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FamilySearch parish register transcription

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1921 census form

When will the 1921 census be available?

Children at the Coram Foundling Hospital

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

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Scottish criminal records. Four thieves and pickpockets in police custody in Glasgow, circa 1865. From left to right, James Martin Lindsay, James Brown Cummings, Peter Hasson and John McRae.

Scottish ancestry: How to find Scottish criminal records

Victorian family 1893 Victorian photographs

How to date Victorian and Edwardian photographs

22nd October 1937: Merchant Navy Cadets learning how to use a sextant at University College, Southampton. How to find Merchant Navy records

How to find Merchant Navy records

14th October 1932: Members of a children's games club for under-sevens playing 'blind man's bluff' in Hyde Park, London. DNA testing can be used to find your distant relatives

How to use a DNA test to find your distant relatives

Terry Jones has a common North Welsh surname

The top 10 North Welsh surnames

'The Environs of London from Greenwich', c1620-1630, 17th century. Artist: Anon

17th century history: What was life like in the 17th century?

'Scotland for Ever'; the charge of the Scots Greys at Waterloo, 18 June 1815, Napoleonic Wars

When were the Napoloenic Wars?

British Home Children from the Dr Barnardo's Homes leave for a new life in Canada on the RMS Antonia, UK, April 1923

Who were the British Home Children?

Street urchins in Lambeth, South London in the 19th century, as recorded in Charles Booth's poverty maps

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Who was Charles Booth, and what are his poverty maps?

Royal Navy service records Sepia photograph of 16 Royal Navy ship's officers posed for a photograph on board ship in 1890, with the ship's cat

How to find Royal Navy service records

Trace your house history like David Olusoga on A House Through Time

House history: The best websites for tracing the history of your house