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Learn how to trace your family tree! Every issue is packed with: family history research advice hands-on learning experiences to help you become an ancestor super-sleuth & step-by-step guides to show you the path to tracing the past. From vintage documents to the latest in DNA, we’re here to help you discover more! Get the latest in genealogy news, software, books, archives and expert answers. Plus enjoy those reader stories that remind what it means to trace your family story. Research & remember your roots with Family Tree!

True tales

Wreck of Europe’s first steamship designated a Scheduled Monument • The news follows the recent discovery of the wreck of Henry Bell’s Comet in the fast tidal waters of the Dorus Mor, west of Crinan, in Scotland

365 days of records –373 million records added MyHeritage in one year • MyHeritage has announced that it in the past year, it has added 347 new collections and updated 18 collections in its growing database of historical records

New partnership to strengthen West African archaeology • A new collaboration between Oxford’s School of Archaeology and the Museum of West African Art is set to build a centre of archaeological excellence in West Africa

Valuation Office maps & field books for Oxfordshire online • This latest release of Oxfordshire records from The National Archives joins the millions of records in TheGenealogist’s tool, Map Explorer™.

Medal awards at IHGS annual awards celebration • IHGS students, tutors and principals gathered in the grounds of Canterbury Cathedral on Saturday 5 August for their annual awards celebration

Community Archives and Heritage Group announces award winners for 2023 • The Community Archives and Heritage Group (CAHG) is part of the Archives and Records Association (UK and Ireland). Every year it gives awards to outstanding groups and projects to highlight and celebrate their work across the UK and Ireland

FindMyPast CEO steps down

A new way to discover when family photos were taken • MyHeritage has announced the release of its free PhotoDater™ feature, which uses artificial intelligence (AI) technology to provide an estimated date for old photographs

‘Unparalleled’ collection of World War I Machine Guns Corps records released • The Machine Gun Corps Database has been compiled by Graham Sacker, a member of the Vickers MG Collection and Research Association, who has spent more than 20 years collecting and collating records of the men who served in the corps from 1915 to 1922

1.8M Canadian headstones to explore

SOURCES, EVIDENCE & PROOF: What is evidence? • Last issue, Phil Isherwood examined the nature of the ‘sources’ we use. This time he invites us to consider the ‘evidence’ and the way in which we employ it in our family history

DEAR PAUL • With Halloween fast approaching, this month Paul Chiddicks brings us tales of witches, unusual deaths, plus some harrowing stories surrounding family burials…

FRIENDS OF THE FAMILY? • Don’t ignore witnesses and family acquaintances with a different surname to your ancestor: they may reveal new relationships that you didn’t know about, as Simon Wills explains

26 USEFUL USEFUL MYHERITAGE USER TIPS TO ENHANCE YOUR FAMILY HISTORY • As an expert genetic genealogist and family historian, Janna Helshtein has witnessed firsthand the power and potential of MyHeritage in unraveling the mysteries of the past. Here she shares her chosen selection of user tips, useful for both traditional and DNA research

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YOUR DNA WORKSHOP • This month, Karen Evans helps one reader try to trace her biological grandfather and another get to grips with ethnicity estimates

TASK OF THE MONTH • SEEING HOW SHARED MATCHES MATCH ONE ANOTHER

UNVEILING THE HARMONIES OF REMEMBRANCE:...