August 2024
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- Offer Number:
- 225
- On Sale:
- 12/07/2024
- Digital Edition:
- £5.99
- Print Edition:
- £5.99 (plus postage)
Issue Summary
Immerse yourself in family history this summer, and wherever you're holidaying (or not) time-travel with Family Tree. From diving into your distant ancestry to explore the clues revealed by Ancient DNA; or investigating the toughest of times that your ancestors experienced (from plague to famine), Family Tree is here to help you understand more about your heritage
On Sale: 12/07/2024
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What's in this Issue?
Exploring Ancient DNA for genealogy
Diane Brook pieces together an account of our shared human past as revealed by artefacts, remains and DNA
Read all about it!
David Annal explores the rich world of newspaper archives
How to cluster DNA matches
Karen Evans explains clustering, a powerful tool that can help us to rationalise and understand our DNA matches
Marital anomalies
Paul Chiddicks looks at the intriguing anomalies we might come across when examining our ancestors’ marriage records
Garages, sheds and family treasures
Charlotte Soares contemplates the precious memories that can be evoked by the items left behind
Twiglets: Sleuthing the siblings
Gill Shaw digs into the details of the five adoptive cousins of her relation Catherine Mary
Spotlight on...
The Alderson FHS!
The plague years
Wayne Shepheard invites us to consider mass causes of death, other than the Black Death, in centuries past
My pioneering cousin
Emma Jolly introduces us to a trailblazing Welsh relative
Q&A
Deciphering a WWII RAF service record
Photo Corner
Photo-dating expert Jayne Shrimpton shares valuable dating clues
Book review
The Undesirables: The Law that Locked Away a Generation
Thoughts on...
Diane Lindsay encourages us to find our ‘voice’, and write
Plus: Family history news, events, readers' letters, your questions & answers