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Time travel, memories & family history

More than 342,500 records added to the 1939 Register at TheGenealogist • TheGenealogist.co.uk has added over 342,500 new records to the 1939 Register for England and Wales, meaning researchers can now see all people born in 1922 opened under the 100 year rule, along with those who have passed away since the last release

Explore the effects of traumatic events on our ancestors

18,000 Northumberland records added to FindMyPast • Explore the baptism, marriage and burial of your Northumberland ancestors with new records at FindMyPast

Curiosity, creativity and genius at the heart of the National Trust’s 2023 plans • A year-long programme celebrating the genius of Sir Isaac Newton is just one of the highlights of a ‘celebration of creativity’ planned for National Trust sites in 2023

Private collection of Antiques Roadshow expert Henry Sandon to go under the hammer

LEARN FROM HOME AT A TIME THAT SUITS YOU • Pharos Tutors has announced the launch of new ‘anytime’ courses that can be started at any time of the year and studied entirely from home

Can you help to save Trove? • Researchers around the world are being asked to support a campaign to save the National Library of Australia’s Trove newspaper database, which is threatened with closure later this year

FAMILY STORIES ARE AT THE HEART OF NEW GENEALOGY PLATFORM • Storied aims to cater for both casual and serious family history enthusiast around the world, encouraging its users to reminiscence about both recent and distant events

2.4 million RAF records available to search online

New search service for those with French roots • French software vendor Heredis is expanding its offering and will now provide various services related to genealogical research in France.

Audrey Collins: a tribute • Long-standing genealogical colleague and friend David Annal pays respects to Audrey Collins RIP

DEAR PAUL • This month, Paul Chiddicks shares a remarkable record-breaking achievement, a very strange death, plus the usual mix of the unexpected, the unusual and the amusing things FT readers have discovered during their research

ALL CHANGE: ancestor money & measurements • Charlotte Soares reflects on changes in currency and measurements over time

LUDLAMS AT YOUR SERVICE • Heather Nicol shares tales from her family tree, with a group of ancestors who spent much of their lives in service, demonstrating the fascinating details that can be found on those who served others

TIPS & TACTICS TO PROVE YOUR FAMILY TREE IS CORRECT • It’s easy to feel frustrated at the mistakes found in online trees, but is our own error-free? Helen Tovey shares some ways of working that will help us keep confident in the accuracy of our own family history research.

ACQUIRING CLOTHES IN THE PRE- AND EARLY- INDUSTRIAL AGE • Jayne Shrimpton takes a look at the many different ways in which our 17th- to early 19th-century ancestors might have acquired their clothes – from visiting a ‘slop shop’, to hand-making their own garments

NOTE-TAKING APPLICATIONS FOR FAMILY HISTORY • Do you feel as though you’re juggling too many digital files? Let Phil Isherwood introduce you to note-taking applications: your one-stop shop to...