Claire Vaughan
Claire Vaughan is a regular contributor to Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine
Recent articles by Claire Vaughan
My ancestor emigrated from Orkney to New Zealand. A century later, I made the journey in reverse
Bo Harris moved from New Zealand to Britain and traced her great great grandfather Robert Harcus, who emigrated from Orkney
“Granny remembered her father going to collect the bodies that were washing up on the shore at Stornoway in 1919”
William Cumming's family in the Outer Hebrides have survived generations of sea disasters, including the Iolaire sinking
“My ancestors who were indentured or enslaved were a big part of Britain’s history”
Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine reader Kyle Ring discovered his ancestors in the colonial history of Trinidad, Guyana and Barbados
Old newspapers revealed my relative was a working-class suffragette who worked with Sylvia Pankhurst
Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine reader Anne Padfield's relative Rosaline McCheyne was a suffragette in London's East End
I unearthed the tragic story of my relative who fought for Australia in the First World War
Michael Wrigglesworth discovered what happened to his distant cousin Wilfred Collinson after he emigrated to Australia
My wife's relative was in the real Great Escape
Leslie Broderick, a cousin of John Fishlock's wife, was an RAF pilot who was among the escapees in the Great Escape
I couldn’t believe the astonishing coincidence that helped my relative survive a Japanese POW camp
Thomas Price discovered that his distant cousin Jeffrey Price was a prisoner on the Burma Railway in the Second World War
“An ordinary man who led an extraordinary life”: I discovered my ancestor was a drummer in the Napoleonic Wars
Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine reader Stephen Browness reveals how he traced his 3x great grandfather's service in the Napoleonic Wars
A message from a stranger revealed the truth about my heroic relative’s wartime death
Michele Gross reveals how she discovered the truth about her cousin, who was killed piloting a bomber plane in the Netherlands
From balloon pioneers to Arctic shipwrecks: My great uncles’ extraordinary stories
Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine reader Peter Day shares the amazing story of his three great uncles' military service
My ancestor was Charles II's mistress
Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine reader Margaret Smith reveals her family connection to Charles II's mistress Catherine Pegge
My grandfather was a cowboy, reporter and preacher
We like to think the best of our ancestors, but not all of the discoveries that we make are pleasant ones. Robert Nurden reveals the complicated life of his grandfather
Reader story | My ancestor was murdered by her lover
Author Stephen Moore discovered the tragic death of his wife’s ancestor Polly Button – and traced hundreds of her living descendants
Reader story | My ancestor was one of the first British Muslims
Grocer, twice mayor of Stalybridge and a champion of the working classes, Christina Longden’s 3x great grandfather Robert Stanley led a highly principled though unorthodox life
"I found three brothers' letters from the First World War"
Gethin Matthews reveals how he found the letters of three Welsh brothers who fought in the First World War
Reader story | Eight of my wife's family played for Everton
When Gordon Fraser decided to research the sportsmen in his wife's family, he had no idea he would uncover almost enough to make a football team. Photography Neil O'Connor UNP
Anna Maxwell Martin on Who Do You Think You Are?: Everything you need to know
Anna Maxwell Martin discovered tales of tragedy in her Northern Irish and Scottish family history when she appeared on Who Do You Think You Are?
Behind the scenes on the new series of Who Do You Think You Are?
Who Do You Think You Are? series producer Sarah Feltes speaks exclusively
to Claire Vaughan about the first four episodes of series 17
Eureka moment | Ellis Island held the key to my great uncle's wartime death
Mick Crick knew that his great uncle Philip had died during the First World War but it took some nifty detective work to uncover what had really happened.
Reader story | My family came here with the Windrush generation
When Adrian Stone's mum fell ill, he was compelled to research her heritage. A decade and 6,000 ancestors on, he has made some amazing finds that have led him from Jamaica to his African roots.