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Discover your past

Where to find historical trade directories online

Wills research at the Probate Registry, Somerset House, London, c.1901

Discover your past

Where are wills kept?

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?

Canadian family history - view of Busy Bon Secours Market

Canadian family history: The best websites

Irish ancestry. Farmers in Glenshesk, County Atrim, c. 1900

Overseas ancestry

Irish ancestry: How to find your Irish ancestors

German street musicians 1879

Overseas ancestry

How to tell if you have German ancestry

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

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

Highgate Cemetery stone angel death records

Getting started

Where to find death records

TNA

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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Getting started

Start Your Family Tree: Week 4

Start Your Tree 3

Getting started

Start Your Family Tree: Week 3

Start Your Tree 2

Getting started

Start Your Family Tree: Week 2

Old Forge

Are there metalworkers in your family tree?

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Transcription Tuesday Weekly Challenge: Who was interned at Stobs Camp during WW1?