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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

Discover your past

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”

Children sit in front of their bombed-out house in London's East End during the Blitz

When did the Blitz start?

Bronislawa Kokoszka's ID card

Family hero Nana and Grandad escaped the Nazis

The Declaration of Arbroath

DNA and the Declaration of Arbroath

The will of William Shakespeare, proved at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury

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How to find Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills

A lesson on 'Hitlerism and democracy' at Cheadle High School, 1939

The best genealogy courses available now

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Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine index

Crowds outside Buckingham Palace on VJ Day 1945 (colourised by MyHeritage)

When is VJ Day?

A tithe map of Buckinghamshire

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What are tithe maps?