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Missing Birth Records
Genealogist and former deputy registrar Antony Marr shares his top tips, 10 resources for tracking down missing births.
VJ Day 75 Years Later
Kevin Telfer explains that in Britain VJ was a bit of an anticlimax after VE Day as the country moved from the wartime Churchill government electing a new Clement Attlee-led Labour administration promising "food, work and Homes", full employment and a National Health Service.
Slavery In Jamaica
Richard Atkinson reveals how it feels to discover that your relations owned slave plantations in the West Indies
Scouting
The history of this hugely popular global movement from the first trial camp on Brownsea Island, Dorset in 1907.
RESEARCH ADVICE
Best Websites
Unmissable online resources to help you get started. Heavily UK oriented.
Record Masterclass
Phil Tomaselli shares expert advice on index cards for prisoners of war held by Japan in the Second World War
Ancestors At Work
The hazards and hardships of life as a chimney sweep. Sad.
Tech Tips
Use Google Docs to extract text from scanned images. Clear instructions. You may know of other tools.
Focus On
How to find and understand 19th-century Navy records; officers from the beginning of the century, ratings from about mid-century.
When you go to the magazine, free at PressReader at many public library websites, don't overlook the news and other content including advice on searching Lancashire ancestry.
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I just downloaded it at work yesterday (I'm a librarian)...can hardly wait to dig in :)
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