Here are the major articles I browsed in the new issue.
MAPPING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A
PLACE THROUGH TIME
Discover how more specialist records can add context to a
family history, enabling you to research the locations your ancestors once lived and worked, with Chris Paton,
Chris uses his Scottish weaver ancestors as a case study. The article concludes with a nine-step guide to systematically learning about the locality and community in which your ancestors once lived.
HOW SHOULD WE DEAL WITH FAMILY SECRETS?
All families have mysteries, secrets and even scandals, but how do we deal with them. Charlotte Soares reflects on this sensitive subject detailing some of the circumstances that were kepy secret. She concludes that time turns what was once a shuddering scandal to gold dust for more removed generations of family historians.
FAMILY HISTORY & Al
Fiona Brooker explores how Artificial Intelligence is being used in family history. In five pages gives a nice summary. Toward the end she recommends joining the Facebook Genealogy and Artificial Intelligence group (https:// www.facebook.com/groups/genealogyandai/) to see how genealogists are using the tools.
BOGUS COATS OF ARMS
Richard Morgan makes a cool appraisal of the historic
record of heraldry and the enduring popularity of bogus coats of arms
YOUR DNA TEST COMPARISON GUIDE
Karen Evans guides us through the pros and cons of the autosomal DNA tests currently on the market. There’s good advice, including wait for the sales. With DNA day coming yo later this month the sales are already being advertised.
FAMILY TREE ACADEMY: CENSUS CASE STUDY
David Annal responds to a reader query about a man who had at least five children, but left little in the way of baptism records, or proof of marriage.
Looking forward especially to both Chris Patton and David Annal’s features 🙂