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Newspaper photograph showing Tom Wilson (below) with a long service medal

Appeal to trace family of West Yorkshire Police’s longest serving special constable

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Irish historians ‘win the archive lottery’ after documents saved from skip

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Lord of the Rings star Sean Astin revealed as RootsTech keynote speaker

Portrait of James Balfour in 1837

“I love you deeply fervently”: Arthur Balfour’s parents’ love letters go online on Valentine’s Day

The 1818 burial of Edmund Fanning at St Mary Abbots, Kensington

Ancestry adds Kensington and Chelsea parish chest and Poor Law records

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Transcription Tuesday volunteers successfully complete transcription project

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Researchers campaign to save Trove website from closure

The 1861 baptism of William Bateson is among the records

Ancestry adds North Yorkshire parish records

The 1664 will of John Goodyer is available on Ancestry

Ancestry adds probate records from Hampshire

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