Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 5 (September 2013)
Issue 5 features: * Light industry: Jayne Shrimpton focuses on the fast-growing trade of photography from the 19th century onward * Round up the black sheep: Resources newly online will help track down ancestors with a shady past * Forced from home: Chris Paton offers guidance on tracing ancestors who moved or emigrated in the Highland Clearances * Books: A round up of recent publications * Place in focus: Explore and research Herefordshire roots * Jack and the Jews: We explore the history of prejudice against London’s Jewish community in the 1880s * Break the brick walls: Wills before 1858 More Info
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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 42 (October 2016)
* Lives on the land: Hannah Spencer explores the changing fortunes of the agricultural labourer * A riot in rural Wales: Val Davies recounts the story of the Chartist uprising in Llanidloes * A wing and a prayer: Nick Thorne looks at the records of the renowned flying sons of a clergyman * The art of the perfect cask: Harry Cunningham explores the history of coopers, a trade that is now on the verge of extinction * History in three dimensions: We interview Neil Millington, who has recreated Manchester in 1850 in 3D form * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on men's neckwear More Info
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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 43 (November 2016)
* 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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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 44 (December 2016)
* The tale of the mail: Harry Cunningham investigates how Britain's Post Office has been operating for over 500 years * First-class appearance: Jayne Shrimpton investigates the uniforms our postal worker ancestors might have worn * 'For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil': Nick Thorne investigates the story of the Reverend Vyvyan Moyle and his temptations of the monetary kind * Learning to walk: Sharon Brookshaw looks at how our forebears took their first steps, epitomising changing attitudes to childcare down the centuries * Great Uncle Mozart: David Lewiston Sharpe looks at the lineages of learning that connect generations of students and teachers * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on waistcoats More Info
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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 45 (January 2017)
* London's burning: Sharon Brookshaw tells the story of the Silvertown explosion, a century ago this month, and the dangerous world of munitions workers * The man who built Parliament: Nick Thorne traces the rise of the architect Sir Charles Barry * The myth of the Mayflower: John Wade reveals the full story of the Mayflower's origins - and how Plymouth was not really its home * Fears and despondencies: Sharon Brookshaw delves into how our ancestors thought about and treated what we now call depression * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on jackets More Info
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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 46 (February 2017)
* The migrant miners: Melvyn Jones investigates the movement of mining families into the South Yorkshire coalfield * The oldest debate? Lorraine Schofield explores the conflicting attitudes to prostitution in Victorian Britain * In search of the Chief Scout: Nick Thorne looks at a man from a large family who grew up to be a national hero * The Scottish courts: Family historian Chris Paton explores the Scottish judicial system and the records it has kept * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on bodices More Info
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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 47 (March 2017)
* The ultimate 'be prepared': Sharon Brookshaw explores the roles of Boy Scouts and Girl Guides during WW1 * A true pioneer: To celebrate Women's History Month, Nick Thorne explores records of a pioneering professional woman * 'The thermometer in the vestibule': Ruth A Symes on what we can learn from our ancestors' weather diaries * Building the ivory towers: What was it like to study at university in the early modern and medieval world? Harry Cunningham has been swatting up... * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on sleeves More Info
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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 48 (April 2017)
* '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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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 49 (May 2017)
* 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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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 50 (June 2017)
* 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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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 51 (July 2017)
* Jane Austen and Regency fashion: Jayne Shrimpton explores Regency style and how it has become intimately associated with the novelist who died 200 years ago * Courting success: Nicola Lisle delves into the history of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships, which celebrates its 140th anniversary this year * The case of the author's family: Nick Thorne manages to explore Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's family line despite the variation in names used in the records * Full steam ahead: Harry Cunningham goes for a ride into Britain's steam-filled past as he discovers the impact of the railway on our Victorian ancestors' lives * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on shifts, petticoats and slips More Info
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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 52 (August 2017)
* 'Put it in the diary': Ruth A Symes looks at what our ancestors' appointment diaries can reveal * What's in a name?: Denise Bates explores the trends and traditions of Victorian forenames * Changing names: Nick Thorne unravels a family of name changes and finds a black sheep exiled for his crime * Here is the news: Margaret Powling surveys the history of newspapers, and remembers her own family's role in the trade * Woodcuts and witches: Jon Crabb explores how developments in publishing influenced the early modern fixation with witches * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on underwear More Info
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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 53 (September 2017)
* The mystery of Branwell's death: Ruth A Symes explores why Branwell Brontë's death certificate doesn't fully explain his death * New records from the 'Far North': Keith Gregson explores the Northumberland parish records recently added to TheGenealogist website * A touch of glass: Daniel Hewitt explores the glass etching trade through the prism of a talented ancestor * A bloody history: Life in the Caribbean could be brutal and extremely gruelling for our ancestors and far worse for the original native tribes who lived there, writes Harry Cunningham * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on underwear More Info
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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 54 (October 2017)
* 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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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 55 (November 2017)
* Dressed to drive: Jayne Shrimpton explores the sartorial history of early motoring * Bringing opera to the masses: When theatre manager Richard D'Oyly Carte asked Gilbert and Sullivan to compose some music for him, it led to the creation of an entire opera company, as Nell Darby explains * Grandpa never mentioned that!: Nick Thorne discovered an unexpected literary connection to his family * History's forgotten workers: The 19th and early 20th centuries saw a great rise in clerical work. Richard Willis explores the largely overlooked work of legal clerks * Family fireworks: We explore actor Kit Harington's links to both the Gunpowder Plot and the king it tried to kill * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on underwear More Info
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