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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 2 (June 2013)
Issue 2 features: * Voting for action: Nell Darby tells the story of the suffragettes * Operation Chastise: Records of the Dam Busters are online * Marching on their stomachs: Andrew Robertshaw explores the importance of food in the WW1 trenches * Church or chapel?: Beryl Evans reveals how to research both Anglican and Nonconformist Welsh ancestors * The plot thickens: What surname distribution maps can show * Books: A round up of recent publications * Place in focus: Useful resources for Birmingham research * Break the brick walls: Civil registration birth records More Info
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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
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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 23 (March 2015)
Issue 23 features: * Lost and found: Sharon Brookshaw explores the history of child abandonment and the rise of foundling institutions * The Marine boys (and girls): Nell Darby on the history of a unique society which helps poor children find work at sea * Plotting the past: Tithe maps are coming online * A nation of gardeners: Margaret Powling digs into the history of gardening as a popular pastime * The First Fleeters: Laura Berry follows the experiences of people in the first penal colony to be founded in Australia * Before the trains came: Horse-drawn transport in Leeds * The great survey: Jill Morris delves into Griffith’s Valuation * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on wellies More Info
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Researching and Locating Your Ancestors by Celia Heritage
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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Cascading Pedigree Chart Pad - A4 Genealogy Sheets
50 A4 pages for recording your family tree, each page has space for three generations and can be continued on the next page. Space for up to 300 people. Ideal for our Springback Binders. More Info
Product Code: GE6883
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 75 (July 2019)
* Secrets from the grave: Simon Wills explores the genealogical value of our ancestors' headstones * Number One London: TheGenealogist's Map Explorer shows London landmarks in changing environment, writes Nick Thorne * Messing about on the river: Jayne Shrimpton sets sail in the first of two articles about leisure activities associated with water - this time, our rivers and canals * George, the habitual criminal: Nell Darby lays down the law about the history of repeat offenders * Drinking with the Georgians: Phil Wood enjoys an 18th century tipple * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton looks at male servants' livery More Info
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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 90 (October 2020)
* Smart at school: Jayne Shrimpton educates us on how school uniforms have developed over time * Automobile antics: Nell Darby takes us for a spin through the early years of motor car use * One ring to bind them: Nick Thorne uses online map tools to search for a stone burial chamber which moved 170 miles away from where its Neolithic builders originally put it * Offending women: The Calendars of Prisoners for Liverpool in the 1840s suggest that female offending wasn't as unusual as you might think €¦ Nell Darby investigates * A striking story: Dene Bebbington tells the tale of the match girls' strike * History in the details: Materials - leather (part 1) More Info
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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 103 (November 2021)
* Lives in miniature: Rachel Bates peeks at the world of Georgian miniatures, which offered personal keepsakes in an era before photography * Life on Fleet Street: This long thoroughfare in the City of London has been a centre of commerce for centuries - but there's more to it than just newspapers... By Nell Darby * A walk through history: The smartphone version of Map Explorer opens up the history all around us. By Nick Thorne * The menace of blackmail: Many people have resorted to blackmail over the years, although it is largely the unsuccessful cases that we know about - but how have blackmailers committed the crime, and why? Nell Darby investigates * Almost a saint? Elizabeth Prout is a relatively unknown Victorian figure who played a key role in educating and helping the poor in Manchester during the mid-19th century. Lorraine Schofield tells her story * History in the details: Materials - linen (part 3) More Info
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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 108 (April 2022)
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. Issue 108 features: The changing face of death: Simon Wills looks ... More Info
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An Historic Map of Wotton-under–Edge
This A4 size coloured map is based on the 1882 Ordnance Survey map of the town at 25 inches to the mile. The map has been annotated with information on some of the historic buildings, people and facts. As well as being of interest in itself it makes an ideal gift when visiting relatives and friends abroad.
Buckinghamshire Parish Map A3 size
Map for marking off places researched - ample room for name entry [sent in tube]
Chesham Town; Tithe Map 1844
map with plot numbers, with a booklet list and index of all househoilders and what they owned. [sent in tube]