As shown by the banner on the cover, this issue celebrates the 20th anniversary of the WDYTYA programme on BBC TV.
Bringing Family History to Life
The new series producer for Who Do You Think You Are?
reveals what to expect from the latest episodes. Looks like much the same!
20 Favourite Moments
From Danny Dyer to Dame Judi Dench, we look back at the greatest moments. They’re compiled on YouTube.
They Went Through Hell
Having provided the research for actor Vicky McClure’s
WDYTYA episode, Michael Hurst tells the full story of the Allied prisoners’ experiences in Taiwan’s POW camps.
The Irish Famine
WDYTYA? genealogist Nicola Morris explains the causes and effects of the Famine, and the resources available to research ancestors who were affected.
The Pupil Pioneers
In a short article, Ruth A Symes explains the gradual introduction of compulsory education, and what schools were really like for pupils in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Recommended.
Best Websites & Around Britain
Jonathan Scott chooses the essential free online
resources to research forebears in the Royal Navy. In a second article, he covers the latest news on the resources | for family historians with roots in Bedfordshire
Record Masterclass’ RAF WW2 Combat Reports
Simon Fowler explains how to read digitized accounts of
RAF pilots’ dogfights during the Second World War. Available records are in TNA series AIR 50 reporting on Hurricanes and Spitfires fighting with the Luftwaffe’s Messerschmitt fighters and Heinkel bombers during the Battle of Britain.
Tech Tips
Nick Peers describes step by step how to locate a relation’s home on old maps available online through the National Library of Scotland.
Around Britain
Jonathan Scott reveals the latest news on the resources |
for family historians with roots in Bedfordshire.
Book Notice
A recent Pen and Sword book, Who Were The Real Oliver Twists? Childhood Poverty in Victorian London, by Lynn Hamilton graphically depicts the reality of life for many Victorian children and the hardships that they were
forced to endure.
It’s a shame the program isn’t available in Canada. Or did I miss something?