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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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Family Tree Live returns (yes really!) with two-day event • Family Tree Live will return on 22 and 23 May 2027, bringing expert genealogy advice, specialist exhibitors and immersive social history experiences to the unique setting of Statfold Country Park, home of Statfold Narrow Gauge Museum & National Fairground Museum, just outside of Tamworth, West Midlands

Visit People’s History Museum’s 1926 General Strike exhibition • Throughout 2026, People’s History Museum (PHM) is exploring the events and legacy of the 1926 General Strike, one of the largest and most significant industrial disputes in British history

Delve into medical records • New at Findmypast, 900,000 records for Victorian medics. Find detailed biographical information for surgeons, physicians and general practitioners

Scribe AI now available on MyHeritage app • Scribe AI is now available on the MyHeritage mobile app, making it possible to analyse historical documents and photos on the go

Bring your Irish family history alive • Sign up to the free A Letter From Ireland enewsletter Packed with cultural historical information this gentle but extremely useful family history email provides ideas for places to visit, books to read, records to search and ways to make connections with your Irish heritage.

DNA Club news • DNA Club news reporter Karen Evans shares news from the genetic genealogy scene

Marking the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence • 250 years ago the Thirteen Colonies severed ties with Britain, and this year new exhibitions and projects showcase this momentous chapter in global history

FOLLOWING THE MONEY: a guide to taxation record sets • This month, Family Tree Academy tutor David Annal guides us through four important record sets, each related to the raising of money through taxation, and what they can tell us about the lives and social status of our ancestors

Researching Your Ancestors Using Newspapers Online • Newspapers are a valuable way of finding out more about our ancestors, and the titles available to us in digital form continue to grow. Here, genealogist and writer Chloe O’Shea gives us her hints and tips for making the most of this treasure trove

GETTING TO KNOW OURSELVES Why telling our story is the best gift we’ll ever give PART I • Janna Helshtein is here to urge you to realise how truly important your own life story is – and what you can do to help ensure that family members can cherish it long into the future…

MAGNIFICENT Seven • Deep in the Staffordshire parish registers, Gill Shaw sets her sights on breaking into the 17th century.

THE PITCAIRN REGISTER our book of origins • On 23 January 1790 the Bounty – the vessel of the infamous mutiny – was burned. From the ashes a new settlement and new culture emerged, and Dr Pauline Reynolds shares the tale of the remarkable register which documented the people …

Introducing the brand new Family Tree website • If you’d like to build your family history skills, read in-depth guides, keep track of your learning and much more, we recommend you take a look at the new Family Tree website. Read on and we’ll show you how to use it

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