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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 17 (September 2014)
Issue 17 features: * Scotshots: Jayne Shrimpton investigates photography and photographers in Scotland * Scotland remembers: New heritage plaques unveiled * The utmost bravery: Distinguished Conduct Medals online * Women in war: Kirsty Gray reveals how WW1 affected women and led to major changes in society * Female tommies: Women's nursing services in WW1 * Finding freedom: Records of freemen and burgesses * History in the details: How blazer jackets developed * Place in focus: Staffordshire More Info
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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 27 (July 2015)
Issue 27 features:*Building history: Laura Berry reveals how to research the history of homes in England and Wales*Sitting on the penitent's stool: Chris Paton explains the judicial role of the kirk session in Scotland*'Toys were us': Sharon Brookshaw explores how our ancestors may have entertained themselves as children*Working in the woods: Melvyn Jones explores the working life of men who toiled as charcoal burners*Steaming through history: P&O’s heritage in pictures*The Modern Domesday: Jill Morris plots the history of a major 19th century resource listing landowners*History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on swimwear More Info
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Discover Your Ancestors Magazine Issue 6
This 196 page bookazine contains new in-depth articles, research advice, social history, 'how to' features, case studies, places in focus, and much more! It is ideal for both experienced researchers and those just starting out. * Fascinating features about life in the past * Different types of records explored * Jane Austen: 200th Anniversary * Milestones of past lives: Follow key moments in your ancestors' journeys from birth to death * Celebrity genealogies: Tom Hiddleston & Benedict Cumb... More Info
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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 61 (May 2018)
* Wash day every week: In the 19th and early 20th centuries, wash day was a major domestic ritual affecting the entire household, as Jayne Shrimpton explains * The colour mauve: Nick Thorne traces the Perkin family's progress from apprentice leatherworkers to top scientists * Turns of the wheel: Sharon Brookshaw explores the various revolutions in the relationship between cycling and society * Read all about it: The Illustrated Police News brought Victorians a diet of sensationalist crime, but its appeal to the working-classes was a cause of concern, says Nell Darby * Enlightened times: Harry Cunningham explores Scotland's intellectual, economic and cultural revolution from the 1700s * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on handkerchiefs More Info
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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 83 (March 2020)
* Storehouses of history: Caroline Roope delves into the development of museums and the showcasing of history to the public * The story of a forgotten address: Paul Matthews shows what can be discovered about an address that no longer exists, in this case in Adelaide Place near London Bridge * All aboard for the Swindon Trip: Dene Bebbington takes us on a journey through the history of a popular leisure excursion for railway staff * How to punish the 'feeble minded': In 1952, a horrific murder in Scotland led to debate about how offenders with learning disabilities should be punished, writes Nell Darby * Educate yourself on the records! Keith Gregson has recently discovered the usefulness of TheGenealogist's Education search engine and shares some of his discoveries with readers * History in the details: Fisherfolk dress More Info
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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 91 (November 2020)
* Inglorious mud: Caroline Roope explores the world of the mudlarks, people driven by poverty to scavenge along urban waterways * Rebuilding after the Great Fire: The response to London's 1666 fire included raising funds from across the country. Stuart A Raymond reveals some interesting records this generated * Listen to family stories... and then do the research: Nick Thorne builds his family story on firm ground using records readily available online * A father's jealousy: A case from Edwardian England illustrates how basic archival records don't always tell the whole story about a marriage. By Nell Darby * A tale of two towns: 100 years on from Leith's merger with Edinburgh, Nicola Lisle tells the story of the uneasy relationship between Scotland's capital city and its nearby port * History in the details: Materials - leather (part 2) More Info
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Scotland’s Last Days of Colliery Steam by Tom Heavyside
Long after steam engines disappeared from passenger rail lines, they were used extensively around Scotland's coal mines until as late as 1981. In this collection of 58 superb photographs, taken by the author during the mid- to late 1970s, these engines are shown hard at work at collieries in Ayrshire, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirlingshire, Lanarkshire and the Lothians. Enhanced by informative capt...More Info
OVERSEAS ANNUAL Membership of Central Scotland FHS with printed journals
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