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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!

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MUSEUMS + HERITAGE AWARDS 2003 -WINNERS ANNOUNCED

Bletchley Park’s shop wins prestigious Shop of the Year Award • Bletchley Park has announced its win as Shop of the Year at this year’s Museum and Heritage Awards

Sustainable Project of the Year Award: SS Great Britain & Food Museum

French museum capilalises on Gen Z’s interest in World War I • An initiative by French museum Historial de la Grande Guerre, in Peronne, France, has sparked curiosity among young audiences, inviting them to dive into World War I history

New genetic study illustrates Canada’s unique links to England and Ireland • A new study has demonstrated a unique ‘founder population’ structure that could be used for the identification and study of health-related genetic variants, and which sheds a fascinating light on Canada’s English and Irish links

Major study into role of WW2 conscientious objectors • The stories of the British men who chose not to fight in the Second World War due to their moral, political or religious beliefs are to be explored by a Northumbria University historian

New Oxfordshire centre aims to safeguard rural skills • The National Trust has launched a Heritage and Rural Skills Centre at Coleshill in Oxfordshire, which aims to safeguard traditional building skills and declining rural crafts

EXPLORE READING CEMETERY RECORDS

FindMyPast and National Trust partnership • The National Trust has entered into a partnership with FindMyPast to research more about its historic properties and people, in order to discover new stories to share with visitors

Land survey gives a snapshot of 19th-century land ownership • Return of Owners of Land for England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales is new to FindMyPast

Immigration • Chris Paton looks at some of the motives for migration to the British Isles and provides useful leads to track down the records to trace our family histories

INTRODUCING the Six Hats method (Discover why you need it) • Do you feel as though you’re juggling many balls when doing your genealogy? If so, you’re not alone. However, introducing a sound methodology can dramatically improve your genealogical thinking, and enable you to more effectively assess the historical records that you encounter time after time.To that end Dr Sophie Kay is here to help you master the Six Hats method!

94% EUROPEAN & 6% AFRICAN DNA TRACING MY AFRICAN ANCESTOR • Many of us are aware that over the centuries, there have been inter-racial relationships between Africans and Europeans and recent advancements in consumer DNA testing further confirms this. Genealogist Yetunde Abiola reflects on our shared history and the unique stories that we may come across in the course of researching our family’s history.

ALL ABOARD FOR THE DOLPHIN DETOUR! • There’s no happy ending sadly, but Gill Shaw thinks she may have found a silver lining, and learned a little about the kindness of Joseph Dolphin in helping others

INVESTIGATING CLANDESTINE Marriages • This month Family Tree Academy Tutor, David Annal, demonstrates how to research our ancestors' clandestine marriages!

Who were you? • The utility clothes, the curly hair. Smiling. Enjoying the outdoors… mucking about in a boat. Helen Tovey reflects on a...