Getting started

Everything you need to know to start growing your family tree

An operation in a lecture theatre at University College Hospital Medical School, London, in 1898

How to find doctors and nurses in your family tree

A House Through Time

The 6 best websites for tracing the history of your house

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Getting started

Finding birth, marriage and death records

Start Your Tree

How to Start Your Family Tree: Week 1

Bird Tree

The 14 best websites for DNA family history research

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Getting started

Start Your Family Tree: Week 4

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Getting started

Start Your Family Tree: Week 3

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Start Your Family Tree: Week 2

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Getting started

Start Your Family Tree: Week 6

Gypsy children, circa 1930

Discover your past

Am I descended from Gypsies?

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Getting started

Tracing your ancestors using the census

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Getting started

Start Your Family Tree: Week 5

View along a residential street in Westminster, central London.

The 15 best websites for 18th century family history

Glasgow Criminals

How to find Scottish criminals in your family history

Aerial view of Trafalgar square, London

The 6 best free websites for London family history