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A view of the entrance to The National Archives

The National Archives to reopen with restrictions on 21 July

New Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine website

Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine launches new-look website

Scientists will use DNA test results to research susceptibility to coronavirus

‘Time is of the essence’: family historians urged to submit DNA test results to coronavirus study

Helen Osborn and Karen Cummings

Former tutor takes over Pharos Tutors genealogy academy

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‘It would be a terrible loss’: Strike leader’s grave under threat from building works

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Archives to reopen ‘September at the earliest’

Hans Christian Andersen baptism image

MyHeritage offers free access to a different record collection every day in June

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Commonwealth War Graves Commission to help families mark D-Day anniversary

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Tickets go on sale for The Family History Show Online

History begins at home

Social media campaign encourages family connections under lockdown

Edinburgh International Book Festival 2017

When is the new series of A House Through Time on TV, where is it set and what it is about?

Cockney Sparrows

Ancestry London Metropolitan Archives collection free to access until 31 May

Potatoes For Sale

Oxford Dictionary of Family Names free to access until 21 May

Forum

Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine forum to close on 1 June

Aerial Photograph of Chesters House, Northumberland

Castle appeals for family historians’ help researching ghost