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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 19 (November 2014)
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
Product Code: DYAP019
Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 25 (May 2015)
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
Product Code: DYAP025
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Dating Old Army Photographs
Robert Pols. Help with dating army photographs from the 19th to the early 20th century
Tracing your Army Ancestors / Simon Fowler
Most of us have ancestors who served in the army. This book offers a comprehensive introduction to researching them. It covers not just the extensive records held at the National Archives, but also information held by a wide range of other record offices and libraries. Published by Pen & Sword Books, 2006.
A Family Historians Great War
To commemorate the centenary of the start of the Great War, DDFHS has published this A4 sized booklet. It looks at subjects that will answer questions raised by people researching their family history during this period. It considers why your ancestors may have joined the army or stayed at home and assesses the impact this had on their families. It also explores attitudes to marriage and cohabitat...More Info
Kent Administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1801-1810
The Prerogative Court of Canterbury (PCC) had superior jurisdiction for probate purposes over the south of England from the 14th century until it, and all the other church courts, were abolished in January 1858 and the Principal Probate Registry was founded. The PCC dealt with the grants of probate of wills and letters of administration (admons) of the estates of intestates of those who had go...More Info