Issue 19 features: * Life's a lottery: the long history of state-backed gambling * Plots from the past: old maps to buy, with a special offer * Fresh from the front: WW1 newspapers explored * Saturday night soldiers: WW1 Territorial Army records online * Seeking asylums?: records of mental illness go digital * Stall stories: old pictures of London's East End markets * "Weak in intellect": the sad story of people with cognitive disabilities who were sent to the workhouse * The herald calls: mediaeval visitations investigated * History in the details: shawls More Info
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Every part of the United Kingdom has its own, distinctive history – not just the major battles and key historical events which may have played out there, but also the smaller details of everyday life which impinged upon the actual lives of our ancestors more directly. The team behind the popular family and social history magazine Discover Your Ancestors has put together a region-by-region guide to the United Kingdom which will give you a flavour of each area’s history and a run-down of the many 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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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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