Who Do You Think You Are?

Have I got the right parents for my Robert Brown?

KATHERINE COBB is a member of AGRA based in Somerset

CHRIS PATON is a genealogist and author who blogs at scottishgenes. blogspot.com

JAYNE SHRIMPTON is a professional dress historian and portrait specialist

ALAN STEWART is a family history writer, and author of Grow Your Own Family Tree

STEVE THOMAS is a genealogist with over 20

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