February 2017

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Inside this month's issue

• Take your research back further
  Ed Dutton reveals how a visit to The National Archives at Kew can help transform your research
• Shipwrecked ancestors
  Simon Wills shows you how to research your shipwrecked forebears just like WDYTYA? star Cheryl
• Council records
  Carol Kerry-Green discusses local council records and the clues they can offer about your family's past
• WW1 Scottish pension tribunals
  Janet Bishop looks at a record set that may help you trace Scottish soldiers who served during the First World War
• Criminal conversation
  How Anna Maria Barry uncovered the fascinating story of a philandering opera singer that shocked Georgian England
• Plus...
  The best websites for tracing Victorian soldiers; investigating the careers of police detective ancestors; how our forebears found love in local newspapers and more...
   

Exclusive bonus content

• Derbyshire
  Discover ancestors from the East Midlands with our free resources worth £17. Retrieve your code from page 87 of the magazine and click here to download the files now.
   

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