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The 13th Australasian Congress on Genealogy and Heraldry – Adelaide, 28-31 March

As we have quite a number of website visitors abd Facebook followers from Australia, we thought it’d be worth mentioning the Australasian Congress on Genealogy and Heraldry that’s taking place in Adelaide from 28 to 31 March 2012. There is an impressive line-up of international family history experts attending the Congress, so it promises to be quite an event. Although the BNA is not officially attending this event, we will have a ‘partial stand there’. So you can pick up a copy

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Tip 1: How to search for a name in The British Newspaper Archive

TIP: Searching for a name? If you are looking for a specific forename/surname combination, a company name or any other multiple ordered word searches we suggest using Phrase search in the advanced form. This will bring you the most relevant results (well, the most specific!). Why? This is because the search engine looks for the word coordinates which are closest together on a given page or in an article (rather than just giving you separate instances of those words). You can also carry

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