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GENEALOGY COLUMNS

Atlantic Crossings NEW!
Helping people in America and Canada who are researching ancestors from the U.K.
by Philip Westwood

PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENT

Ancestry's United Kingdom and Ireland Collection
Seventy percent of Americans can trace their family history back to the United Kingdom or Ireland. Your site visitors can now subscribe to Ancestry's new UK/Ireland Collection, which includes over 50 million names from England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. More...

FEATURE ARTICLES

Using the PRO catalogue
The Public Record Office (PRO) is the central depository for national records stored in London.
by Peter Brown

British Strays in Canada
Canada is a land of countless 'strays,' after all we are, for the most part, a nation which was settled and developed by immigrants.
by Mary Kearns Trace

Easier Said Than Done—Some Practical Aspects of British Research
When to ask for help from someone in the UK, whom to ask, how to make the requests and how to pay for costs due are practical problems which come up repeatedly.
by Sherry Irvine, CGRS, FSA (Ancestry.com)

Using Directories for British Isles Research
Local directories contain large amounts of information about people and communities. I have used them extensively in British Isles research.
by Paul Milner (Ancestry.com)

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BOOK ANNOUNCEMENTS

Neither Waif Nor Stray
How could anyone steal a child's identity? Millions of Canadians, Americans, Britons, and Australians do not know they are related to each other.

Queen Victoria: A Personal History - British scholar Christopher Hibbert adds another engrossing volume to his long list of informative and entertaining histories and biographies.

Shadows of a Princess - With her beauty, modesty and charitable good works, she seemed the perfect addition to bring the Royal Family into the 21st century.

SPECIALTY SERVICES

Welsh Genealogy Photography Requests
I decided to put together my two hobbies, genealogy and photography. This idea came to mind while I was tracing my own family history.