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Family History

Who we are is where we come from. Watch Video Nation films exploring the theme of genealogy in a series of personal stories of discovery.

Find out more about family history with BBC History.




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26 Mar 2007
FAMILY HISTORY
Clive Wedderburn
3.46 mins
Clive is researching his family history and his connection with the slave trade.



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01 May 2007
DAD
Marilyn Mann
2.25 mins
Marilyn Mann has discovered a box of objects representing the life of her father.



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14 Mar 2007
FAMILY MATTERS
Cedric Barber
4.17 mins
Finding out about his family history has had a big impact on Cedric Barber's life.



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23 May 1996
ATTIC
Nina Michael
2.05 mins
Nina delves in her grandparents' attic. There she finds a photograph album with pictures of the family when they lived in Nicosia.



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01 Aug 2005
POP MAYNARD
Theresa Berry
2.41 mins
Theresa tells us why people in the Copthorne area of Sussex are called 'yellowbellies'.



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01 Jan 2007
OUR JIMMY
John Battye
1.57 mins
When John decided to find out about his Great Uncle who died in World War 1 he didn't realise how difficult it would be.



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17 Mar 2006
MEETING WALLY
Marjorie Horer
2.43 mins
Marjorie was married to Wally for 58 years. But it wasn't until he died that she found out about his hidden past.



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04 Oct 2006
REMO'S STORY
Remo Sidoli
3.48 mins
Remo runs a restaurant in Porthcawl. He is the first generation of the family to be born and bred in Wales.



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27 Mar 1997
TREE
Dorothy Alderson
2.02 mins
Dorothy meets a distant cousin for the very first time. She found him through her genealogical research.



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12 Mar 2007
ADDRESS TO HER OWN SEX
Jo Teakle
3.28 mins
Dr Josephine Teakle discovered her family has links with the abolition of slavery movement through her great great great grandmother.



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01 Mar 2007
BOTH SIDES OF SLAVERY
Julia Titus
4.38 mins
Julia is mixed race and she has connections to both sides of the slave trade.



 



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