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The best genealogy courses available now
Discover how to learn family history skills with our pick of the best online and correspondence genealogy courses
Scottish ancestry: How to find free Scottish records online
Discover your Scottish ancestry with the help of these free Scottish ancestry records online
How to find old maps of your town
Jonathan Scott picks the best websites for finding old maps of your town and where your ancestors lived
How to find passenger lists for ships
Simon Wills explains where to find online passenger list collections for ancestors who travelled overseas
Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine index
An index of past family history articles featured in back issues of Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine
Battle of Britain pilots: How many pilots were killed and how can you trace them?
Jonathan Scott surveys the best websites for researching Battle of Britain pilots and ground crew
When was D-Day, and what happened?
When was D-Day, and what happened? Gavin Mortimer takes us inside the bloody landings by Allied forces in Normandy on 6 June 1944
Sheriff court paternity records: How they can help you with Scottish family history
How to find records of the paternity cases brought by unmarried Scottish women against the fathers of their children
What UK census records are available?
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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How to find Irish Volunteers records
Discover the history of the Irish Volunteers, and how to trace family who were involved in the Irish Civil War, with our guide
Sex in the park and a future queen dancing the conga: How Britain celebrated VE Day, 80 years on
Discover how our ancestors celebrated the end of the Second World War in Europe
How to find Revolutionary War records
Discover how to trace ancestors who fought in the American Revolutionary War online
The best websites for DNA family history research
Jonathan Scott wades through the jargon to bring together the best sites for understanding your family history using DNA testing
Scottish names for boys A-Z: meanings, history and clan links
34 old Scottish names for boys rooted in history with connection to Highland and Lowland clans
How to read old handwriting
Family historian Judith Batchelor explains how you can read the old handwriting in family history records
Chelsea Pensioners’ service records: How to find them online
You may have seen 'Chelsea Pensioner' on a family history record - but who were the Chelsea Pensioners? And where can you find Chelsea Pensioners' service records?
What is Heritage Open Days?
Find out how you can get exclusive access to hundreds of historic buildings for free in Heritage Open Days
Discover your Irish ancestry in 48 hours: The complete tourist's guide to Dublin's archives and museums for St Patrick's Day
Discover how to research your Irish family history on a 48-hour tour of Dublin
How to trace the privateers who pillaged ships on behalf of the British government
How to find out more about the privateers who terrorised the seas on behalf of the British government
WW2 War Diaries: What are they, and where can you find them?
Find out how you can find WW2 War Diaries at The National Archives and use them to find out what your family did in WW2
The line of succession: What is it, how has it changed, and how to tell if you're in the line of succession
Who is next in line to the throne? Find out with our guide to Britain's royal line of succession
How did our ancestors celebrate royal coronations?
Catherine Curzon traces the history of British coronation traditions, from street parties to the first televised coronation
How poverty drove thousands of women to sell sex on the streets of Victorian Britain
Prostitutes in Victorian Britain were the victims of double standards, poverty and arrests