The Family Tree Forum Online Magazine Print
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he Family Tree Forum Online Magazine was written and put together by the members of The Family Tree Forum.

A wide variety of topics is covered in the magazine. Most articles are drawn from the authors' own research into interesting relatives who they have come across, others are inspired by questions posed in the forums. Alongside these, you will find in depth articles giving an historical context to our ancestors' way of life. Some of the issues looked at specific occupations and related trades. Every article is backed up with sources and suggestions for further reading and research.

Generally the magazine followed a loose theme in each issue, but there are also two series of special features, 'My Kind of Town' where members focus on a specific location, and 'Family Treasures' where members describe objects which have been passed down to them.

November’s publication is the 30th issue of the magazine and will be the last in the current format. Since starting the online magazine, in August 2007, almost 500 articles by 135 different authors have been published, with many of our members contributing more than once.

Can we say a very big thank you to all members who have supported the magazine as well as to the magazine team, both past and present, without whose involvement we would not have been able to create and maintain such a successful addition to Family Tree Forum. A special mention must be made to acknowledge the input from Caroline, who has been responsible for the technical aspects of the publication, and to Velma who has covered the editorial side.
 
 
November 2010 Print

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he November issue of our online magazine, published today, has a very distinctive military theme with some very moving and fascinating stories.

Members recount the struggles our ancestors faced during wartime as well as childhood experiences, both personal and from local school log books. One member tells of his military service in the 2nd World War, with another member detailing his research surrounding his great uncle’s service career. Other stories include the Halifax explosion of 1917 and the award of the Victoria Cross.  Our location article concentrates on Newhaven Fort and its role in defending the English coast, with our Family Treasure spot being taken by the story of the Family Clothes Brush.

You can also see the winning entries from our recent Poster Competition. The posters can be used as publicity material to help promote Family Tree Forum and we hope members will download and distribute these to such places as Record Offices, libraries, LDS centres and local Family History Societies.

As always we are continually updating the content of our Reference Library, creating new sections and checking that information is current. Recent additions include an updated Reference Information and How To Guide section, and a Classified Index which we hope will help members with navigation.

Good luck to everyone with their research. We look forward to seeing you on the forum.


 
August 2010 Print

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he August issue of our online magazine, published today, contains four interesting stories relating to Dr. Barnado’s. As well as a general article about the life of Dr. Barnado we have three different accounts of life in the organisation, one of which is personal memoirs from one of our members who emigrated to Australia with her siblings under the care of the Dr. Barnado scheme. Other articles include an account and memories of Peppard Hospital, Blacksmiths in the family, ancestral connections to “The Whiteinch Murder “ and family secrets uncovered.

We continue to develop the reference side of the forum with links and pages being checked at regular intervals. If you have ideas for new sections, or feel that we have missed out on something, then please contact one of the FTF team with your suggestions.

It’s good to see over recent weeks that posts on Family Tree Forum as well as articles in our magazine, both of which are picked up by search engines, are leading to new contacts for our members. Other ways in which you can achieve this are to create a blog or add your ancestors’ details to our Ancestral Anniversaries calendar or Surname Directory.

For members who use Facebook, we have recently added a new facility whereby you can link your Family Tree Forum account to the Facebook website. This enables you to post messages on FTF and FB simultaneously. We also have a Facebook group page – Family Tree Forum – which acts as a portal between the two sites.

For any Twitter fans, you can now follow us on Twitter – our account name is FamilyTreeForum (no spaces between the words).

We hope you continue to enjoy our forum and, as always, if you have any queries or suggestions then please contact us.

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May 2010 Print

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ur geographical research area in May is Germany. We have a guide to the changes in Europe which led up to the outbreak of the First World War and against this background we have two articles about exploring one's history in that part of Europe.

Once the bare bones of their tree are constructed, most researchers start to investigate the background of their ancestors’ lives and often come up with unexpected tales to tell, some of these are retold in this issue.
 
Our featured location is north Staffordshire and this month's Family Treasure is rather unusual to say the least. Without the generosity of fellow genealogists and relatives, many of us would make little progress in our research and we take a look at the RAOGK which abound in the genealogical community.
 
February 2010 Print

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he focus for the February 2010 edition is North American research. We have an article on 'Treason, Espionage and High Society' from Mary in Italy, while two authors trace their elusive grandfathers in America. Vancouver is the featured location. Guinevere finds out where an American relative fits into her family tree and Trish@Somerset tells the story of a Canadian Home Child.

We also take a look at the origins of Valentine's Day with accompanying articles. Jill on the A272 provides this month's family treasure and Lynn the Forest Fan tells the story of her fireman ancestor.

We hope you enjoy reading this issue. Please let us know if it has helped you trace your North American ancestors. Perhaps we can feature their story in a future issue of the magazine.
 
November 2009 Print


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he theme for our November edition is Scotland and Ireland. Velma Dinkley describes what is available on Family Tree Forum to help in both areas.

Researching any ancestors can be tricky and time consuming, but Irish research can be particularly difficult. Janet writes about her research into her Irish relations, which began in 1990, along the way solving some puzzles and discovering some fascinating connections with Irish history. kathsgirl.48 describes her search, over five years, for the ancestors of her grandparents who lived in Dublin City. Macbev and wulliam write about Scots who travelled far afield, one settling in Australia and the other who spent his life at sea.

To mark Remembrance Sunday, we have two articles; one from Just Barbara who writes about tank crews and Simon in Bucks describes the ceremonies at the Cenotaph in November 2008. The featured location this time is the village of Imber on Salisbury Plain where jenoco's relations lived until they were moved out by the army in 1943.

In addition, borobabs tells the story of her day out to find the place where her husband's ancestor farmed in 1841, which was not without its difficulties. The family treasure is Grandma's Tea Set described by Yorkshire Lady.
 
 
August 2009 Print

 

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he August 2009 issue of FTF Magazine marks our second anniversary, as well as the start of Volume Three. We've come a long way from our first issue, but all wouldn't have been possible if it wasn't for our wonderful contributors. So a big “Thank you!” to them.

 

With the schools finished for the summer and August being the traditional time to take a holiday, we thought we would make this the theme for this month. We look into the origins of holidays at home and abroad and share the holiday memories of many of our members.

 

Some background music: Summer Holiday

 
 
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ny registered member of the Family Tree Forum is welcome to write an article for the magazine under the following conditions:- 

  • When submitting material to the magazine, members are required to give their permission to Family Tree Forum to publish their articles and/or images on the website indefinitely.
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