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February 2011
In your
February
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on the cover
► Free Who Do You Think You Are? LIVE showguide
Plan your visit to Europe's largest family history event with our exclusive guide
► Smash your top ten brick walls
We solve your ten most common genealogical problems
► Discover your medical ancestors
Find your forebears who were surgeons, physicians or apothecaries
+ also in this issue
► Inbound passenger lists
Fill in the pre-Napoleonic War gaps in your family tree using ships' passenger lists
► Best genealogical blogs
Keep on top of the latest family history trends with the best in the 'blogosphere'
► Who Do You Think You Are? LIVE preview
What's happening at Europe's largest family history show? Plus get your hands on ten pairs of tickets
► Boer War letters
How a set of letters written during the conflict left one family historian with a dilemma
► Plus.... the role that animals played during the First World War; discover what your town was like in the Regency period; how to track down Irish BMD certificates online and much more
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► East Yorkshire ancestors
Find your family with the thousands of records packed onto our free cover CD
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On Sale Date:
Tuesday 25th January 2011
Issue Number:
44
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