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This special episode is brought to you by Ancestry,

and the question we get literally more than any other

is how you actually trace a relative through the war,

where you start.

And the truth is you begin in the same place we do.

You start with ancestry.

It's where the real stuff lives. Prisoner of war questionnaires filled in the moment. A bloke

stepped off a truck. Operations record books with scribbles, the weather, the odd line about a

bicycle going walk about. And the war diaries that tell you exactly what a battalion was doing

at half past nine on that particular Tuesday.

And even if you're new to family history research, Ancestry does so much to help you piece together the stories of your ancestors.

A name leads to a unit. A unit leads to a diary entry.

Suddenly you're not looking at history from a distance.

You're right beside them watching their war take shape.

These records have also shaped today's episode. We followed a few threads that you can explore

yourself with an ancestry family history membership, uncovering surprises, tiny details and those

little lines that can completely shift a story. It's an invaluable resource and it underpins everything you're about to hear.

You can follow along and start exploring your family history

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