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UK census records are a crucial family history resource, but when was the census taken and where can you find census records including free census websites?
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What are merchant seamen crew lists, and where can you find them? Naval historian Dr Simon Wills reveals how to trace an ancestor who served in the Merchant Navy
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First Dates maître d' Fred Sirieix traced his family through the history of France on Who Do You Think You Are?
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