'Charlie Bit My Finger' and Liz Truss lettuce video among online videos preserved for the nation
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Pass it on: how a cancer diagnosis inspired one man to consider his legacy
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Fanny Cradock and Terence Rattigan revealed among London Library members in new online records
70,000 London Library membership records are now available in a new free database
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Joe Swash discovers the truth about a rumour of mafia connections in his family on Who Do You Think You Are?
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“Found the beds empty”: Letter reporting lighthouse keepers’ mysterious 1900 disappearance to go on display for the first time
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UK census records are a crucial family history resource, but when was the census taken and where can you find census records including free census websites?
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"I found a map in the pocket of an old GI's uniform... and discovered a D-Day cover-up"
Gary Sterne talks about how he discovered a 'secret' US military historical objective at Omaha Beach on D-Day