August 2018

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Inside this month's issue

• 20th century kin
  Emma Jolly shares 20 useful tips to help you learn more about the lives of your recent relatives
• Start your family tree
  Chris Paton reveals everything you need to know to begin your research today
• Local BMD certificates
  Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine editor Sarah Williams explains why an alternative strategy can break down your brick walls
• Irish military records
  Nicola Morris, expert on Boy George's episode of Who Do You Think You Are?, shows you how to trace your ancestors during the Irish Revolutionary War
• Patents
  Intellectual property expert Maria Lampert reveals how family historians can use patent records to track down inventor ancestors
• Plus...
  The best websites for tracing Caribbean kin; how to create family memoirs; the lives of ancestors who were elected councillors, and much more...
   

Exclusive bonus content

• Oxfordshire
  Discover your Oxfordshire ancestors with free access to family history records and historic images worth over £40. Retrieve your code from page 87 of the magazine and click here to download the files now.
   

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