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Making the most of your research & days out

Abreath of fresh air! While Zoom has been a boon over the past year or so, the enjoyment of visiting archives, libraries, ancestor graveyards, historic attractions – and of course – actual living family members, is something many family historians have sorely missed. In our guide, we’ll be looking at topics including:

• What to expect when you return to the archives
• Top tips on planning a postpandemic research trip
• How to make the most of your visits and days out

We’ll also be including the thoughts, views and advice shared by some Family Tree readers and Twitter followers.

Twitter folk have their say

Family Tree Deputy Editor Rachel Bellerby invited Family Tree Twitter followers to share their thoughts and views on aspects of family history research that they’ve missed over the many months of the pandemic restrictions, and also sought advice they’d like to share on returning to archives. You will find these interesting and useful tweets and tips woven through the pages.

Many of us have individual health concerns and/or those of loved ones to worry about, and, as the pandemic has made us all too well aware, there’s no single solution that fits all of us; as has been said many times now ‘While we’re all in the same storm, we’re in

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