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FREE WEBINAR: Discover your WW1 military ancestors
6 November • Register now for free

Learn how to uncover your own family’s wartime past using some of the 120 million military records at Findmypast. With Findmypast genealogist Jen Baldwin.

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FREE WEBINAR - Discover your WWI ancestors

Discovering military ancestors with Findmypast

Presentation: Skeletons in the Closet: DNA and the unexpected, with Donna Rutherford, 19 November

Military Masterclass: Skills for tracing British Armed Forces Ancestors, 4 & 11 Nov, with Graham Bandy

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Witch-hunts in the Little Ice Age in Europe: selected references and further reading

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