CONTENTS OCTOBER 2024

FEATURES

15 Grow Your Tree ON THE COVER

Laura Berry from Who Do You Think You Are? shares 10 steps to help you uncover your ancestors’ stories

20 Railway Accidents ON THE COVER

Mike Esbester of the Railway Work, Life & Death project explains how to find out if, like Rose Ayling-Ellis, you have a forebear who was injured on the railways

24 All About That Place ON THE COVER

Else Churchill previews the online event All About That Place, and reveals why focusing on location can give family historians a different perspective

56 Voting Rights ON THE COVER

Caroline Roope celebrates the Chartists’ hard-fought campaign to extend the vote in the 19th century

RESEARCH ADVICE

33 Focus On ON THE COVER

Genealogist Laura Berry reveals the Jamaican resources she used to research Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill’s roots

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Best Websites ON THE COVER

Jonathan Scott shares online resources for researching the Second Boer War (1899–1902) and its participants

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Record Masterclass ON THE COVER

Albertan researcher Gemma Noon explains how to trace British Home Children who were sent to Canada

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YOUR RESEARCH

28 Reader Story ON THE COVER

“I discovered my grandfather was a secret agent in Egypt during the First World War,” says Ash James

62 Eureka Moment Chris Hussey has researched the life of his illegitimate grandfather, identifying his father – and living ‘cousins’

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Family Hero Howard Benson remembers a religious relation who was a prisoner of the Japanese in the Second World War

REGULARS

6 Letters Your ideas, comments and advice

9 What’s On Online and in-person talks, shows and exhibitions

10 News All of the latest developments and releases, including how 23andMe’s woes are affecting family historians

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