Who Do You Think You Are – February 2022
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By the time you will be reading this magazine (hopefully somewhere nice and comfy with a hot cup of tea), the 1921 census for England and Wales will be online. On page 28 we
provide background to the census, but we couldn’t give any previews because even we weren’t allowed a sneaky peek before we went to press. Please do share your discoveries with us – we would love to hear what you find out about your 1920s family.
This month also sees the launch of our sixth annual Transcription Tuesday event with some fascinating projects lined up (page 24). And to help you decipher some of those tricky words we have asked experienced palaeographer Judith Batchelor to share her tips on page 16. We will also be adding extra support and tutorials to our website to help you transcribe, so come and join us on 1 February and let’s make it our biggest ever ‘give-back to genealogy’ day!
We also have some handy practical advice including a ‘Record Masterclass’ (page 56) by our columnist Alan Crosby on land-tax records (who knew so many were now online?), and an article about getting the most out of newspapers now that the British Library and Findmypast are making millions of pages free to access (page 63). Finally, if you were given a DNA test kit for Christmas, you can learn
Sarah Williams Editor
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