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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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1.7 MILLION WWII CAMPAIGN MEDAL CARDS ARE NOW ONLINE • Graham Caldwell brings you up to date with the latest news on the transfer of service records from the Ministry of Defence to The National Archives for the period 1921 to 1946

WikiTree celebrates 40 million ancestors & cousins!

RNLI celebrates 200th anniversary with digitised archive on Ancestry

DNA news • DNA Advisor Karen Evans reports on news from the genetic genealogy scene

New family history DNA qualifications from IHGS

LiveMemory™: The latest AI innovation from MyHeritage

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Family Tree Academy FESTIVE QUIZ 2024 • Welcome to the 2024 Family Tree Academy End of Year Quiz. This year Family Tree Academy tutor David Annal has focussed on free resources – the answers to all of the questions can be found without having to access any subscription websites! In some cases you’ll have to register to use the free resources, but you won’t have to pay a penny.

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BEGINNER’S GUIDE: Discover the science behind YOUR DNA TEST • Do you understand why your ethnicity is just an estimate? Do you know your segments from your STRs and SNPs? Do you know how your parents’ DNA, way back when, recombined to create a unique DNA code just for you? DNA enthusiast and advisor Karen Evans is here to help

CINDERELLA’S LEGACY • In the final part of her Riboldi saga Gill Shaw ties up the last threads and looks back to one glorious day in May 1910 …

FAMILY TREE PLUS Frequently asked questions • We want to share the exciting features of our online membership, Family Tree Plus, with you, and answer the questions that often get asked. Discover more about the webinars and videos, the Family Tree Library, and the many other benefits of the online membership here.

SPOTLIGHT ON … THE CHANNEL ISLANDS FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY • Our main aim is to encourage research into genealogies and histories of families in Jersey and worldwide,’ writes Margaret Cabot, Press Officer of the society. Read on to learn about the organisation, its origins and its role in helping others today

Help! I’ve hit a brickwall – What next? • At some point or other in our family history research, hitting a brick wall is inevitable. Here Mike Gould provides guidance on what to do next when you do get stuck – and his first step may surprise you …

Telling your ancestor’s story THROUGH A SINGLE SOURCE • In this fascinating article, genealogist Jude Rhodes tells us about the information she was able to glean from a single piece of documentation – her parents’ old passport

A funny thing happened on the way to the Record Office… • Family historian Stuart Valentine looks back, with a little nostalgia, to the time before digital online records, and his hours spent in record offices seeking out elusive ancestors

FAMILY TREE GENEALOGY gift gnide • If you’re lucky enough to be being asked what you’d like for Christmas, or if you fancy treating yourself, explore our round-up of genealogy gifts to enjoy

A guide to the MOD-KEW-ANCESTRY MILITARY RECORDS DIGITISATION PROJECT • Military historian Graham Bandy reports on the...