Rosemary Collins
Features Editor
Rosemary Collins is the Features Editor for Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine.
Recent articles by Rosemary Collins
The best special offers and discounts for family historians
Don't miss discounts on DNA tests and tickets to The Family History Show Midlands with our special offers roundup
The best genealogy courses available now
Discover how to learn family history skills with our pick of the best online and correspondence genealogy courses
Florence Pugh, Awkwafina and more trace their family and culinary history in new travel TV series No Taste Like Home
Discover mouthwatering new family history TV series No Taste Like Home, starring Florence Pugh, Awkwafina and more
The line of succession: What is it, how has it changed, and how to tell if you're in the line of succession
Who is next in line to the throne? Find out with our guide to Britain's royal line of succession
How did our ancestors celebrate royal coronations?
Catherine Curzon traces the history of British coronation traditions, from street parties to the first televised coronation
How poverty drove thousands of women to sell sex on the streets of Victorian Britain
Prostitutes in Victorian Britain were the victims of double standards, poverty and arrests
Meet the real Austen family behind the BBC's Miss Austen
Discover the different characters in the BBC's new drama Miss Austen, and who they were in the real life of Jane Austen
"The need to defend the truth has been given new urgency": Thousands of Holocaust records go online
The Wiener Holocaust Library has launched Wiener Digital Collections, a new digital portal
60 years on from this death, watch this moving video of Sir Winston Churchill's funeral
This historic film from 1965 captures Winston Churchill's coffin being carried down the steps of St Paul's Cathedral
Genealogy company offers learning opportunity for young genealogist
Wiltshire-based family history company Family Wise is offering one young genealogist the chance to visit its business
1921 census released on Ancestry
Family history website Ancestry published the 1921 census records for England and Wales on 7 January 2025
Children at play, a state of emergency, and Charlie Chaplin: These historic films show what life was like in Britain in 1921
To celebrate the release of the 1921 census on Ancestry, we share some historic films of Britain in 1921
Proposals to destroy original wills overturned after public outcry
The Ministry of Justice has announced it will not proceed with controversial proposals to digitise post-1858 wills and destroy the originals
When was the 1921 census taken?
When was the 1921 census taken? Where can you find the records? And what do they show you? We answer your questions about the latest family history resource
The 1921 census - everything you need to know!
The 1921 census for England and Wales is now available online. Here is everything you need to know about the 1921 census including how to access it and what it will tell you.
The tragic story behind this newly-discovered sketch by Britain's greatest pantomime dame
Researchers at the University of Kent have discovered a sketch by music hall artist and pantomime dame Dan Leno
Scottish archives portal launches
The Scottish Council on Archives has launched Your Scottish Archives, a new portal offering access to archive catalogues in Scotland
Railway 200 finds family who have worked on railways for 178 years
Railway 200, the 200th anniversary celebration of the birth of the modern railway, is searching for the family with the longest continuous history of railway service in the UK
Dame Judi Dench on Who Do You Think You Are?: Everything you need to know
Legendary actor Judi Dench traced her family history on Who Do You Think You Are? - but could she find a link to Shakespeare?
RootsTech: What is it, and when is it taking place in 2025?
Everything you need to know about RootsTech, the world’s largest online and in person family history conference
Ancestry reveals 12 questions to ask your elderly relatives this Christmas
Family history website Ancestry has revealed 12 questions to ask your elderly relatives this Christmas to find out more about their lives
Does a new discovery in an ancient will finally reveal the fate of the Princes in the Tower?
A copy of a 16th-century will in The National Archives provides an extraordinary clue about the disappearance of the Princes in the Tower
Over 50,000 historic RNLI records go online for free
Remarkable drawings from artist’s First World War scrapbook go online
Findmypast has published an illustrated scrapbook by First World War soldier Henry Page