Who Do You Think You Are?

Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine not only explores the stories behind the popular BBC genealogy TV series, but also helps you uncover your own roots. Each issue is packed with practical advice to help you track down family history archives and get the most out of online resources, alongside features on what life was like in the past and the historic events that affected our ancestors.

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SARAH'S TOP TIP • Don't neglect specialist archives that may hold unusual family records

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Who Do You Think You Are?

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News • Rosemary Collins reports on the latest data releases and genealogy news

FROM POLAND WITH LOVE • Alan Crosby recalls an extraordinary reunion with some long-lost relatives

SORT YOUR RESEARCH WITH TIMELINES • Chloe O’Shea explains how to use timelines in genealogy to organise and enhance your family history research

Get more from Ancestry's LifeStory • Chloe O’Shea explains how to use the LifeStory option on Ancestry (ancestry.co.uk), which allows you to connect facts from your ancestor’s life and build it into a printable story

HOW TO CREATE A TIMELINE CHART • Chloe O’Shea highlights three software options that will help you on your timeline journey

HOW TO MAKE AN ANCESTRAL MAP • Plotting a person’s life events on a map can help add context to their story, says Chloe O’Shea

IRISH MIGRATION IN 5 RECORDS • Paul Wilkins shares some tips on finding ancestors that moved from Ireland to America

'I FOUND SEVERAL ANCESTORS WHO WERE ALL LOCAL HEROES' • When Angela Coulter discovered an ancestor who helped protect the most vulnerable in Birmingham, she was pleased to find other philanthropic relatives, she tells Claire Vaughan

RESOURCES • These resources were crucial in Angela’s ancestral discoveries

CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN LONDON AND MIDDLESEX • Searching for your miscreant ancestors through the complex criminal justice system in London and Middlesex has now been made easier thanks to several online resources, says Paul Blake

JONATHAN WILD, 'THIEF TAKER' 1682-1725 • Meet the early 18th-century criminal mastermind

EXPERT PICKS • Paul shares three essential websites that will aid your miscreant ancestral research

OLD BAILEY PROCEEDINGS, 1801 • Proceeding at The Old Bailey, held on Wednesday 15 April 1801 and published by W. Wilson. The Proceedings, 1674-1913, are fully searchable at oldbaileyonline.org and the original indictments are held at The London Archives (thelondonarchives.org; OB/SR/363).

RESOURCES • Take your research further

CEMETERIES AND MEMORIAL INSCRIPTIONS • Jonathan Scott picks the sites that can help you locate your forebears’ final resting place

EXPERT'S CHOICE • Lorraine Evans is a mortuary archaeologist, death historian and author of Burying the Dead (Pen and Sword, 2020)

GO FURTHER • These eight websites are also recommended

NATURALISATION RECORDS • Paul Blake explains how to trace ancestors who applied for British citizenship

NATURALISATION CERTIFICATE, 1872 • This Naturalisation Certificate of Emil Komenda is held at The National Archives and was taken from the collection on Ancestry (ancestry.co.uk) covering the period 1870-1916.

RESOURCES • Take your research further

Q & A • Our team of experts offers tips and inspiration

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