Before we head out of the office for the festive season, everyone at Your Family Tree wishes you all a very merry Christmas!
We hope that you get lots of nice surprises and that 2008 will be a great year for your family history research!
Thursday December 20, 2007 Happy Christmas from Your Family Tree
Before we head out of the office for the festive season, everyone at Your Family Tree wishes you all a very merry Christmas!
We hope that you get lots of nice surprises and that 2008 will be a great year for your family history research!
Monday December 17, 2007 Win a day with a genealogist
Win a day in the company of professional family historian in this month’s Your Family Tree competition.
The winner will spend a day in London’s top archives with researcher Paul Blake, seeking out documents and will have the opportunity to knock down any brick-walls in their research.
If you’re successful you can arrange a day to meet up with Paul in the capital; he’s based there so you’ll have to be able to travel there.
To have a chance of winning this exclusive prize just answer the following question:
Which of the following is NOT shown on a birth certificate?
[A] The child’s name
[B] The child’s sex
[C] The child’s occupation
Send your entry via email to yftcompetitions@futurenet.co.uk, headed ‘Researcher Competition’ or post it to Researcher Competition, Your Family Tree, 30 Monmouth Street, Bath, BA1 2BW. Include your address and phone number. Closing date for entries is 7 January 2007. Click here to view the Terms and Conditions.
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Wednesday December 12, 2007 Get your family reunion on TV!
Have you or any members of your family got a reunion planned?
If so, the BBC want to hear from you. They are looking for people interested in reuniting their extended family to feature in a new program on the subject.
If you are interested in an all expenses paid weekend of festivities with your loved ones, contact Annabel from Blast! Films on 020 7267 4260 or aborthwick@blastfilms.co.uk.
If so, the BBC want to hear from you. They are looking for people interested in reuniting their extended family to feature in a new program on the subject.
If you are interested in an all expenses paid weekend of festivities with your loved ones, contact Annabel from Blast! Films on 020 7267 4260 or aborthwick@blastfilms.co.uk.
Monday December 10, 2007 Issue 59 on sale now!
Issue 59 of Your Family Tree
is on sale now! This month we show you how to best utilise your computer to make the most out of your family research. We also explain the meanings of surnames and how to backup and protect your
family history data with Genie Backup Manager Professional 8, which is one of the many fantastic applications on your free CD. 
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At 100 pages, and selling for £4.99, issue 59 of Your Family Tree is great value for money. Pick up your copy today, or buy online by clicking here
YFT 48 Computer Science PDF
As promised in our Computer Science section in Issue 59, here is the PDF file from YFT 48!
Explaining how to use Audacity to incorporate sound files into your family history research, the PDF should be most useful in your efforts to make a family history podcast as explained in the latest issue!
Just click here to access the PDF and good luck with your podcasts!
Explaining how to use Audacity to incorporate sound files into your family history research, the PDF should be most useful in your efforts to make a family history podcast as explained in the latest issue!
Just click here to access the PDF and good luck with your podcasts!
Thursday November 29, 2007 10 million burial records online
UK family history website findmypast.com has announced that the National Burial Index has been added to its extensive online collection.
The index, which contains over 10 million entries, contains data on burials for England and Wales between 1538 and 2005, with each burial containing full name, date, age at death, county, parish and the church or chapel where the burial took place.
“We are very excited that we have been able to gather together so many local, quality records which pre-date 1837 and present them at findmypast.com”, commented the Commercial Director of findmypast.com, Elaine Collins.
“Now family history enthusiasts will be able to extend their family tree further back from the comfort of their own home - even if they live overseas. Who knows, they might find ancestors who were contemporaries of Henry VIII.”
The index which currently resides at Family History Online, will be transferred to its new home over the next few months, and be available to findmypast.com subscribers.
Tuesday November 13, 2007 Get YFT delivered to your door
Get yourself or a friend a subscription to YFT for Christmas
If you are using this website and you don't already have a subscription to Your Family Tree, then what are you waiting for? Surely you need your monthly dose of great articles, case studies and expert advice on family history research? There are very important benefits to subscribing, and it's easy to do so online.
1 - Save money on the shop price of the magazine.
2 - Each issue is 100 pages - larger than any competitor.
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To take out our online subscription offer online click here. Alternatively, look in the latest issue of the magazine for subscription details off the page.
Issue 58 on sale now!!
Issue 58 of Your Family Tree
is on sale now! This month is a Parish Records special, with comprehensive guides on how to make the most out of early family history resources. We also explain how to uncover BMDs and share your family history online with NetObjects Fusion 9, which is on your jam-packed CD. And if that wasn't enough, you get a complete Family History Glossary absolutely free!
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At 100 pages, and selling for £4.99, issue 58 of Your Family Tree is great value for money. Pick up your copy today, or buy online by clicking here
Wednesday October 31, 2007 Issue 57 On Sale!!
Issue 57 of Your Family Tree
is on sale now! This month features our experts' top 100 Research Tips. We also show you how to organise a family reunion, help you make the most out of Family Tree Maker 2008 and search Assize Court records to find criminals in your family.
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At 100 pages, and selling for £4.99, issue 57 of Your Family Tree is great value for money. Pick up your copy today, or buy online by clicking here
Wednesday August 15, 2007 New look Genesreunited?
Genesreunited are trialing a new look and are asking people to let them
know what they think. Take a look and pass on your thoughts by
selecting the new look link on the right hand side of their usual page.
So far, our forum members are rather impressed.
Wednesday August 08, 2007 Issue 54 out now!
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Get your hands on the latest issue of Your Family Tree! Packed full of useful advice to help you trace your ancestors including... Your Photo Mysteries Solved! Find out how you can use your old family photos to help you with your research. Discover Your Fishy Forebears The lives of fisher folk and all the records they left behind. FREE records at Familyrelatives Find your ancestors overseas using the revamped website. |
Tuesday July 10, 2007 Issue 53 on sale now
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Issue 53 of Your Family Tree
is on sale now! This month features an 'access all areas' guide to The
National Archives. We also advise you on where to look for your family
treasures, how to approach research using tax records, and how to set
about locating WWI ancestors online
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At 100 pages, and selling for £4.99, issue 53 of Your Family Tree is great value for money. Pick up your copy today, or buy online by clicking
Free, online family tree software
Family historians will be pleased to hear about the launch of a new, free, online family tree software, Family Tree Builder, by Findmypast.com. Lead developer Matt Garner from top US genealogy firm PedigreeSoft pointed out that they had designed the programme to “adapt to the needs of the professional genealogist but also to be intuitive to the beginner.”
The software enables you to create a tree from scratch or upload a GEDCOM file exported from any existing family tree programme. This will allow the user to “store all [his] source details and notes, photos and memorabilia in one place while providing full reporting, tree-building capability”. The current beta version is available free on the website now, although further enhancements and features will be added during the next couple of months. In addition, there are already plans to introduce enhanced, paid options with extra storage and capabilities later in the year.
To find out more about Family Tree Builder, go to the Findmypast.com website.
Access to nearly 1300 Telephone Directories online
With Ancestry.co.uk's third British telephone book release you can now gain online access to neary 1,300 telephone directories. These run from the very first published in 1800, right through to 1984 and the arrival of privatisation. The directories contain near full coverage of England, and there is also significant Scottish, Welsh and Irish content.
As they were updated on average every 12-18 months they are extremely useful for tracing ancestors in between census years. The phone books also contain an advertisement section which may be of interest to those with businessmen ancestors.
To browse the records, go to the Ancestry.co.uk website.
