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Use our comprehensive index to find articles published in the 2018 issues of Family Tree magazine and download the relevant back issue from our extensive digital archive…
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Family Tree magazine article index 2018
Articles in the January 2018 issue of Family Tree magazine…
| Subject | Article | Author |
|---|---|---|
| Sources | Historical records created by the Church of England | Raymond, Stuart A |
| Religion | Historical records created by the Church of England | Raymond, Stuart A |
| Registers | Historical records created by the Church of England | Raymond, Stuart A |
| DNA | How to deal with dilemmas when contacted by possible "cousins" | Kennett, Debbie; Annal, David; Evans, Mary |
| Writing your history | How to write your family memoir | Barker, Bernard |
| Research skills | Family Tree Academy | |
| Family Tree Academy | Studying a poll book and an electoral register | |
| Beginners | on many subjects touching family history research | Tovey, Helen |
| Scotland | Marriage laws in Scotland | Paton, Chris |
| Marriages | Marriage laws in Scotland | Paton, Chris |
| Laws and legislation | Marriage laws in Scotland | Paton, Chris |
| WW1 | 2 casualties of the First World War | Paterson, Anne-Mary |
| Personal story | 2 casualties of the First World War | Paterson, Anne-Mary |
| Music | A set of bagpipes from a WW1 piper | Paterson, Anne-Mary |
| Genes | The obesity genes | Davies, Dr Nicola |
| India | The Rare Book Society of India | Goucher, Julie |
| Unusual websites | The Rare Book Society of India | Goucher, Julie |
| Societies | The Rare Book Society of India | Goucher, Julie |
| Personal story | The Card family of London | Terrington, June |
| London ancestors | The Card family of London | Terrington, June |
| Recipes for food and medecines | Miss Webb's recipe collection | Soares, Charlotte |
| Technical help | Techy tips for family historians | Carter, Paul |
| Societies | Hertfordshire Family History Society | Tunesi, John |
| History | The Peterloo Massacre commemorated | Wills, Simon |
| Interviews | The Peterloo Massacre commemorated | Wills, Simon |
Articles in the February 2018 issue of Family Tree magazine…
| Subject | Article | Author |
|---|---|---|
| Family Tree Academy | Studying quarter sessions records | |
| Research skills | Family Tree Academy | |
| Heirlooms | How to protect them | Bedford, Mike |
| Photos | How to protect them | Bedford, Mike |
| Research skills | Ideas for solving "brick walls"... and find more | Evans, Karen |
| Tracing living relatives | How tracing descendants can benefit your family tree | Davis, Donald W |
| Technical help | Techy tips for family historians | Carter, Paul |
| Scotland | Guide to Scottish inheritance (part 1) | Paton, Chris |
| Beginners | Guide to Scottish inheritance (part 1) | Paton, Chris |
| Unusual sources | 20 sources used by top genealogists | |
| Electoral registers | Could your ancestor vote ? (with a table to help you to reach the answer) | |
| Personal story | The wrong way to research a family tree | Fry, Pam (nee Boulton) |
| Food | A history of chocolate | Randall, Amanda |
| History | A history of chocolate since 1657 | Randall, Amanda |
| Women's life | Celebrating women in family history | Tovey, helen |
| Societies | The Heraldry Society | Tunesi, John |
| Interviews | Know your place with the website www.kypwest.org.uk | Wills, Simon |
| England (West of) | Know your place with the website www.kypwest.org.uk | Wills, Simon |
| Unusual websites | Know your place with the website www.kypwest.org.uk | Wills, Simon |
| Unusual websites | Prefab museum UK | Goucher, Julie |
Articles in the March 2018 issue of Family Tree magazine…
| Subject | Article | Author |
|---|---|---|
| Creating a website | Discover how to create a website for your own family history | Carter, Paul |
| Organising events | How to organise a Family History Day | Gynes, David |
| History | The Stuart family, their history (1603-1714) with a timeline | Roberts, Steve |
| Ireland | The best tools to start exploring the Irish side of a family history | Tovey, Helen |
| Beginners | The best tools to start exploring the Irish side of a family history | Tovey, Helen |
| WW2 | Create a "Dig for victory" garden | Garner, Kath |
| Social history | Create a "Dig for victory" garden | Garner, Kath |
| Scotland | Guide to Scottish inheritance (part 2) | Paton, Chris |
| Beginners | Guide to Scottish inheritance (part 2) | Paton, Chris |
| Societies | The Channel islands Family History Society | Billot, Mary |
| Research skills | Top tips for effective web searching | Bellerby, Rachel |
| Websites | Top tips for effective web searching | Bellerby, Rachel |
| Photographs | Finding clues in your family photo album | Shrimpton, Jayne |
| WW1 | Giving a voice to mothers of the Great War | Wadsworth, Jacqueline |
| Women's life | Giving a voice to mothers of the Great War | Wadsworth, Jacqueline |
| Social history | Giving a voice to mothers of the Great War | Wadsworth, Jacqueline |
| Technical help | Techy tips for family historians | Carter, Paul |
| Unusual websites | The Royal Bank of Scotland heritage Hub | Goucher, Julie |
| Beginners | Keeping a record of what you have searched | Wills, Simon |
| Sources | Keeping a record of what you have searched | Wills, Simon |
| Research skills | Family Tree Academy | |
| Family Tree Academy | Studying tithe records |
Articles in the April 2018 issue of Family Tree magazine…
| Subject | Article | Author |
|---|---|---|
| WW2 | International Bomber Command centre Archives | Youngman, Angela |
| Military research | International Bomber Command centre Archives | Youngman, Angela |
| Family Tree Academy | Studying records of death | |
| Technical help | Techy tips for family historians | Carter, Paul |
| Houses | A history of houses in miniature | Brown, Sadie |
| Websites | The online british Newspaper Archive | Gregson, Keith |
| France | Researching french records in 7 steps | Hayward, keith |
| Cemeteries and memorials | Finding headstones and memorial plaques | Wills, Simon |
| Websites | Find that memorial Inscription | Wills, Simon |
| Interviews | Finding headstones and memorial plaques | Wills, Simon |
| Military research | Celebrating the centenary of the RAF | Tovey, helen |
| Publishing | What no one tells you about publishing your family history book | Griffin, belinda |
| Beginners | How to start doing your family history (with a relationship calculator | Terrington, June |
| Relationship | How to start doing your family history (with a relationship calculator | Terrington, June |
| WW1 | Researching a WW1 prisoner of war | Russell, Judith |
| Military research | Researching a WW1 prisoner of war | Russell, Judith |
| Societies | Doncaster and District Family History Society | Valentine, Dave |
| Unusual websites | The Oxford Archivists' Consortium | Goucher, Julie |
| Personal story | An ancestral trail spreading in England, Scotland and Wales | George, Sally |
Articles in the May 2018 issue of Family Tree magazine…
| Somerset | Walk in the footseps of your ancestors | Venner, David |
|---|---|---|
| Places | Walk in the footseps of your ancestors | Venner, David |
| Archives | The main national archives and libraries in the UK and their websites | Tovey, helen |
| Libraries | The main national archives and libraries in the UK and their websites | Tovey, helen |
| Personal story | 3 questions my mother left unanswered | Barker, Bernard |
| Clothing/Fashion | The fashion from the 1880s to the 1890s | Shrimpton, Jayne |
| Social history | The towns created to house workers | Randall, Amanda |
| Places | The towns created to house workers | Randall, Amanda |
| WW1 | The German offensive of 1918 | Gregson, Keith |
| History | The German offensive of 1918 | Gregson, Keith |
| Family Tree Academy | Studying a school register | |
| Research skills | Family Tree Academy | |
| Family Tree Academy | Studying parish registers | |
| Ireland | Paupers from Ireland sent back home by removal orders | Paton, Chris |
| Sources | Removal orders | Paton, Chris |
| WW1 | A Great War memorials project | Wills, Simon |
| Interviews | A Great War memorials project | Wills, Simon |
| Warwickshire | A Great War memorials project | Wills, Simon |
| Unusual websites | About conscientious objectors | Goucher, Julie |
| Military research | About conscientious objectors | Goucher, Julie |
| Technical help | Techy tips for family historians | Carter, Paul |
| Societies | Bedfordshire Family History Society | Sewell, Geoff and Woodridge, Mary |
| WW2 | The Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes (NAAFI) | Leete, John |
| Military research | The Albert Medal | Gregson, Keith |
Articles in the June 2018 issue of Family Tree magazine…
| Subject | Article | Author |
|---|---|---|
| Sources | Tracking down lost family papers | Heafford, Michael |
| Criminal ancestors | A great-uncle's life of crime | Chrisfield, Pat |
| Personal story | A greeat-uncle's life of crime | Chrisfield, Pat |
| Research skills | Family Tree Academy | |
| Family Tree Academy | Studying records of the poor law | |
| Palaeography skills | Improve your palaeography skills (1871 document) | |
| DNA | Practical advice to help you make sense of your DNA test results | Evans, Karen |
| Societies | Wharfedale Family History group | Miller, Steve |
| Cemeteries and memorials | Researching burials and cemetery records | Heritage, Celia |
| Death/burials | Researching burials and cemetery records | Heritage, Celia |
| Ireland | Finding Irish church records | Paton, Chris |
| Sources | Finding Irish church records | Paton, Chris |
| Societies | A guide to 46 societies preserving the past on many different places and subjects | Bellerby, Rachel |
| Maritime research | Researching the life of a ship, the Coromandel | Hirst, Suzanne |
| Travels | Exploring British travel journals | Amsel-Arieli, Melody |
| Journals and diaries | Exploring British travel journals | Amsel-Arieli, Melody |
| Unusual websites | The National Army Museum website | Goucher, Julie |
| Military research | The National Army Museum website | Goucher, Julie |
| Clothing/Fashion | The fashion from the 1850s to the 1870s | Shrimpton, Jayne |
| Websites | Explore the War Memorials Register online | Hook, Ian |
| Military research | Explore the War Memorials Register online | Hook, Ian |
| Technical help | Techy tips for family historians | Carter, Paul |
| Criminal ancestors | A Scottish project to collate records of Fife convicts (1790-1880) | Wills, Simon |
| Interviews | A Scottish project to collate records of Fife convicts (1790-1880) | Wills, Simon |
| Scotland | A Scottish project to collate records of Fife convicts (1790-1880) | Wills, Simon |
Articles in the July 2018 issue of Family Tree magazine…
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| Subject | Article | Author |
|---|---|---|
| Research skills | Family Tree Academy | |
| Family Tree Academy | Studying the 1939 Register | |
| Slavery | Researching slave ancestors | Joseph, jane |
| Personal story | Researching slave ancestors | Joseph, jane |
| Guyana | Researching slave ancestors | Joseph, jane |
| Social history | Life expectancy and age at marriage | Dutton, Dr Edward |
| Marriages | Life expectancy and age at marriage | Dutton, Dr Edward |
| DNA | Practical advice to help you make sense of your DNA test results | Evans, Karen |
| Women's lives | Researching the lives of our female ancestors | Paton, Chris |
| Technical help | Techy tips for family historians | Carter, paul |
| Women's life | Celebrating centuries of female history | Bellerby, Rachel |
| Social history | Celebrating centuries of female history | Bellerby, Rachel |
| Clothing/Fashion | The fashion : 1800-1840s | Shrimpton, Jayne |
| Beginners | How to get started | Terrington, June |
| Unusual websites | Relating to Queen Victoria and Florence Nightingale | Goucher, Julie |
| Sources | Queen Victoria's Journals | Goucher, Julie |
| Sources | Florence Nightingale's letters | Goucher, Julie |
| Interviews | The East End Woman's Museum | Wills, Simon |
| Women's lives | The East End Woman's Museum | Wills, Simon |
| Societies | The Sussex Family History Group | Winchester, Roy |
| Famous people | Emily Bronte's life and work | Symes, Ruth A |
| Personal story | How to track elusive maiden names of women in your family tree | Soares, Charlotte |
| Research skills | How to track elusive maiden names of women in your family tree | Soares, Charlotte |
Articles in the August 2018 issue of Family Tree magazine…
| Subject | Article | Author |
|---|---|---|
| Beginners | Discover the history of heraldry | Paton, Chris |
| Heraldry | Discover the history of heraldry | Paton, Chris |
| History | The great influenza pandemic of 1918 | Gregson, Keith |
| Health | The great influenza pandemic of 1918 | Gregson, Keith |
| Research skills | Family Tree Academy | |
| Family Tree Academy | Studying the Valuation Office survey records | |
| Properties and places | Studying the Valuation Office survey records | |
| Palaeography skills | A letter dated 1826 | |
| DNA | Practical advice to help you make sense of your DNA test results | Evans, Karen |
| Women's lives | How to get away with murder (arguing marital coercition) | Emm, Adèle |
| Criminals | How to get away with murder (arguing marital coercition) | Emm, Adèle |
| Laws and legislation | How to get away with murder (arguing marital coercition) | Emm, Adèle |
| Work and occupations | 10 questions to ask yourself to learn more about our ancestors' work | Tovey, Helen |
| Social history | 10 questions to ask yourself to learn more about our ancestors' work | Tovey, Helen |
| Websites | Evidentree to contact people seraching the same places and the same surnames | Barrell, Helen |
| Societies | Norfolk Family History Society | Morgan, Roger |
| Occupations | Exploring your ancestors' occupation with company records | Cockburn, Paul F |
| Sources | Exploring your ancestors' occupation with company records | Cockburn, Paul F |
| Employment | Exploring your ancestors' occupation with company records | Cockburn, Paul F |
| Old words | Resources to help you understand old words you do not know | Wills, Simon |
| Personal story | In search of a Dad, with the help of DNA | Bedwell, Julie |
| DNA | In search of a Dad, with the help of DNA | Bedwell, Julie |
| Websites | 20 years of Free UK Genealogy | Tovey, Helen |
| Technical help | Techy tips for family historians | Carter, Paul |
| History | The political massacre of "Peterloo" (1819) | Maguire, Ruth |
| Personal story | The political massacre of "Peterloo" (1819) | Maguire, Ruth |
| Unusual websites | About the Chapel of St george in Windsor | Goucher, Julie |
Articles in the September 2018 issue of Family Tree magazine…
| Subject | Article | Author |
|---|---|---|
| Workhouses | Essential records to research poor relief | Blanchard, Gill |
| Social history | Essential records to research poor relief | Blanchard, Gill |
| Sources | Essential records to research poor relief | Blanchard, Gill |
| Home decorating | Making a "Home Sweet Home" | Shrimpton, Jayne |
| Sources | Discover court records | Paton, Chris |
| Beginners | Discover court records | Paton, Chris |
| Justice system | Discover court records | Paton, Chris |
| Research skills | Family Tree Academy | |
| Family Tree Academy | Studying Tax documents | |
| Tax records | Studying Tax documents | |
| Death/burials | Studying Death Duty registers | |
| Palaeography skills | Old Bailey session of March 1850 | |
| Societies | North West Kent Family History Society | Weeks, Michael |
| DNA | Interpreting ethnicity | Wicks, Geoff |
| Personal story | Interpreting ethnicity | Wicks, Geoff |
| Websites | Tips and tricks to search the web | Jolly, Emma |
| Online research | Tips and tricks to search the web | Jolly, Emma |
| Personal story | The secret life of the Home guard Intelligence unit | Emm, Adèle |
| WW2 | The secret life of the Home guard Intelligence unit | Emm, Adèle |
| Unusual websites | One Place Study Directory | Goucher, Julie |
| Netherlands | Looking for Dutch ancestors | Boeren, John |
| Censuses | Why your ancestor is not in the census | Wills, Simon |
| Missing people | Why your ancestor is not in the census | Wills, Simon |
| Technical help | Techy tips for family historians | Carter, paul |
| Photographs | How to restore your old photos digitally | Bedford, Mike |
| Newspapers | The online British Newspaper Archive | Bellerby, Rachel |
| DNA | Practical advice to help you make sense of your DNA test results | Evans, Karen |
Articles in the October 2018 issue of Family Tree magazine…
| Subject | Article | Author |
|---|---|---|
| Sensitive family issues | To tell or not to tell ? | Cook, Kim |
| Women's lives | Two centuries of female ancestry: 8 generations | Barker, Bernard |
| Occupations | The working life of tailor ancestors | Amsel-Arieli, Melody |
| Clothing/Fashion | The working life of tailor ancestors | Amsel-Arieli, Melody |
| Research skills | Family Tree Academy | |
| Family Tree Academy | Studying manorial documents | |
| Palaeography skills | Admissions and Discharges Book from a workhouse, 1867 | |
| Research skills | Dig deeper online ! | Paton, Chris |
| Websites | Dig deeper online ! | Paton, Chris |
| Environment | The changing shape of britain | Shepheard, Wayne |
| Places | Lost communities | Shepheard, Wayne |
| Societies | Hillingdon Family History Society | Symons, John |
| Creating a website | Detailed advice on how to create a better website | Carter, Paul |
| Personal story | Investigating a murder | O'Sullivan, Patricia |
| Health | Your ancestors and the Black Death | Wills, Simon |
| Social history | Your ancestors and the Black Death | Wills, Simon |
| Interviews | Your ancestors and the Black Death | Wills, Simon |
| DNA | Practical advice to help you make sense of your DNA test results | Evans, Karen |
| Ethnicity | Practical advice to help you make sense of your DNA test results | Evans, Karen |
| Technical help | Techy tips for family historians | Carter, Paul |
| Unusual websites | Remembering Arctic Convoy veterans | Goucher, Julie |
Articles in the November 2018 issue of Family Tree magazine…
| Subject | Article | Author |
|---|---|---|
| History | Life after Armistice Day, 11 November 1918 | Gregson, Keith |
| WW1 | The Nation remembers | Lees, Diane |
| Interviews | The Nation remembers | Lees, Diane |
| Heirlooms | Decoding a death penny | Oseman, Keith |
| WW1 | Decoding a death penny | Oseman, Keith |
| Beginners | How to begin tracing your ancestors' war years | Tovey, Helen |
| Sources | How to begin tracing your ancestors' war years | Tovey, Helen |
| WW1 | How to begin tracing your ancestors' war years | Tovey, Helen |
| WW1 | Commemorating the Great War | Paton, Chris |
| Projects | Commemorating the Great War | Paton, Chris |
| WW1 | Maritime deaths in WW1 | Wills, Simon |
| Maritime research | Maritime deaths in WW1 | Wills, Simon |
| Societies | Suffolk Family History Society | Horton, Joan |
| Social history | Charity fundraising at the Home Front | Randall, Amanda |
| WW1 | Charity fundraising at the Home Front | Randall, Amanda |
| Clothing/Fashion | Fashion during the First Wolrd War | Shrimpton, Jayne |
| Research skills | Family Tree Academy | |
| Family Tree Academy | Studying Army service records | |
| Palaeography skills | A medical history sheet | |
| Maritime research | The importance of the Roayl navy during WW1 | Wills, Simon |
| Interviews | The importance of the Roayl navy during WW1 | Wills, Simon |
| WW1 | The importance of the Roayl navy during WW1 | Wills, Simon |
| DNA | Practical advice to help you make sense of your DNA test results | Evans, Karen |
| Technical help | Techy tips for family historians (get more from Google) | Carter, paul |
| Italy | The Golden Books 1915-1918 | Goucher, Julie |
| Unusual websites | The Golden Books 1915-1918 | Goucher, Julie |
Articles in the December 2018 issue of Family Tree magazine…
| Subject | Article | Author |
|---|---|---|
| Personal story | A history of children care | McBride, Bernadette |
| Normans | Did your ancestor come over with the Conqueror ? | Roberts, Steve |
| History | Did your ancestor come over with the Conqueror ? | Roberts, Steve |
| Beginners | 10 key points when researching your family history | Jenns, Katherine |
| Generalities | A sense of belonging: what is at the core of your identity | Soares, Charlotte |
| Websites | The marriage locator | Goucher, Julie |
| Marriages | The marriage locator | Goucher, Julie |
| Research skills | Some ideas to broaden your searches | Paton, Chris |
| Criminal lives | An ancestor transported to Australia | Watkins, Julie |
| Personal story | An ancestor transported to Australia | Watkins, Julie |
| Projects | A refreshing boost to your family history | Tovey, Helen |
| Research skills | Family Tree Academy | |
| Family Tree Academy | Studying a Royal naval service record | |
| Palaeography skills | A will dated 1857 | |
| Technical help | Techy tips for family historians (buying a new computer) | Carter, Paul |
| Archives | The Mills Archive in Reading | Wills, Simon |
| Interviews | The Mills Archive in Reading | Wills, Simon |
| Societies | Genealogical Society of Ireland | Conlon, Tom |
| Ireland | Genealogical Society of Ireland | Conlon, Tom |
| DNA | Practical advice to help you make sense of your DNA test results | Evans, Karen |
| Ethnicity | Why has my ethnicity estimate changed ? | Evans, Karen |
| WW1 | Ten rules that controlled everyday life on the Home front | Symes, Ruth A |
| Social history | Ten rules that controlled everyday life on the Home front | Symes, Ruth A |
| Letters | A letter from the Front, 1915 | Pook, Bev |
Articles in the Xmas 2018 issue of Family Tree magazine…
| Subject | Article | Author |
|---|---|---|
| Births | Where to find different types of indexes of registers held by the GRO (24 in all) | Wibberley, Christine |
| Marriages | Where to find different types of indexes of registers held by the GRO (24 in all) | Wibberley, Christine |
| Death/burials | Where to find different types of indexes of registers held by the GRO (24 in all) | Wibberley, Christine |
| Indexes | Where to find different types of indexes of registers held by the GRO (24 in all) | Wibberley, Christine |
| Personal story | Whatever happened to aunt Dorothy ? | Green, Theresa |
| Photographs | What type of images of an ancestor can you find in Archives | Brook, Diane |
| Gifts | Gift ideas for Christmas | Clare, Karen |
| Criminal records | Central Criminal Court records | Bellerby, Rachel |
| One-name studies | Undertaking a one-name study | Goucher, Julie |
| Surnames | What surnames tell about your family history | Goucher, Julie |
| Generalities | What happened in the ancestral world in 2018 | Paton, Chris |
| Research skills | Ideas for 12 days of a family history Christmas | Clare, Karen |
| Family Tree Academy | Challenges with different documents | |
| Research skills | Family Tree Academy | |
| South Africa | Some resources available for South Africa research | Wills, Simon + Warr, Sharon |
| Interviews | Some resources available for South Africa research | Wills, Simon + Warr, Sharon |
| Websites | South Africa genealogy | Wills, Simon + Warr, Sharon |
| Societies | Cornwall Family History Society | Smith, lawrence |
| DNA | Practical advice to help you make sense of your DNA test results | Evans, Karen |
| Technical help | Techy tips for family historians | Carter, paul |
| History | Life and work at Station X, Bletchley Park | Tovey, Helen + Byrne, Jonathan |
| WW2 | Life and work at Station X, Bletchley Park | Tovey, Helen + Byrne, Jonathan |
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