Issue 9 features: *The bonds that last: Jenny Jones explains marriage licences, allegations, bonds and banns records *Trades in the trenches: New online data reveals the roles of teachers, engineers and lawyers in World War One *Hair hunting: How beards can reveal your ancestors' lives! *'A nervy lot': Kathy Chater tells an extraordinary family tale of madness and strife, all revealed by papers found on eBay *Party like it's 1853: Learn some Victorian parlour games! *Place in focus: Explore Kentish history and records *Books: A round up of recent publications *Break the brick walls: Advice on parish burial records *What's on in January: Key history-related events More Info
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Issue 13 features: * A place for everyone?: Parish settlement orders explored * Grow more branches: 500,000 more parish records go online * Kip and kin: Ruth Symes on the secrets of the ancestral bed * When drama meets reality: Explore the roots of stars in the BBC’s new World War One nursing drama * Lumped together: How did people sleep in the workhouse? * Empty pockets: Records of bankruptcy and insolvency * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on aprons More Info
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Issue 14 features: * Going the extra mile: Jenny Jones explains the history and advantages of ‘Dade registers’ * Warriors in your DNA?: DNA research into Bannockburn * PoW records go online: A major new WW1 resource * It’s all in the cards: The history and etiquette of calling cards * Not a happy lot?: Police life and work in Victorian Cheshire * A life on (or behind) stage: Theatrical records explored * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on canes and sticks * Place in focus: Northampton More Info
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Issue 15 features: * Tracing the tiger: Paul Matthews looks at the many mind altering drugs our ancestors might have fallen prey to * Lest we forget...: The WW1 centenary begins * Family reflections: Ruth Symes on the history of mirrors * Were they in India?: A useful research avenue to explore * From store to war: The sad fate of many Harrods staff in WW1 * Graphic conflict: WW1 explored through infographics * Finding the freemasons: Jill Morris enters a secret world * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on sunglasses * What’s on * Books * Place in focus: Wiltshire More Info
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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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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. * 35 fascinating features about life in the past * 50+ types of records explored * The Georgians and beyond: Explore your family history back to medieval times * Celebrities: Daniel Craig's French forebear * and much more! Also included is a FREE Cover DVD with ov More Info
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Issue 20 features: * Called to the bar: Phil Wood samples the variety of drinking establishments in Georgian times * Mentioned in dispatches: essential WW1 records now online * Having the last word: Kirsty Gray investigates epitaphs * The toughest scrum: Keith Gregson looks into a Sunderland rugby team, 12 members of which served in World War One * Christmas behind locked doors: Kate Tyte reveals that the festive season in workhouses and asylums wasn’t all bad * The cunning folk: the history of witchcraft in Essex * Lore of the lawyers: Jill Morris tracks down legal records * History in the details: scarves and mufflers More Info
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Issue 21 features: * Parliament and the people: Nell Darby looks back at the people’s relationship with Parliament, now 750 years old * The hidden treasures of gravestones: Nick Thorne explains * Revolutionary biscuits: A slice of Dublin history revealed * Seeking out the pros: Keith Gregson explores what can be learned about professional sporting ancestors in online records * The rise and fall of the Darfield Flier: Michael Rochford reveals an interesting story of a Victorian cyclist * Archive heaven: Melvyn Jones highlights the treasures in the archives of our great landed estates * From Company to the Raj: Jill Morris explores British India * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on muffs More Info
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Issue 22 features: * The sweet smell of history: Jayne Shrimpton sniffs out the interesting social history of perfume * A rogue in the records: Gill Hoffs on a convict who made his fortune in the goldfields of Australia, only to lose it again * The Mulberry madam: Another convict transportation story * Found in the muniments room: Melvyn Jones highlights more treasures in the archives of our great landed estates * All good sports: Keith Gregson explores what can be learned about amateur sporting ancestors in online records * Plying the waters: Waterborne trade in Somerset explored * Calling your ancestors: Jill Morris looks at old phone books * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on raincoats More Info
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* Popping the family treasures: Nicola Lisle delves into the history of pawnbroking * A charmed life: Nick Thorne explores one man's life from genteel Cheltenham to hell on the battlefields of World War I * Inside the garden wall: Margaret Powling digs into the history of walled kitchen gardens * Hide-bound histories: Melvyn Jones investigates the working lives of those involved with the leather industry * Finding a fortune down under: Nick Thorne finds an interesting tale in recently released emigration records * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on dressing gowns * Behind the square and compasses: Jill Morris opens up the secrets of freemasonry More Info
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* 'Warm stuff of diverse colours': Jayne Shrimpton explores the history of Scottish plaids, kilts and tartans * Puzzles of multiplication: Sharon Brookshaw explores the rites and superstitions adopted by our ancestors when trying to conceive a child * Plimsoll's line: Nick Thorne explores the life of Samuel Plimsoll, from bankrupt coal merchant to renegade MP * Life in miniature: Nicola Lisle delves into the history of dolls' houses and what they tell us about our ancestors' lives * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on skirts More Info
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* Your ancestor's voice: Ruth A Symes wonders what it would be like if we could hear our ancestors speak - and in fact there are online tools which can help * Going into Labour: Harry Cunningham investigates the Victorian roots of the British Labour Party and the road the very first Labour government in 1924 * Pillars of the establishment: From a Governor of the Bank of England to a grandson killed by Indian Tigers - Nick Thorne explores an interesting Huguenot family * Fleeing in terror: Eighty years ago this month, the UK welcomed nearly 4000 child refugees from the war-torn Basque region of Spain. Nicola Lisle tells their story * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on dresses More Info
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* A nice cup of tea: Jayne Shrimpton sits down with a biscuit and a cuppa to explore the history of this British institution * The marvellous Mitfords: Nick Thorne finds that an inheritance may divert sideways on a family tree * 'Take cover!': Sharon Brookshaw explores the early history of air raids in Britain and how warning systems were developed during WW1 * From Hanover to Hackney: Corinna Meiß explores the life and journey of a German gardener from 18th century Hanover to a world-famous nursery in Hackney * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on pockets More Info
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* Britain and the Bolsheviks: Colin Ellson traces the North Russian Expeditionary Force's contribution to the civil war in support of the White Russians * Dastardly attack on Her Majesty: Nick Thorne investigates the most successful of the numerous attempts to harm Queen Victoria * Cosy comforts: Jayne Shrimpton's history of hand-knitting * The trial of the century? 180 years ago this year, a trial was held which has resonated through history. And yet, as Denise Bates explains, it was entirely fictional * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on underwear More Info
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* Accidents and emergencies: The Victorian era witnessed a high rate of mortality compared to our own, but death wasn't just down to disease, as Nell Darby explains * Crowning glory or mark of the devil? Denise Bates explores the history of people's attitudes towards red hair * Christmas with the Georgians: Phil Wood celebrates the season, pre-Victorian style * Doyenne of the Razor Gang Wars: Nell Darby explains how a digital archive has helped bring to life two women's criminality - and animosity - in pre WW2 Australia * The search for Mr Nesbit: Keith Gregson brings his WW1 researches to a close with the help of online resources * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on bracelets More Info
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