Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 3 (July 2013)
Issue 3 features: * Thinking outside the pox: Sue Wilkes researches smallpox and how vaccination registers can help family historians * Get your research on track: New railway staff records online * Far from home: Emma Jolly explains how to trace British Home Children in both UK and Canadian records * Take to your pen!: We talk to writing expert Lynn Palermo * The public fumes: Early reactions to the London Underground * Books: A round up of recent publications * Lucky dip: An eclectic collection of indexes is now online * Place in focus: Explore and research Dorset roots * Break the brick walls: Civil registration marriage records More Info
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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 4 (August 2013)
Issue 4 features: * Find ships’ crews online: A useful new research tool * Something for everyone: Mairead Mahon traces the history of department stores and how they changed shopping * School records: Expert research advice from Kirsty Gray * Lost way of life: London’s forgotten fishing communities * Books: A round up of recent publications * Taking liberties: Philip MacDougall explores the dark world of the Royal Navy’s press gangs * Place in focus: Explore and research Manchester roots * Break the brick walls: Death records More Info
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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 29 (September 2015)
Issue 29 features: *'A true and perfect inventory': Melvyn Jones describes the domestic comforts of a late 17th century farming family *Picturing the past: Nick Thorne explores how a free online image archive adds atmosphere to family history research *A day at the museum: For the last 400 years, museums have helped people to experience the world's treasures *WDYTYA is back: The popular genealogy TV show returns *Are benefactors in the frame: Unique research into the lives of people who donated paintings to Glasgow’s museums *The legacies of history: Jill Morris explores wills from the 14th to 19th centuries, available online *History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on clogs More Info
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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 30 (October 2015)
Keep up to date with the genealogy world and learn more about your hobby with the critically acclaimed Discover Your Ancestors online periodical. Whether you are just starting out or have reached a brick wall in your research, this will help and inspire you on your family history journey. Receive guidance from experts, tips on the best sources for records, explore connections around the world and bring your ancestors to life.... More Info
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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 31 (November 2015)
* The best of times: Daniel Hewitt explores the history of horology through his Clerkenwell clockmaker ancestry * The quartermaster's tale: Anthony Boulton presents a unique memoir of his grandfather's WW1 experiences * From Longleat to the Tower of London: Nick Thorne delves into the history of Longleat and its illustrious inhabitants * Decoding Victorian jewellery: Victorian jewellery was rich in symbolism, as Kim Fleet explains * Woven into history: Caroline Taylor explores carpet-making in Kidderminster and resources in the town's carpet museum * A fair hearing?: Jill Morris explains the Court of Chancery * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on boots More Info
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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 32 (December 2015)
* Decking the halls: Ruth A Symes explores how our ancestors decorated for Christmas, from mistletoe to paper chains * 'Twas the night before Christmas: Nick Thorne explores the history of Christmas cards and their Victorian fans * Victorians on the move: Lorraine Schofield explores the history of European tourism * The forefront of fashion: Milliners provided far more than hats in the past - Jayne Shrimpton explains * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on slippers * Arise, Sir...: Jill Morris looks at knights and knighthood More Info
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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 33 (January 2016)
* 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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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 34 (February 2016)
* Canine companions: Dogs have followed in our footsteps for many centuries. Jayne Shrimpton explores the historic relationship with man's best friend * A family of Friends: Antony Barlow explores the history of the Society of Friends through the prism of his own longstanding Quaker family * A 'Greatorex' by any other name: Keith Gregson puts TheGenealogist's powerful search engine to the test * Swindon: 175 years on track: Nicola Lisle explores the history of Swindon, and looks at how it was transformed from a tiny market town into a major railway centre * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on pyjamas * The Brits vs the Boers: Jill Morris on South African history More Info
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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 35 (March 2016)
* Heavy work: Sue Wilkes digs into the lives and work of Britain's lead miners * Criminally insane or cold-blooded murderer?: Nick Thorne researches a 19th century cause celebre using TheGenealogist's record collections * The privilege of the feu...: Chris Paton explores the ownership records for Scottish land and property * The ancestral laptop: Ruth A Symes explores the history of family writing desks, and what family historians can learn from them * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on trousers * Meaning business: Jill Morris investigates the history of limited companies More Info
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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 36 (April 2016)
* The sailors on land: Thousands of sailors fought on land as soldiers in WW1. Why did this happen, and was your ancestor involved? Simon Wills explains * The Fortunes of war: Nick Thorne discovers the highest ranking British officer in online German prisoner of war records * The masters of Middleton Top: Neil Hallows reflects on his family's rich railway heritage * Suicide notes: Paul Matthews reveals some tragic stories from when suicide was a crime * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on breeches * Pioneers in the sky: Jill Morris takes a bird's eye view of early aviation More Info
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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 37 (May 2016)
* A stitch in time: Ruth A Symes threads her way through the history of needlework occupations * The roots of the Trucker Earl: Nick Thorne uses colour tithe maps now available online to look into the past of a colourful family * Hair-raising history: Harry Cunningham investigates the changing roles of hairdressers and barbers, from cutting limbs to cutting hair * Patten recognition: Paul Matthews steps out in pursuit of a lost trade, and the wider history of London livery companies * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on knickerbockers * Blue sap in the tree?: Jill Morris finds an online treasure trove of royal records More Info
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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 38 (June 2016)
* The wreck of the SS London: 150 years ago this notorious shipping disaster claimed the lives of hundreds, as Simon Wills explains * A comedy heroine descended from a WW1 hero: Nick Thorne takes a look at the family of the well-loved and talented entertainer Victoria Wood * Finding other people's secrets: Jocelyn Robson explains how she investigated a fascinating story of a woman who faked her own death and reinvented herself * Stythies, handlooms and tenterhooks: Melvyn Jones delves into the working lives of home-based handloom weavers and metalworkers * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on jodhpurs * Great Scots online: Jill Morris explores the wealth of Scottish records available More Info
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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 39 (July 2016)
* 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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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 40 (August 2016)
* Home Front fashion: Jayne Shrimpton stitches together a seamless history of fashion economies during WW1 * Is it worth 'giving them a bell'?: Keith Gregson examines how late Victorian/early Edwardian telephone directories can help the family historian * 'Wrens': the women of the Royal Navy: Simon Wills looks at the history of the Women's Royal Naval Service * The Great British Chocolate Factory: We've loved chocolate in Britain for centuries - but how did we get the taste for it, and who was responsible? Nell Darby finds out* History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on smocks * Anglicans in the archives: Jill Morris looks at the history of the Church of England, and records of clergy available online More Info
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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 41 (September 2016)
* The great fire brigade of London: Nicola Lisle looks at how the Great Fire led to the formation of the London Fire Brigade * 1666 and all that: Margaret Powling looks at the rebuilding of London after the Great Fire 350 years ago * Tracing the trails our ancestors leave behind: Nick Thorne finds out about a soldier who served in every engagement from Corunna to Waterloo * Roast beef and rain?: Ruth A Symes uncovers a 19th century Frenchman's views of our Victorian ancestors * An English eccentricity: Colin Ellson explores the forgotten role of the 'squarsons' - wealthy priests at the head of their communities * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on men's shirts More Info
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