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CONTENTS MAY 2024 FEATURES 14 Genealogy Websites ON THE COVER Our special reader panel put Ancestry, Findmypast, MyHeritage and TheGenealogist through their paces, so you can find out which of the four is the best site for you 20 Copying Family Trees ON THE COVER Chloe O’Shea shares 10 reasons why you need to be careful if you’re tempted to duplicate information from another family historian’s online tree 54 A History Of Voting ON THE COVER With a general election on the horizon Felicity Day looks at how elections have changed in the past 250 years RESEARCH ADVICE 29 Focus On ON THE COVER Janet Few explains the most useful records to research your relations’ lives between 1900 and 1938 35 Best Websites ON THE COVER Jonathan Scott reveals how to track down old photos of your street, your house and even your ancestors online 38 Record Masterclass ON THE COVER Susannah Coster, archivist at The Postal Museum, shares her tips for researching forebears using newly digitised Post Office pension and gratuity records 52 Tech Tips ON THE COVER Nick Peers presents a guide to uploading, editing and colourising your family photographs using Ancestry 14 43 YOUR RESEARCH 24 Reader Story When Lucy Parker began investigating her Norwegian relations, she had no inkling of the scope of their travels 58 Eureka Moment ON THE COVER “My great grandfather ran a dodgy dating agency,” says a shocked Greta Nicholls from Queensland, Australia 74 Family Hero Douglas Jackson is inspired by his Polish uncle, who won a medal for bravery during the Second World War REGULARS 6 Letters Your ideas, comments and advice 9 What’s On Online and in-person talks, shows and exhibitions 10 News All of the latest developments and record releases 24 29 4 58 whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com 24
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61 20 38 IVES ARCH / CONWY POSTAL MUSEUM THE OF IL GROUP, COURTESY / ROYAL MA LIBRARY ISH IT / BR IMAGES GETTY 35 whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com 54 SUBSCRIPTION OFFER 22 Subscribe Today And Get A Month’s FREE Trial 66 13 Off The Record Alan Crosby reveals how you can trace migrant ancestors in the medieval period 43 Q&A This month’s puzzlers for our experts include a relation who may have fought in the First Opium War, a family’s mysterious visit to Spain, a First World War soldier who rode a motorbike – and a case of alternating surnames 49 Wdytya? Magazine Shop Back issues, magazine storage and certificate binders 50 Local Industry Female workers in Small Arms Cartridge Factory No. 3 at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, London, in May 1918 60 Your Projects Rosemary Collins meets the volunteers researching workhouse burials in Kent 61 Around Britain ON THE COVER Jonathan Scott explains everything you need to know to research your Shropshire forebears 66 Gem From The Archive ON THE COVER A Welsh visitors’ book, 1856–c1902 GUIDE 68 Books & Digital Picks This month’s family history inspiration 70 TV & Radio Former WDYTYA? star Rob Rinder teams up with Rylan 5

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Off The Record Alan Crosby reveals how you can trace migrant ancestors in the medieval period

43 Q&A This month’s puzzlers for our experts include a relation who may have fought in the First Opium War, a family’s mysterious visit to Spain, a First World War soldier who rode a motorbike – and a case of alternating surnames

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Wdytya? Magazine Shop Back issues, magazine storage and certificate binders

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Local Industry Female workers in Small Arms Cartridge Factory No. 3 at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, London, in May 1918

60 Your Projects Rosemary Collins meets the volunteers researching workhouse burials in Kent

61 Around Britain ON THE COVER

Jonathan Scott explains everything you need to know to research your Shropshire forebears

66 Gem From The Archive ON THE COVER

A Welsh visitors’ book, 1856–c1902

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68 Books & Digital Picks This month’s family history inspiration

70 TV & Radio Former WDYTYA? star Rob Rinder teams up with Rylan

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