Who Do You Think You Are? – July 2020

VJ Day 75 years on – how did your family mark the end of the war?
Top tips for tracking down missing births from a former deputy registrar
Discover the best free online help for starting your family tree
“My great aunt painted the unsung heroes of the Battle of Britain”
Jamaica’s darkest hour – confronting a slave-owning past
Make the most of 19th-century Navy records
Scouting: the history of a global movement revealed
How to find and interpret records of POWs held by the Japanese
“I uncovered my grandmother’s secret First World War boyfriend”
Don’t miss our expert’s guide to researching ancestors in Lancashire
The hazards and hardships of the life of a chimney sweep
Our experts reveal how they smashed readers’ brick walls
Unearthing the history of Gillingham’s old buildings
The First World War adventures of a Bank of England clerk
Three key documents from Sophie Raworth’s episode