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Connecting with kin worldwide

New statistics reveal the most common age for childbirth for women born in 1974 • Women in England and Wales born in 1974 had their first child on average eight years later than those born in 1948, new data from the Office for National Statistics has revealed

A monumental achievement in Banffshire heritage • A team of volunteers from Portsoy Salmon Bothy have had their efforts rewarded with the publication of a booklet aimed at family historians worldwide with Fordyce connections

New CEO at SoG • Chief Executive Officer at the Society of Genealogists June Perrin retired in December 2020 after 20 years at the helm

‘Vast new online collection’ created thanks to lockdown volunteers • FindMyPast have announced the release of a new collection of more than one million epitaphs, revealing stories of those laid to rest in Scotland’s historic burial grounds

Britain’s first known 5th-century mosaic discovered in Gloucestershire • National Trust archaeologists working at Chedworth Roman Villa in Gloucestershire have received unexpected results following the radiocarbon dating of material uncovered during an excavation

Exploring a century of history with Imperial War Museums • Imperial War Museums (IWM) has announced its 2021 programme with exhibitions, events and new openings across its five sites

A nod to the future

250,000 individuals named on online education records • The latest release from TheGenealogist includes records from England, Ireland, Scotland and more…

New family collaboration

The American Air Museum at IWM Duxford awarded Grade II* listed status • The American Air Museum at Imperial War Museum Duxford, Europe’s largest air museum, has been listed at Grade II* by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on the advice of Historic England

New photo colourisation model released by MyHeritage • Following on from the launch of MyHeritage In Color™ earlier this year, MyHeritage have now released a new colourisation model that promises even better results for old family photos

Sharing your family history ONLINE • Chris Paton explores the many ways to share research and to collaborate online

GATHERING EVIDENCE OF DISEASE & DISASTER • Wayne Shepheard takes an analytical look at some familiar records to see what else they might reveal about our ancestors’ lives; in particular to determine what and how certain natural events affected people and communities in the past, in order to tell a more complete history of our forebears’ times

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Twiglets • Diarist Gill Shaw charts the rollercoaster ride of researching her family history

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DEAR TOM AND PAUL • In this special Valentine’s Day edition of Dear Paul, Paul Chiddicks takes a look at some tall tales from readers’ family trees, and shares some very Cupid-inspired names from the records

Tracing the coastal trades of our ancestors • With a 19,491 mile coastline many of our ancestors made a living on the shores of the British Isles. Here Adèle Emm explores what they got up to

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