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The ancestors of William Roache are up for inspection in tonight’s episode of ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’We’re especially looking forward to learning about his entrepreneurial great-grandfather, who dealt in some very unusual wares in 19th Century Blackpool.  Curious and curiouser. . .We hope that, as in last week’s show on Alex Kingston, old newspapers will be used to add colour and character to the lives of William Roache’s family ancestors.– BBC1, Wednesday, 26 September, 21:00– www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01n2thm…

The ancestors of Alex Kingston will be featured in tonight’s episode of Who Do You Think You Are?In addition to learning about the death of her great-grandfather in World War One, Alex will be trying to discover if there is any Jewish ancestry in her family tree.In the trailer for the programme, it looks like historical newspapers are one of the resources used for Alex’s research – so we’re really looking forward to see which newspapers are featured!– BBC1,…

We’re very much looking forward to watching Annie Lennox in tonight’s episode of ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’From what we’ve heard about tonight’s show, we believe it’s going to be a very moving programme.It seems that, in particular, a kirk session record from the mid-18th Century will arouse Annie’s righteous anger.It’ll be interesting to see if Annie’s research involves using any old newspapers – if so, we’ll see if we can find these stories in the Archive.…

The first programme in the new series of Who Do You Think You Are? was shown on BBC1 last night, and it was fascinating.Samantha Womack, the former ‘Eastenders’ actress, discovered some amazing and revealing stories about several of her ancestors – including a very sad story about her g-grandfather.It was also great to see how using old newspaper for family history research can help to shed light on the lives (and characters) of her ancestors.If you missed the…

The new series of Who Do You Think You Are? starts tonight, and we’re really looking forward to it.We’ve seen the trailer for the programme and noticed that old newspapers are being used to find interesting stories about the ancestors of the celebrity guests.The actress, Samantha Womack (nee Janus), is the first person featured in the new series – you can watch a wee snippet of tonight’s programme at the ‘WDYTYA’ website.– BBC1, Wednesday 15 August, 21:00.– www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007t575…