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Florence Pugh discovers heartbreaking connection with her ancestor on new family history TV programme
Acclaimed actor Florence Pugh made some remarkable family history discoveries - and enjoyed some tasty traditional British cooking - on new TV programme No Taste Like Home
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
In memory of sixties icon Marianne Faithfull who carried the scars of her family history
Sixties icon Marianne Faithfull is transported back to the Roaring Twenties to learn about her mother's early life in Berlin. However, as the singer discovers, the party didn't last forever...
"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
The best websites for finding Holocaust records
We look at the websites where you can trace the records of family members who were killed in the Holocaust
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
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
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
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
28,511 records transcribed on Transcription Tuesday
Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine readers transcribed 28,511 family history records at our Transcription Tuesday volunteer event
1.7m Second World War records to go online
The last woman sentenced to be executed for witchcraft in England may have survived, new evidence suggests
Over 180,000 records from Scotland’s Barlinnie prison go online
Over 180,000 historic records from Barlinnie prison in Glasgow have been added to ScotlandsPeople
How much does Findmypast cost?
What do family history website Findmypast's new Family Tree and Everything pricing structures mean, and how much do they cost?
Over one million Teesside parish records go online
A new collection over one million Teesside parish records has been added to Ancestry