Who Do You Think You Are?

Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine not only explores the stories behind the popular BBC genealogy TV series, but also helps you uncover your own roots. Each issue is packed with practical advice to help you track down family history archives and get the most out of online resources, alongside features on what life was like in the past and the historic events that affected our ancestors.

Welcome

SARAH'S TOP TIP • Look at the entries that surround a record, as they may offer further clues

CONTRIBUTORS

Human History of Rauceby

Letters

Who Do You Think You Are?

What's On • Email wdytyaeditorial@ourmedia.co.uk to feature your event here for free

Irish website adds 190,000 new records to its collection • Rosemary Collins reports on the latest data releases and genealogy news

NEWS IN BRIEF

New house stories website launches

CAN YOU HELP?

Crowd Cymru wins archive volunteering award

Ancestry adds Wiltshire electoral registers

TheGenealogist releases early American records

CLEAN LIVING • Alan Crosby explores soap's journey from taxed necessity to fragrant luxury

Tales of the Unexpected • Family secrets come in all shapes and sizes and can be uncovered by DNA in many ways. Debbie Kennett reveals how to spot anomalies and research them further

What are the odds? How to use WATO • Discover how WATO identifies the most likely DNA relationships

How to set up a private tree on Ancestry • Private and unsearchable trees are recommended for sensitive research, as they're not indexed and can't be searched or seen by other users

6 resources to help you with unexpected results • If you need further support and information following a suprising DNA discovery, check out these dedicated websites, networks and more

Tips and tricks for identifying matches with no trees • How simple detective work can reveal the missing connections

PRIME TIME DISCOVERY • How investigating her Irish roots saw one of the WDYTYA? programme team, Laura Berry, find a link with Canada's Prime Minister, Mark Carney

LAURA BERRY'S CARNEY LINKS • Laura's great grandfather, Martin, was the brother of Mark Carney's grandfather

RESEARCHING IRISH CANADIANS • Here are some of the websites that helped Laura prove her connection to Canadian Mark Carney and trace their shared Irish roots

‘MY RELATIVES WERE ON BOARD RMS LUSITANIA’ • When Rebecca Pells researched her great uncle Elmore's young family, who were on the Lusitania's final voyage, she discovered much more than a family tragedy, as she tells Claire Vaughan

Resources • Here are some of the resources that helped Rebecca's research

Secret Service Ancestors • Harriet Walter's mother worked for the intelligence services. Phil Tomaselli, who carried out research for the episode, shares his secret tips

Xandra Carandini Lee • Harriet Walter's mother work in naval intelligence during WW2

EXPERT PICKS • Phil recommends these essential online resources

Chronological List Of MI5 Staff - to December 1919 • This list of MI5 staff is held at The National Archives in series KV 1/59. It's available to download for free from discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk

RESOURCES • Take your research further

Caribbean Ancestry • Jonathan Scott picks out some of the most useful resources for tracing your Caribbean roots

Expert's Choice • Stephen D Porter, Senior Researcher for the caribbeanfamilyhistorygroup.org

More great websites • Online resources you can't afford to miss

Classified adverts • With online newspaper archives growing all the time, tyou can uncover much about your ancestors’ daily...