February 2012

► Get more from death records
From obituaries and gravestones to the latest data available online, our essential guide will help you to uncover new details

► Railway workers
Track down rail ancestors with a look at new resources

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► Free WDYTYA? Live showguide
Thinking of visiting the world's largest family history show in February? Get the most from the event with the official guide

► Prisons and convicts
Find your 'black sheep' ancestors online

► Ancestors in the colonies
What would life have been like in the time of the British Empire? 

► Workhouse records
How to trace the comings and goings of poorhouse inmates

► Plus.... the families who worked in the Irish linen industry; life as a shepherd; how one reader uncovered a Tudor murder in his family tree plus much more

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► Scottish ancestors
Track down your kin in the south of Scotland with our cover disc worth more than £50

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