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Annual update of the UK's 1939 Register at Findmypast

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10 Essential steps to prepare for your Archives visit

Therese Lynch

Mar 19, 2018
4 min

10 Essential steps to prepare for your Archives visit

For family historians there’s nothing like the thrill of visiting an Archive and finding new information about ancestors among the often...