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How should you approach researching your ancestors? In this wide ranging but succinct guidebook, professional writer, lecturer and genealogist Celia Heritage offers expert advice on how to get started using the main online and offline records, and then take research further using a variety of lesser-known resources. In it you will find guidance on subjects including: *Research methodology and how to record what you find *Key Victorian records: birth, marriage and death certificates, and census More Info
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Since its launch in 2013, Discover Your Ancestors Periodical has become an essential read for anyone interested in family and social history, packed with research advice and interesting features on our ancestors’ lives. This monthly magazine has only been available online – until now! We are delighted to offer this complete collection of all 2014 issues of Discover Your Ancestors Periodical on CD in a convenient PDF format. Each issue is packed full of stories, case studies, social history ar More Info
Since its launch in 2013, Discover Your Ancestors Periodical has become an essential read for anyone interested in family and social history, packed with research advice and interesting features on our ancestors’ lives. This monthly magazine has only been available online – until now! We are delighted to offer this complete collection of all 2015 issues of Discover Your Ancestors Periodical on CD in a convenient PDF format. Each issue is packed full of stories, case studies, social history ar More Info
Since its launch in 2013, Discover Your Ancestors Periodical has become an essential read for anyone interested in family and social history, packed with research advice and interesting features on our ancestors’ lives. This monthly magazine has only been available online – until now! We are delighted to offer this complete collection of all 2016 issues of Discover Your Ancestors Periodical on CD in a convenient PDF format. Each issue is packed full of stories, case studies, social history ar More Info
Since its launch in 2013, Discover Your Ancestors Periodical has become an essential read for anyone interested in family and social history, packed with research advice and interesting features on our ancestors’ lives. This monthly magazine has only been available online – until now! We are delighted to offer this complete collection of all 2017 issues of Discover Your Ancestors Periodical on CD in a convenient PDF format. Each issue is packed full of stories, case studies, social history ar More Info
Since its launch in 2013, Discover Your Ancestors Periodical has become an essential read for anyone interested in family and social history, packed with research advice and interesting features on our ancestors’ lives. This monthly magazine has only been available online – until now! We are delighted to offer this complete collection of all 2018 issues of Discover Your Ancestors Periodical on CD in a convenient PDF format. Each issue is packed full of stories, case studies, social history ar More Info
Since its launch in 2013, Discover Your Ancestors Periodical has become an essential read for anyone interested in family and social history, packed with research advice and interesting features on our ancestors’ lives. This monthly magazine has only been available online – until now! We are delighted to offer this complete collection of all 2019 issues of Discover Your Ancestors Periodical on CD in a convenient PDF format. Each issue is packed full of stories, case studies, social history ar More Info
Since its launch in 2013, Discover Your Ancestors Periodical has become an essential read for anyone interested in family and social history, packed with research advice and interesting features on our ancestors’ lives. This monthly magazine has only been available online – until now! We are delighted to offer this complete collection of all 2020 issues of Discover Your Ancestors Periodical on CD in a convenient PDF format. Each issue is packed full of stories, case studies, social history ar More Info
Since its launch in 2013, Discover Your Ancestors Periodical has become an essential read for anyone interested in family and social history, packed with research advice and interesting features on our ancestors’ lives. This monthly magazine has only been available online – until now! We are delighted to offer this complete collection of all 2021 issues of Discover Your Ancestors Periodical on CD in a convenient PDF format. Each issue is packed full of stories, case studies, social history ar More Info
* The forgotten carers: Paul Matthews tells the story of the monthly nurses who cared for mothers after childbirth * Taking back the prisoners: Nick Thorne researches Sir Robert Napier and his daring 1868 expedition to Abyssinia * Tall ships and high seas: Margaret Powling offers a brief history of the golden age of sail * Women and the lost generation: Lorraine Schofield explores the impact of WW1 on women * A mystery solved: Gaynor Haliday on how a family conundrum was explained, and an important photo identified * One man's Somme story: We mark the centenary of the Battle of the Somme with the story of its oldest British death * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on dungarees * The elite of Eton: Jill Morris on the public school's history More Info
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* The People's Palace: Eighty years ago this month the Crystal Palace burnt down. Sue Wilkes tells its story * Banking on fraud: Nick Thorne discovers that a Royal Charter and having MPs for directors failed to stop a Victorian bank embezzling its customers' money * 'Off by heart': Ruth A Symes looks at the role of poems in the family * Who teaches the teachers? Richard Willis explores the history of the Chartered College of Teaching * The escapologists: Nick Thorne follows the 'Thrill Slayer' and the 'Artful Dodger' in newly released US records * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on blouses More Info
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* Northern lights: 150 years after the first fully public meeting on women's suffrage, Sue Wilkes explores the pioneering work of suffragists in Manchester * Through adversity to the stars: Nick Thorne celebrates the April centenary of the birth of the Royal Air Force * Penitent women: Female penitentiaries were designed to make new women of the €˜fallen', as Nell Darby explains * Raiders on the sea: Did your ancestor earn a living by plundering enemy ships? Simon Wills explores the world of privateers, and how to research them * Food of the gods: Margaret Powling offers a delicious history of chocolate * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on bags and purses More Info
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* A merry dance: Felicity Day takes to the floor for a history of dancing and how it played a crucial role in society * The sport of kings? Horse racing has been popular with criminal opportunists, as Denise Bates reveals * Our survey says... Nick Thorne shows how records from the Lloyd George Domesday Survey can aid researchers * A voluntary transportation: Nell Darby reports on the odd case of a thief who transported himself to Tasmania in 1885 * Why research local history? Will Hazell offers a passionate and reasoned argument for the value of exploring local history * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on rings More Info
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* Mischief and merriment: Hannah Spencer celebrates May Day, and the many other rural festivals * Guardians of the shores: Gregory Parker follows last month's exploration of the world of smugglers with a survey of the history and work of Customs and Coastguard officers * Remembering the victims of crime: A new book on Jack the Ripper seeks to put his victims firmly in the spotlight - despite a lack of information about them. Nell Darby reports * A village heroine: Nick Thorne traces the family records of a redoubtable Victorian woman, who nursed royalty and many others * Happy (200th) Birthday Your Majesty: Ruth A Symes celebrates Queen Victoria's bicentenary * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on buckles, buttons and zips More Info
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* The clerk's tale: Richard Willis looks at the growth of the white-collar workforce in the 19th century * The Theatre Girls' Club: Nell Darby explores how actress Virginia Compton helped out-of-work female performers busking on the streets of the capital at the start of WW1 * From one type of bank to another: Nick Thorne looks at the records for Wind in the Willows author Kenneth Grahame * Women and crime: What kind of crimes have women committed, and what sort of women were they? Nell Darby offers some suggestions for further reading * What do we really know about our families? Heather Welford looks at family myths and the need to research them carefully to establish what really happened * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton introduces a new series of columns about civilian occupational uniforms More Info
Product Code: DYAP074
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