Showing posts with label Magazines. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Magazines. Show all posts

Thursday, March 14, 2024

Family Tree UK Magazine

The latest issue of Family Tree UK magazine is now available free online for Campaspe Library members via our subscription to Libby eMagazines.

Inside this month's issue : 

  • How to make the most of your genealogy time!
  • Discovering DNA in landmark anniversary year
  • A spring challenge for Chris Paton
  • Create a biography of your ancestor in just a few clicks
  • Halton, Runcorn and Widnes records now available on Deceased Online
  • FindMyPast names new managing director
  • Find your postal ancestors for free
  • New appointments at Society of Genealogists
  • Strathclyde Institute for Genealogical Studies is 1!
  • Research Logs
  • Bill Everley's war
  • Educating a nation
  • Researching 19th Century Merchant Seamen
  • Preserving your family history photos after scanning
  • The Tichborne Case
  • Original Wills & the Ministry of Justice's Consultation
  • Tracing Female Ancestors with Ancestry

Monday, March 4, 2024

Family Tree US Magazine

The latest issue of Family Tree US magazine is now available free online for Campaspe Library members via our subscription to Libby eMagazines. 

Inside this month's issue :

  • Ancestry.com Pro Tools
  • Original UK Wills in Danger
  • New Features at MyHeritage
  • Re-Discovering Memories
  • Sister, Sister
  • Where should you “plant” your family tree?
  • The Next Steps - DNA
  • Kissing Cousins - history of cousin marriage
  • Find Your U.S. Ancestors
  • May the Road Rise to Meet You - Irish Genealogy Research.
  • Where in the World?
  • Estate Records
  • Building a Family Tree at Geni
  • Saving Hair Keepsakes
  • Help Resources at the Big Genealogy Websites
  • Y-DNA and Surnames
  • Online FamilyTreeTracker
  • ANCESTRYDNA

Saturday, March 2, 2024

Who Do You Think You Are Magazine

The latest issue of Who Do You Think You Are magazine is now available free online for Campaspe Library members via our subscription to Libby eMagazines.

Inside this month's issue: 

  • Money-saving tips How to make your money go further while researching your family tree
  • For Evermore Discover a new project to commemorate Commonwealth soldiers killed in the World Wars
  • Evacuees The stories of the children evacuated during the Second World War
  • True stories Including a family connection to Franklin's doomed Arctic expedition
  • Merchant Navy relatives Where to find their records online
  • Lancashire family history Our complete guide to 'the Red Rose County'
  • And more...

Thursday, February 22, 2024

Traces Magazine

Edition 24 of Australian history and genealogy magazine Traces is now available free online for Campaspe Library members via our subscription to Libby eMagazines.

Inside this month's issue: 

  • Heritage news
  • St Patrick’s Cathedral, Melbourne
  • Finding the Throssell Sword
  • Colonel Gibbes: bigamist or impostor?
  • The fortress and the castle - Defending the nation
  • Affairs of honour
  • Unearthing graveyard clues
  • Memories of a Melbourne childhood
  • What’s that thingamajig?
  • Elizabeth Morrow versus colonial misogyny
  • Old Colonist mosaics inscripted
  • ‘Bandicooting’ and other phrases
  • What’s new online?
  • Exploring Hill End Historic Site

Thursday, February 8, 2024

Family Tree UK Magazine

The latest issue of Family Tree UK magazine is now available free online for Campaspe Library members via our subscription to Libby eMagazines.

Inside this month's issue : 

  • MyHeritage becomes the first family history company to use conversational AI for genealogy
  • Almost 400,000 individuals available to search on the 1939 Register
  • Ready for RootsTech 2024!
  • Petition to save the wills
  • 80 million people added to the world’s largest family tree at FamilySearch
  • Discovering a whole new heritage via DNA
  • New online genealogy encyclopaedia with the release of MyHeritage Wiki
  • 1931 Census of Canada available to explore for free at FamilySearch
  • Medieval Ancestors with Chris Paton
  • Enhance your family history with Maps, photos & tax records
  • And more...

 

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Who Do You Think You Are Magazine

The latest issue of Who Do You Think You Are magazine is now available free online for Campaspe Library members via our subscription to Libby eMagazines.

Inside this month's issue: 

  • Workhouse records Our complete guide to tracing your ancestor in the workhouse
  • Bigamy How to trace ancestors who married twice
  • Tuberculosis The story of one of the deadliest diseases of Victorian Britain
  • Travel and passenger lists Tracing ancestors who emigrated overseas
  • The Holocaust Where to find records of the genocide online
  • Kent Our complete guide to family history records in the county
  • And more...

 

Thursday, January 18, 2024

Family Tree UK

The latest issue of Family Tree UK magazine is now available free online for Campaspe Library members via our subscription to Libby eMagazines.

Inside this month's issue : 

  • Society of Genealogists new premises now open to the public
  • Destruction of post-1858 Wills of England and Wales proposed
  • Unlock the power of stories - RootsTech's social media challenge
  • Ancestor Photos shed a spotlight on individual lives
  • Quest for a permanent home for Folklore Collection
  • Library move for Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain
  • Your family's story - in your own book
  • Trace your criminal ancestors: Scottish prison register entries reach 500,000 mark
  • Family history: Health and wellbeing survey
  • Researching East Indiamen
  • And more

Tuesday, January 2, 2024

Who Do You Think You Are Magazine

The latest issue of Who Do You Think You Are magazine is now available free online for Campaspe Library members via our subscription to Libby eMagazines.

Inside this month's issue: 

  • 12 Christmas projects 12 fun ways to build your family tree over the Christmas period
  • Christmas quiz Try out these family history brainteasers
  • Reader story Mary Jones' seven-year-old relative was arrested for stealing coal
  • The history of Christmas dinner What did our ancestors eat at a festive feast?
  • Old newspapers How to use newspapers in family history research
  • London ancestors Our complete guide to tracing your family history in the capital
  • And more...

 

Friday, December 15, 2023

Family Tree UK Magazine

The latest issue of Family Tree UK magazine is now available free online for Campaspe Library members via our subscription to Libby eMagazines.

Inside this month's issue :

  • Scottish Women’s Land Army records now available online - from ScotlandsPeople
  • RootsTech 2024 first keynote speaker announced - Lynne M. Jackson, author, and president and founder of the Dred Scott Heritage Foundation.
  • Millions of military records • From the Crimean War to the battlefields of World War I on FindMyPast.
  • A passion for stories - A new platform for sharing family history stories offers its members the chance to come together to pool ideas and learn from each other
  • My family’s graves and how I found them - from Gaynor Haliday.
  • Schwedersky – how we discovered an unknown East Prussian ancestry
  • A Gingerbread story • Charlotte Soares takes us a on a seasonal look back at the story of ginger and its many uses.
  • Living in Georgian splendour - Gill Shaw keeps digging…
  • The nature and uses of memoir and storytelling - Emma Jolly concludes her family history series. 
  • And more...

Friday, December 8, 2023

Who Do You Think You Are Magazine

The latest issue of Who Do You Think You Are magazine is now available free online for Campaspe Library members via our subscription to Libby eMagazines.

Inside this month's issue: 

  • 12 Christmas projects 12 fun ways to build your family tree over the Christmas period
  • Christmas quiz Try out these family history brainteasers
  • Reader story Mary Jones' seven-year-old relative was arrested for stealing coal
  • The history of Christmas dinner What did our ancestors eat at a festive feast?
  • Old newspapers How to use newspapers in family history research
  • London ancestors Our complete guide to tracing your family history in the capital
  • And more

 

Saturday, December 2, 2023

Family Tree US Magazine

The latest issue of Family Tree US magazine is now available free online for Campaspe Library members via our subscription to Libby eMagazines. 

Inside this month's issue :  

  • 23andMe Data Breach
  • 2024 Virtual Genealogy Conferences
  • Living History - Building ancestral homes gives one woman a hands-on family history experience.
  • The Year Ahead - 366 genealogy tips will make 2024 your best research year yet.
  • FAQs - Go back to the basics with these answers to common genealogy questions.
  • What Kind of Cousins Are We?
  • Genealogy Mythology
  • Types of DNA Tests
  • Getting he Picture - Unlock the clues hiding in your family photos.
  • Passenger Lists
  • Preserving Scrapbooks
  • Small Ethnicity Estimates
  • Civil War Genealogy
  • And more

Monday, November 20, 2023

Who Do You Think You Are Magazine

The latest issue of Who Do You Think You Are magazine is now available free online for Campaspe Library members via our subscription to Libby eMagazines.

Inside this month's issue: 

  • Break down walls with DNA How to use DNA testing to trace missing ancestors 
  • Disaster strikes Tracing your family in times of misfortune and crisis
  • Reader story Gethin Matthews found three brothers' letters from the First World War
  • Musicians How to find performing ancestors online
  • Celebrating Your Projects Kelly Horsley explored her Romany family history
  • The Highland Clearances The story of a Scottish tragedy
  • And more

Thursday, November 16, 2023

Family Tree UK Magazine

The latest issue of Family Tree UK magazine is now available free online for Campaspe Library members via our subscription to Libby eMagazines.

Inside this month's issue :  

  • Gone! Just like that...
  • New regions added to Ancestry DNA ethnicities
  • Midlands region family history show: new for 2024
  • New archive research centre to open in Lancaster
  • 18th-century Map of Kent reproduced for modern-day collectors
  • AGRA conference a ‘resounding success’
  • Mary Rose Museum welcomes special visitors for anniversary day
  • New ‘Wonderlab’ aims to draw on railway heritage to inspire future engineers
  • Find My Past : master game-changing tips
  • Surname clues
  • A lasting mark: intergenerational trauma

Thursday, November 2, 2023

Famiy Tree US Magazine

The latest issue of Family Tree US magazine is now available free online for Campaspe Library members via our subscription to Libby eMagazines. 

Inside this month's issue :  

  • Ancestry.com Updates: Fans, Dogs and DNA
  • New Project : 10 Million Names
  • DNA and Privacy • GEDmatch breach renews concerns about DNA and law enforcement
  • Fine Print • Celebrate and share your ancestors by printing a family tree.
  • Types of Family Trees • During the course of your research, you’ve probably encountered a few different styles of family trees.
  • Stories Worth Telling • Learn how to adapt family letters, journals and other documents into easy-to-read narratives that relatives will love.
  • Stronger Together • These four steps will help you find and meaningfully help genealogy groups in our post-pandemic world.
  • Smart Photos • MyHeritage has made headlines for its library of AI-assisted photo tools.
  • Season’s readings • New genealogy book releases.
  • The Tin Age • Age, photo format, and clothing are just the starting points for identifying a subject.
  • Saving Family Papers
  • Scandinavian Genealogy
  • And more..... 

Monday, October 23, 2023

Who Do You Think You Are Magazine

The latest issue of Who Do You Think You Are magazine is now available free online for Campaspe Library members via our subscription to Libby eMagazines.

Inside this month's issue: 

  • Research the women in your family tree with Who Do You Think You Are? genealogist Laura Berry 
  • Find free parish records online How Online Parish Clerks are opening up records for everyone
  • Guilds and freemen Find records online and in the archives
  • 17th-century family Trace your roots back to the 1600s
  • Research army officers Find more records about your military kin
  • Cambridgeshire family history Everything you need to know to research your ancestry in the county

Tuesday, October 17, 2023

Family Tree UK Magazine

The latest issue of Family Tree UK magazine is now available free online for Campaspe Library members via our subscription to Libby eMagazines.

Inside this month's issue : 

  • Where would we be without them?
  • ‘Stolen’ adoptee reunites with his birth family thanks to DNA
  • World Heritage status for 51 Commonwealth war cemeteries and memorials
  • New archives partnership releases two million Worcestershire records
  • Herculaneum scrolls: A 20-year journey to read the unreadable
  • How comfortable are we discussing death with family members?
  • RootsTech 2024 registration is now open
  • Sources, Evidence and Proof : What is proof?
  • Imagine… one single family tree in the world
  • The Granddad I never knew
  • Friends,Associates & Neighbours
  • The 1868 Bradford Election
  • And more.....

Friday, October 13, 2023

Traces Magazine

Edition 24 of Australian histroy and genealogy magazine Traces is now available free online for Campaspe Library members via our subscription to Libby eMagazines.

Inside this month's issue: 

  • Heritage news
  • The Hero of Waterloo Hotel, Sydney
  • A history of Sydney Harbour
  • Sideshow Barkers
  • Acts of bravery – lives saved at sea
  • Finding skeletons in the closet
  • Researching Chinese-Australian family history
  • How famous ancestors can grow your family tree
  • Minnie Berrington’s opal dreams
  • The Admiralty Islets diorama
  • ‘Wait awhile’ in Western Australia
  • What’s new online?
  • The iconic Australian worker’s cottage

 

Monday, September 25, 2023

Who Do You Think You Are Magazine

The latest issue of Who Do You Think You Are magazine is now available free online for Campaspe Library members via our subscription to Libby eMagazines.

Inside this month's issue:  

  • House history Melanie Backe-Hansen from A House Through Time explains how to research the history of your home
  • The future of family history societies
 What do family history societies do, and are they under threat?
  • Reader story Ian Cooper's ancestors were Victorian policemen
  • Military medals
 How to discover what medals your ancestors were awarded online
  • The history of rationing How our ancestors ate during the Second World War
  • Somerset family history Everything you need to know to research your ancestry in the county
  • And more.....

Friday, September 15, 2023

Family Tree UK Magazine

The latest issue of Family Tree UK magazine is now available free online for Campaspe Library members via our subscription to Libby eMagazines.

Inside this month's issue :  

  • Supercharge your search: evidence discussed
  • Notice the witnesses : keep an eye out for the names of our wider family
  • 26 top tips! Find out how to use MyHeritage better
  • DNA Workshop : with DNA advisor Karen Evans
  • The power of memories
  • Using wills
  • Spotlight on... The Railways: Work, Life & Death Project
  • Preserving your family’s oral history
  • Orphan to heiress
  • Flamborough lives : the Flamborough Lighthouse and its people
  • Thoughts on... : Diane Lindsay firmly believes we need to learn the lessons of the past, and reminds us that forgiving is not forgetting

Saturday, September 2, 2023

Family Tree US Magazine

The latest issue of Family Tree US magazine is now available free online for Campaspe Library members via our subscription to Libby eMagazines.  

Inside this month's issue :  

  • New Partnerships for NGS
  • 1931 Census of Canada
  • Now Online : English and Welsh Vital Records
  • Family Oktoberfest
  • Importing a GEDCOM
  • Tips for Building Family Trees
  • Middle Management : Don’t stop at first and last names—your ancestor’s middle name (if they had one) can provide valuable clues.
  • Between the Lines : Despite its importance, the US census can come riddled with genealogical errors. Here’s how to avoid them.
  • Find Your U.S. Ancestors
  • Reformation : Huge collections of German church records are now online and expanding. Find, interpret and use them in your research with these tips.
  • Finding Your Ancestor’s Hometown
  • Church Record Search Strategies
  • A Nation of Immigrants: legal restrictions your immigrant ancestors faced when coming to the United States.
  • Subject: UnidenTINfied • Period clothing in a tintype casts the subject’s identity into doubt.
  • Church Records
  • Browsing Records in FamilySearch Historical Images
  • Saving Watches and Timepieces
  • Germanic Alphabet Chart • Compare three styles of German script: Fraktur, Sütterlin and Kurrent.
  • And more...