Issue 1 features: *The flying aces: Aviators' certificates are newly online *Back to paper: Simon Fowler explains how to use the internet to track down archives to visit in person * Suffer the little children: Sharon Brookshaw explores child labour in the past * Reviews: Recent publications featured, plus an interview with ebook bestseller Steve Robinson *A ruff crowd: Take a trip to a Tudor tavern *Place in focus: Useful resources for Essex research *Join the dots: Make the most of online BMD records *Break the brick walls: Guidance on the censuses More Info
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Issue 25 features: *The front line of faith: Nicola Lisle looks at 150 years of the Salvation Army, and how to trace Salvationist ancestors *All the fun of the fair: Yorkshire Family History Fair preview *Before the census: Chris Paton looks at Scottish census and census substitute records before 1841 *One-stop shops: Jayne Shrimpton explores the history of department stores and their impact on shoppers and staff *Saving what they could carry: Canada's Great Fire of 1922 *A may to remember: Keith Gregson tells the story of Britain's worst railway disaster, sidelined by its occurrence during WW1 *States of growth: Jill Morris on booming 19th century America *History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on parasols More Info
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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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An easy to follow laminated A4 folding chart to calculate the possible birth year of an individual working back from their age given at any census 1841 - 1911. For example, if you look for a person aged 45 years in the 1851 census the chart would show you that they would be born between 30th March 1805 and 30th March 1806.... More Info
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50 A4 pages for recording and organising information about your family history. Includes space for a person's details, notes, children, and census information. Ideal for our Springback Binders. More Info
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* Women in schooling: Gaynor Haliday takes a look at the history of women teachers and the challenges they faced * The Wills Forgery Trials: Nick Thorne considers a case of forged records that had a lawyer wrongly transported for life * Huskar: a mining tragedy: Denise Bates tells the sad story of one of Victorian Britain's worst (and least known) disasters * Reconstructing Sarah Ann: The bare bones of an individual's life, as recorded in the census, can hide the three-dimensional character, explains Nell Darby * Boom, bust and Balfour: In the late 19th century, an economic crisis exposed the unscrupulous business practices of MP Jabez Balfour. Harry Cunningham investigates * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on fans More Info
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* League v Union: Gaynor Haliday looks back 150 years to October 1869, when men who sought to introduce a new system of elementary education for the working classes clashed with the groups who already provided it * Educating women: This month marks the 150th anniversary of Girton College, Cambridge - the first women's college at the university. What can the census tell us about the college and those associated with it? Nell Darby explores * A walk through the history of Eel Pie Island: Nick Thorne takes a ramble through records relating to this Thames island * Disciplined until death: Corporal punishment was part of school life until relatively recent times - despite proof that it could kill those it was inflicted on, writes Nell Darby * History in the details: Police uniforms More Info
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* Missing from the census: Why were some of your ancestors apparently not enumerated in a census, and what can you do about it? Simon Wills offers some expert advice * Fashion's fools: Jayne Shrimpton looks at some of the stranger and more frivolous trends in fashion down the ages * The sibling suicides: Bloomsbury in London once had an unenviable reputation for suicide. Nell Darby reports * The killing of Sergeant Hately: Stephen Wade tells a tale of danger to law and order at the Alnwick hiring fair * The finder of wonderful things: Nick Thorne discovers the records for the artist's son who discovered a pharaoh * History in the details: Mine workers' dress More Info
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* The friendless friend? Governesses worked hard as teachers, nursemaids and more, but often found themselves overlooked or trapped between different classes, says Caroline Roope * A solid trade: Brickmaking was a physical demanding and financiall risky trade - here Sadie McMullon explores the industry's impact on one particular community * A century in the life of a Birmingham boozer: The history of a striking inner city pub reveals a surprising continuity in ownership, and censuses show a family whose lives revolved around their home. Nell Darby gets a round in * A view into the past: Nick Thorne uses images to help see our ancestors' times * Policing town and gown: A study of Oxford's police reports books shows a pattern of antisocial behaviour underneath the city's dreaming spires... Nell Darby investigates * History in the details: Materials - wool (part 6) More Info
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**All that part of the Township of Nether Hoyland, including the Village of Nether Hoyland, Alderthwait, Canal Basin, Cob Carr, Elsecar, Fearnley, Harley, Hawshaw Lane, High Royd Hill, Hoyland Common, Hoyland Common Side, Hoyland Lane End, Hoyland Low, Lower Jump, Milton Iron Works, Platts Common, Skiers Hall, Skiers Spring, Stead, Stubbin and Upper Blacker.** **Column headings:** Surname;...More Info
**The whole of the Township of Roystone in the Parish of Roystone in the West Riding in the County of York. (1851)** **The whole of the Township of Roystone, including Ship Inn, Anchor Inn, Grammar School, Ring of Bells, Packhorse Inn, National School, Ladies Boarding School, Hammer and Anvil. (1861)** Owing to the illegibility of the 1851 enumerators' books covering the township of Roy...More Info
**All that part of the Township of Barugh, including the village of Gawber, Barugh Bridges, Barugh Green, Barugh Mill, Mr. Brady’s Farm, The Bromley’s Colliery, Clay Cliff, Clay Cliff House, Day House, Day House Lane, Engine Yard, Gawber Hall, Hermit House, Hermit Cottage, Hermit Lane, Higham, Higham Common, Low Hill, Mill, Old Gawber Colliery, Red Brook House, Toll House.** Owing to the...More Info
**All that part of the Township of Darton, including Blacker, Bloomhouse Green, Broadroyd Head, Carr Green, Club Gardens, Mapplewell, Staincross and Swallow Hill.** Owing to the illegibility of the 1851 enumerators' books covering the townships of Darton, Mapplewell and Staincross, it was decided to index the 1861 returns instead. **Column headings:** Surname; Forename; Relatio...More Info
A hearth tax was a property tax, or wealth tax, levied on each home. It was calculated based on the number of hearths or fireplaces within a home. Payments of a Hearth Tax were required in England from 1662-1689 and it was the occupiers who were liable for this tax and not the owners. A tax of 2 shillings (10p) had to be paid for each hearth in two instalments - Lady Day (25th March) and...More Info