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From the office: Track down Boer War kin

Got ancestors who fought in the Boer War? Here's how to discover what they did, says deputy editor Claire Vaughan

From the office: Top online resources for tracing your criminal ancestors

The new issue is out soon and deputy editor Claire Vaughan has been eagerly reading the feature on Victorian criminals in her office copy

From the office: A tale of murder plots, miscarriages of justice and Suffragettes

A chance discovery sees deputy editor Claire Vaughan trying to establish family ties with a jailed WW1 female campaigner…