History
Family History
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Get started
Learn the basics you'll need to get started on your own research, from drawing up your family tree to exploring the archives.
- What's In a Name: Your Link to the Past
- What's your WW1 story?
- Before you start your family tree
- Getting started on your family tree
- Construct your family tree
- To Pay or Not To Pay: Genealogy websites
- Record Sheets
- Working in Archives
Next steps
Mastered the basics? Learn how to overcome frustrating dead ends and take on specialist and international research.
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Research timelines
Easy-to-use tools for delving into four fascinating areas of your family history.
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Who Do You Think You Are?
Nick Hewer discovers how his family's fortunes were shaped by the English Civil War
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Who Do You Think...?
Nigel Havers' roots prove very different from his usual upper class roles
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Who Do You Think...?
Actress Una Stubbs sets out to discover the story of her paternal grandparents
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Tracing Your Roots
Radio 4 series exploring the practice of researching family history
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Secrets of the Castle
Historian Ruth Goodman and archaeologists Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold turn the clock back to learn the skills of medieval castle builders.
