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The adorable letters children wrote to Santa at Christmas decades ago

From socks without holes to Tom Jones - wonderful messages kids sent Father Christmas have been unearthed from the archives

Wales Online

What helped ID Joseph Augustus Zarelli? His mother's family dabbles in genetic genealogy

PHILADELPHIA — It's the ultimate rabbit hole of hobbies: genetic genealogy.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Ancestry CEO’s advice: don’t be ‘reactionary’ in the downturn, those who prepare will emerge stronger

Former Meta executive and chief executive officer of Ancestry.com Deb Liu addressed the gloomy economic climate the private company is facing.

Fortune

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More than half of Brits learn something new about a family member after they die

Nearly half said the discovery made them feel closer to their late relative - but a quarter regret not asking more about their life when they had the chance

Daily Mirror

More than half of Brits have learned something new about a family member after they died

Nearly half said the discovery made them feel closer to their late relative - but a quarter regret not asking more about their life when they had the chance

Wales Online

Access wartime records for free as poignant poem to commemorate Remembrance is unveiled

Ancestry partnered with acclaimed poet Nikita Gill to produce a powerful new poem, Who You Are

Wales Online

I saw Sharon’s photo in my family tree and yelled, ‘Oh my god, that’s the lady from the office!’

When looking through her DNA matches from a genealogy test kit, Hannah Masterson spotted a familiar face: her colleague Sharon Anderson, who turned out to be a long-lost relative

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Discover your ancestors' wartime efforts in new Women's Land Army archive

A new collection of more than 90,000 digitised cards has been published online for the first time

Wales Online

Your family photos could be put on display at the National Portrait Gallery

Ancestry and the National Portrait Gallery have teamed up for The Nation's Family Album

Wales Online

Win a deep dive into your family history with Ancestry including a DNA test

We've teamed up with Ancestry to offer a fantastic all-access genealogy prize as it launches access to millions of historic UK newspaper pages

Belfast Live

Adopted woman meets birth family after 43 years following £68 DNA test

Louisa Hale, now 60, only found out she was adopted when a friend of her mum 'spilt the beans'

Manchester Evening News

Two-thirds Of Americans Want To Know More About Their Family History

A recent survey of 2,113 U.S. adults found that there is a massive knowledge gap in more recent family history.

Zenger

1950 Census records made public, offering ‘unique peek into our nation’s past’ — and into the homes of Grandma and Grandpa

The records - contained in a free database - will help genealogists, historians and anyone interested in learning more about their own family ancestry.

Chicago Sun-Times

The amazing and tragic stories found in my family history from online newspaper archive

From tragic deaths to bizarre incidents - an online archive of millions of old newspaper pages could help you unearth a wealth of stories about your ancestors

Wales Online

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The Independent UK

'Gold mine' of census records being released from 1950

Genealogists and historians can get a microscopic look at sweeping historical trends when individual records from the 1950 census are released this week

Daily Mirror

5 Best ancestry DNA test kits (2022): Discover your family history and who you really are

If you've ever wondered if there was more to your family's history, or maybe you're just curious to know who you are in more detail - if that's you, read on as we've rounded-up the top five ancestry DNA test kits to buy in 2022

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