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Guides, tutorials, interviews, research and opinion pieces on family history and genealogy

Robert 'Judge' Rinder on My Family, the Holocaust and Me on BBC One

“It’s a red flag to complacency”: Robert Rinder on My Family, The Holocaust and Me

Captain W Horton Hutchins of Cardiff Bicycle Club with his penny farthing bicycle, one of the people you can find in Welsh family history

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The best websites for Welsh family history

An Empire Flag Day fundraiser for hospitals in London to provide healthcare before the NHS

What was healthcare like before the NHS?

Nurses at the Sir William Hospital treat shell shock victims during World War One with experimental medical equipment

What is shell shock?

Women students at Girton College, Cambridge, c.1900

The history of student life: your questions answered

Ruth Jones on Who Do You Think You Are?

Behind the scenes on the new series of Who Do You Think You Are?

A farm worker ties bundles of wheat reaped by his colleague operating a harvester in Sussex, June 1887

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What are manorial records?

A nurse on the Western Front, Christmas Day 1914

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How to find World War One nurses’ records

David Walliams on Who Do You Think You Are?

Who will appear on Who Do You Think You Are? 2020?

Street urchins in Lambeth, South London in the 19th century

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What are Charles Booth’s poverty maps?

Birthday party in India

My Family Album Some of my favourite photographs

VE Day celebrations in Cowley

My Family Album Meet my family from Cowley

RAF bomber crew c1940

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How to find and use RAF Operation Record Books

Black and white photograph of a family looking at photo albums

The best family history activities for children

Aneira Thomas, first baby born on the NHS

“I’m known as the pin-up girl of the NHS”