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The October issue of Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine will be on sale from Tuesday 7 September. Here's a look at what's on offer...

 

 

Cover story

Alexander Armstrong
We talk to the comedian about his amazing heritage and reveal how to research your own Civil War ancestors

 

+ Also inside

Children of the workhouse
Discover how they lived and how to research your poorhouse forebears

The future of The National Archives
We guide you through their new test website, giving you the chance to have your say on its online future

Hospital records
How these valuable documents may help you learn more about your infirm ancestors

Hearth tax
How to use Hearth Tax records to track down your kin

Your town in... the inter-war years
Spot the clues that tell you about your area between the wars in the first of a new series

 

On your free CD

Somerset ancestors
Find your family from the region with the thousands of records packed onto our free cover CD

 

Issue details

Have a comment or query about the October issue?
Have your say on our forums, or email Matt Elton at mattelton@bbcmagazines.com

 

On Sale Date: 
Tuesday 7th September
Issue Number: 
39

 

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Alan Crosby's family history research diary: shady characters

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Roads into the past

Our monthly blogger Alan Crosby sets off on a historical journey across the moors of Cheshire and Derbyshire

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At home with the ancestors

Our regular columnist Alan Crosby takes a trip thousands of years into the past to explore what home life may have been like for our distant ancestors

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