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.

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Transcription Tuesday 2021 projects revealed • Rosemary Collins reports on data releases and genealogy news

Over 671,000 Irish civil death records made available online

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NEWS IN BRIEF

Historian protests TNA’s restrictions on access

13 December 1891 • A struggle in church

Ancestry releases Poor Law records from Bedfordshire

The Hold opens its doors

Society of Genealogists announces online Family History Getaway

Eight billion names • Milestone reached with the number of free records on familysearch.org

Century-old dog tag returned to owner’s family

PIGGING OUT AT CHRISTMAS • Alan Crosby looks at an unusual Yuletide treat that our hungry forebears would have enjoyed in centuries gone by

GIVE YOUR RESEARCH THE WDYTYA? TREATMENT • Why should celebrities have all the fun? Sarah Williams shares her tips on how to pull fascinating stories out of your family tree

FIGHT FOR FREEDOM • Genealogist Mark Daly explains the November Uprising in Poland in 1830, and how hundreds of Poles came to Britain

RESOURCES • Recommended books and websites for anyone whose forebears left Poland and migrated to Britain

ONUPHRIUS KASPEROWICZ • Mark reveals the life story of a client’s Polish ancestor, who was involved in the November Uprising

Mystery Hunt • Prof Jennie Batchelor from the University of Kent had to put her genealogy skills to the test when she uncovered the contributors to a popular 18th-century magazine

IDENTIFYING THE UBIQUITOUS “R” • Researching a prolific contributor unveiled a surprising request in a will

WHO WAS “CDH”? • The magazine published the first serial by a Gothic novelist who is finally getting her due

RESOURCES • Take your research further

‘MY FAMILY FLED THE SUDETENLAND WHEN GERMANY INVADED’ • John Wahlich’s relations in Czechoslovakia were in grave danger of being sent to a concentration camp in 1938. He tells Gail Dixon how they crossed Europe to safety

RESOURCES • These websites can help you investigate wartime refugees

THE BIG PICTURE • Celebrating our ancestors caught on camera

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

HAVE YOU HIT A BRICK WALL?

PICTURE ANALYSIS

BIG QUESTION

MILITARY PICTURE ANALYSIS

Tag people on your Ancestry tree to create groups on a theme

MY FAMILY ALBUM • Share your favourite images and win £75 to spend on photo restoration. Here Doreen Lawson from Sowerby Bridge, Halifax, West Yorkshire, introduces her relations, including a seafaring key worker during WW2

SHARE YOUR FAMILY ALBUM

UNCOVERING MEDICAL PIONEERS • Rosemary Collins meets a group of women who stayed busy during lockdown by researching the first British women to work as doctors

FACT FILE

CEMETERIES • People-powered databases can help you find your ancestor’s grave, says Jonathan Scott

EXPERT’S TIPS • Lorraine Evans’ Burying the Dead (2020) explores the history of burial grounds

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

POW’s log, 1941–1945 • Archivist Dan Ellin reveals more about a Bomber Command pilot’s diary of his...