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NEW ASIA AND EUROPE REGIONS ADDED TO ANCESTRY DNA ETHNICITIES • Ancestry has announced an update to its ethnicity estimates, further breaking down the regions where your ancestors may have lived

Midlands region family history show: new for 2024 • The Family History Show, Midlands will be debuting at the Three Counties Showground in Malvern, Worcestershire, on 16 March 2024

New archive research centre to open in Lancaster • Members of the public will soon be able to enjoy accessing a new archive research centre at the University of Lancaster, which will include thousands of records relating to the history of the county

First new flagpole for 200 years installed at Blenheim Palace • Visitors to Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire will see the Duke of Marlborough’s standard flying from the rooftop at Flagstaff Gate for the first time in nine months

18th-century Map of Kent reproduced for modern-day collectors • A new edition of ‘one of the finest maps of the 18th-century’ has been created using traditional book-making skills

AGRA conference a ‘resounding success’ • From Britain and France to as far as New Zealand and Jamaica, the 2023 AGRA Conference lived up to this year’s theme of Navigating Your Family History – Journey’s with Ancestors

Mary Rose Museum welcomes special visitors for anniversary day • Visitors with the name Mary or Rose were given a special welcome to the Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth, which was marking the 41st anniversary of the raising of the Mary Rose from the seabed

New ‘Wonderlab’ aims to draw on railway heritage to inspire future engineers • A new gallery has opened at The National Railway Museum in York, with interactive exhibits that aim to equip young visitors with the skills and aptitudes to embrace future engineering challenges

U3A Peak District Family History Network annual conference report

SPECIALIST RECORDS; SPECIALIST SKILLS

FINDMYPAST: master game-changing tips • Discover how to search smarter, locate new records and build a better online family tree using Findmypast- Mary McKee takes us on a tour, sharing game-changing user tips along the way.

HOVE INTO VIEW • Gill Shaw starts to trace some of the minor characters in Catherine Mary Riboldi’s story – and makes a surprising discovery…

Dear Paul • Paul Chiddicks ends the year by tying up a few loose ends and trying to make sense of the census – with fascinating entries that are either telling us too much or not enough…

SURNAME CLUES • This month, Family Tree Academy Tutor David Annal explains the importance of not making assumptions when you come across a surname that seems as if it could have connections to a particular geographical area

A tale of two Elizas • To lose one Eliza, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness. Alan Dance has been chipping away at his Eliza-related brick walls for the past few decades. We share his summary of his research so far below and hope that someone, somewhere, may be able to help him solve the mystery of the whereabouts of Elizas 1 & 2.

A lasting mark: intergenerational trauma • In the penultimate instalment of her family history and wellbeing series, Emma Jolly considers the effects of traumas such as...