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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 7 (November 2013)
Issue 7 features: * The back-up brigades: The largest collection of militia records online has just been released – here’s the background * Petty crimes?: Nell Darby continues her series on the courts with a look at the Petty Sessions * Grande dame of the seas: We explore the history and heritage of the legendary steamship SS Great Britain * Ladies with many layers: Lucy Adlington discusses women's fashion on the eve of World War One * Place in focus: Explore Lancashire history and records * Books: A round up of recent publications * Break the brick walls: Jenny Jones on parish birth records * What's new in November: Key history-related events More Info
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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 8 (December 2013)
Issue 8 features: * Know your place: Jill Morris joins DYA’s team of writers with an extended feature on exploring your British local history * Picturing the past: Enjoy a new, free image archive online * The flying judges: Nell Darby concludes her series on the courts with a look at the Assizes * Jutland remembered: A Roll of Honour remembering those who died in WW1’s largest sea battle has now gone online * Place in focus: Explore Lancashire history and records * Books: A round up of recent publications * Break the brick walls: Advice on parish marriage records * What’s new in December: Key history-related events More Info
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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 10 (February 2014)
Issue 10 features: * Home of industry: Nell Darby looks into working from home * Secret liaisons: Jenny Jones explains Fleet marriages * A wealth of wills: Wills available online have much to offer * Place in focus: Explore Sheffield history and records * This month: WW2 memories for National Storytelling Week * Books: A round up of recent publications * Break the brick walls: Advice on apprenticeship records More Info
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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 24 (April 2015)
Issue 24 features: *Toughs in cuffs: Angela Buckley investigates criminal ancestry, particularly in Victorian times, and how to trace it *Horatio’s last words: Explore Nelson’s last will and testament *The Welsh at Work: Emma Jolly follows occupational migrations in and out of Wales in the 18th and 19th centuries *Ancient roots: New DNA research sheds light on our origins *Lost in the war, found in the records: WW1 case study *The jester vs Jerry: How cartoonist Heath Robinson helped with the propaganda war against Germany in WW1 *Message to the masses: Jill Morris follows the many journeys of John Wesley as he took Methodism to the people *History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on umbrellas More Info
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Discover Your Ancestors Magazine Issue 5
This 196 page bookazine contains new in-depth articles, research advice, social history, 'how to' features, case studies, places in focus, and much more! It is ideal for both experienced researchers and those just starting out. * Fascinating features about life in the past * Different types of records explored * The Georgians and beyond: Explore your family history back to medieval times * Family Stories of three musical legends: David Bowie, Cilla Black, and John Lennon * and much more! 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 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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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 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 56 (December 2017)
* Poacher vs gamekeeper: Maybe your agricultural ancestor had another side to him? Simon Wills explores the secretive but risky life of the poacher and his arch enemy * Crackers about Christmas: Nick Thorne looks at some of the Victorian people behind the Christmas traditions we enjoy to this day * Painting the nation blue: Harry Cunningham investigates the 17th century origins of one of the oldest and arguably most successful political movements in the world: the Tories * The forgotten soldier: Daniel Hewitt explores the life of his great-great-uncle, who saw long years of military service * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on crinoline More Info
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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 59 (March 2018)
* Selling the past: Paul Matthews investigates the history of advertisements in the 19th and early 20th centuries * Nanna's wartime postcards: Keith Gregson reports on the remarkable survival of more than a hundred wartime postcards sent to his wife's grandmother during WW1 * Reformatory life: Nell Darby investigates the history of reformatory schools, in the first of a regular feature on criminal history * Family snapshots: Jayne Shrimpton investigates amateur photography and the unique view of the past it offers * Century of schisms: The early modern period was one of the most religiously and politically charged eras in English history, as Harry Cunningham explains * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on women's headwear More Info
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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 67 (November 2018)
* Armistice at home: Ruth A Symes looks at how our ordinary ancestors celebrated the end of the First World War away from the front * Armistice: a sparkie's eye view: Andrew Chapman found a remarkable diary written by his grandfather, offering an eyewitness account of the surrender of the German fleet at the end of WW1 * Missives of war: Jayne Shrimpton looks at how contemporary postcards reflect various aspects of the First World War * The search for Mr Vinneycombe: Keith Gregson shows how he has used The Genealogist and allied sites to solve one particularly challenging WW1 research problem * Two lucky escapes: Ross Gowland tells the story of William Gordon Mitchell, survivor of two world wars * A policeman's lot: A notebook in a London archive gives a very personal insight into the life of a policeman. Nell Darby reports * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on brooches More Info
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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 69 (January 2019)
* Rinking: an Edwardian craze: Roller skating as a leisure activity has a surprisingly long history. Jayne Shrimpton investigates this pastime, which peaked in the Edwardian age * La Belle Sauvage: Nick Thorne visits a coaching inn where the printing presses disturbed the guests * 'Dollar Princesses': Ruth A Symes looks at what our ancestors made of visiting American women in the late 19th and early 20th centuries * Nursing the nation's heroes: Royal Victoria Hospital was Britain's largest ever military hospital. Simon Wills investigates its history and its patients * The Ratho Murder: When the 'respectable' George Bryce suspected that a local servant had told his fiancee to break off their union, he exacted a horrible revenge, says Nell Darby * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on hair ornaments More Info
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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 79 (November 2019)
* Celebrating 150 years of Cutty Sark: Nicola Lisle explores the history of the much-loved tea and wool clipper Cutty Sark, which was launched 150 years ago this month * Mr Elston's artistes: Stephen Wade describes an unusual source available when researching theatrical ancestors * A rich resource for the regiments: Nick Thorne uses the Regimental Records on TheGenealogist to learn more about a brave officer's war * The Thorncliffe riot: Denise Bates tells the story of an early miners' strike which was remembered long afterwards * Travel, tourism and theft: Nell Darby takes us on a journey through the new types of crime which grew with the changing transport network * History in the details: Bus crew uniforms More Info
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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 93 (January 2021)
* A brief history of dieting: At a time of year when many people look to their New Year's resolutions, Jayne Shrimpton reveals that dieting is certainly no new endeavour * If the invader comes...: Stuart A. Raymond looks at the WW2 Invasion Committees and the useful records they have left * The greats of greetings cards: Nick Thorne explores the records of the Jewish family responsible for many of our ancestors' greeting cards * How justice failed Beatrice and Emily: The unsolved murders of two little girls in 1890s Gloucestershire show the problems with convicting those identified as the likely offender. By Nell Darby * Crime by numbers: Kate Hollis investigates criminal record keeping in Victorian Kent * History in the details: Materials - leather (part 4) More Info
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