Краткое описание: From editor: “Well 2015 is ending in a flourish, with the long-awaited 1939 Register for England and Wales now online. It’s been several years since the release of the 1911 Census returns for England, Wales and Scotland, and it will be 2022 before we can tackle the 1921 Census, so online access to this latest national record set has got to be something to be relished. I’ll admit that just one of my great-grandparents appears to be in the new database”

Краткое описание: From editor: “I’ve hit a brick wall” is the genealogist’s go-to expression when ancestral answers aren’t forthcoming. Heck, we at Family Tree Magazine say it all the time, including on the cover of this issue. But as contributing editor David Fryxell points out, sometimes a “brick wall” doesn’t mean there’s nowhere else to look.”

Краткое описание: From editor: “According to my research in genealogical records, I’m 25 percent Lebanese, 12.5 percent Irish, 6.25 percent English, and the rest German (56.25 percent). The autosomal DNA test I took a couple of months ago says I’m 28 percent Italian/Greek, 18 percent Scandinavian, 15 percent Irish, 11 percent “Europe East,” 11 percent “Europe West,” 9 percent West Asian and 5 percent British, along with a total of 3 percent from several trace regions. Those ethnicity results didn’t surprise me, though, mostly because I’d already read our article on understanding autosomal DNA maps”.