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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!

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AGRA conference speaker line-up announced • The Association of Genealogists and Researchers in Archives (AGRA) has announced the 2023 AGRA conference line up for Navigating Your Family History: Journeys with Ancestors.

Remembrance ceremony for Flying Tiger passengers • A live remembrance ceremony screened around the world on Facebook has paid tribute to those who lost their lives when theFlying Tiger plane went missing in Vietnam

A NEW WAY TO SHARE YOUR TREE • FindMyPast has launched a new tree sharing feature, allowing subscribers to share their research with family and friends

Countdown to 1931 Canada census release • The 1931 Canada census will become available to the public on 1 June, Library and Archives Canada has announced

Legacy of railway stationmaster marked through new housing development • The memory of a 19th-century stationmaster will live on through the creation of a new housing development in Cumbria

Explore local history at the new Wales Broadcast Archive • The National Library of Wales has brought together the archives of BBC Wales, ITV Wales and S4C to give access more than a century of television and radio, creating the Wales Broadcast Archive

Over 132,000 Dublin diocese marriage and will records added to FindMyPast • FindMyPast has announced the release of thousands of family history records relating to the diocese of Dublin.

Add the power of audio to your family history photos • Add multiple audio memories to family history images and videos with a new feature at FileShadow

From London to Scotland by steam • Channel 5 is screening a four-part series Britain By Steam this spring, in which journalist and presenter John Sergeant, actor Peter Davison and Paul ‘Piglet’ Middleton will travel from London to Scotland using only the power of steam

Was your ancestor on a 'wanted' list? • Wanted persons, absentees and deserter records spanning a period of thirty years are included in The Genealogist’s latest release

Wallace Clare Award 2023 • The Council of the Irish Genealogical Research Society has announced that the latest recipient of the Wallace Clare Award is Dr Jennifer Harrison, a genealogist and historian from Queensland, Australia, where she is an honorary research fellow in history at the University of Queensland

Dear Paul • In this coronation month Paul Chiddicks reflects on how the crowning of a new monarch previously affected family naming patterns, looks at some grisly deaths, and explores what secrets lie beyond the grave…

Free Birth, Marriage and Death Records • Alison Spring takes us on a tour of the many different places, both online and in-person, where we can find a wealth of birth, marriage and death records without paying a penny

WHERE THERE’S A WILL… • Here Wayne Shepheard demonstrates an intriguing selection of insights that may be gained by the careful study of our ancestors’ wills.

AS A FAMILY LINE • Here Keith Gregson shares how by focusing on a single family line, or even just your own lifetime, you can write your family history as a form of timeline. It has so many benefits: from helping to make the challenging task of writing up your family history more ‘do-able’; to enabling you to swiftly write your life...