestry and have ancestors in Germanic Europe or some US regions, you may want to log back into your results, as new communities have been added to the database

Restore those faded mid 20th-century family snaps to full colour • Do you have albums full of colour snaps that have faded over the years? MyHeritage’s new colour restoration feature can help you bring them back to their former glory

BRAND NEW CRIME RECORDS ADDED TO FINDMYPAST • FindMyPast has added more than 92,000 court and prison indexes to its England & Wales Crime, Prisons & Punishment (1770-1935) collection

Changing surnames • Wayne Shepheard considers a complex surname situation, reflecting on how and why someone may wish to change their family name, and highlighting useful insights as he goes along

Discovering DNA • DNA testing is just the latest tool, put to use by family historians on their research quest, explains genealogist and DNA enthusiast Michelle Patient. See how it can help you too

Finding facts in fiction • Travel back in time with a book: genealogist and fiction fan, Kim Cook, shows how a wellchosen novel can be just what you need to gain a richer understanding of the worlds your ancestors once lived in

My ancestors were all ag labs… or were they? • Christine Jackson shares the story of her research into a group of ancestors who all seemed to have lived the lives of agricultural labourers, until one ancestor’s name change took the research down a different path

Spotlight on… THE FAMILY & COMMUNITY HISTORICAL RESEARCH SOCIETY • If you’re interested in the community you live in – or where your ancestors lived – The Family & Community Historical Research Society is the society for you. It’s a nationwide charitable organisation that offers a mix of family, local and social...