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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 11 (March 2014)

Issue 11 features: * Knots for Scots: Regular and irregular Borders marriages * Helping the community: Join a major new volunteer project * Off the rails: The context of 19th century railway accidents * Counter intelligence: Take a shopping trip in Victorian times * Sphere of influence: Contemporary WW1 newspapers * Books/This month: Recent publications and upcoming events * Place in focus: Explore County Durham history and records * Break the brick walls: Tracing illegitimate ancestors More Info

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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 12 (April 2014)

Issue 12 features: * Powering the past: Technology and the Industrial Revolution * One place, many faces: What is a one-place study? * Following the plot: A major collection of tithe records online * Class conscious: The diaries of a Victorian school * Paris of the West: Explore San Francisco in the late 19th century * Books: A round-up of recent publications * Place in focus: Explore Southampton’s history and records * Break the brick walls: Finding occupational records More Info

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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 13 (May 2014)

Issue 13 features: * A place for everyone?: Parish settlement orders explored * Grow more branches: 500,000 more parish records go online * Kip and kin: Ruth Symes on the secrets of the ancestral bed * When drama meets reality: Explore the roots of stars in the BBC’s new World War One nursing drama * Lumped together: How did people sleep in the workhouse? * Empty pockets: Records of bankruptcy and insolvency * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on aprons More Info

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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 14 (June 2014)

Issue 14 features: * Going the extra mile: Jenny Jones explains the history and advantages of ‘Dade registers’ * Warriors in your DNA?: DNA research into Bannockburn * PoW records go online: A major new WW1 resource * It’s all in the cards: The history and etiquette of calling cards * Not a happy lot?: Police life and work in Victorian Cheshire * A life on (or behind) stage: Theatrical records explored * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on canes and sticks * Place in focus: Northampton More Info

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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 15 (July 2014)

Issue 15 features: * Tracing the tiger: Paul Matthews looks at the many mind altering drugs our ancestors might have fallen prey to * Lest we forget...: The WW1 centenary begins * Family reflections: Ruth Symes on the history of mirrors * Were they in India?: A useful research avenue to explore * From store to war: The sad fate of many Harrods staff in WW1 * Graphic conflict: WW1 explored through infographics * Finding the freemasons: Jill Morris enters a secret world * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on sunglasses * What’s on * Books * Place in focus: Wiltshire More Info

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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 16 (August 2014)

Issue 16 features: * Living on leftovers: Nell Darby explores the forgotten practice of gleaning after the harvest * Fit for a king: The new Richard III visitor centre in Leicester * Justly honoured: Military Medal records from WW1 go online * Short o’ pobbies: Lancashire dialect and the Cotton Famine * Hopping through history: The hop pickers of SE England * To Botany Bay and beyond: Convict transportation records * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on straw boaters More Info

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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 17 (September 2014)

Issue 17 features: * Scotshots: Jayne Shrimpton investigates photography and photographers in Scotland * Scotland remembers: New heritage plaques unveiled * The utmost bravery: Distinguished Conduct Medals online * Women in war: Kirsty Gray reveals how WW1 affected women and led to major changes in society * Female tommies: Women's nursing services in WW1 * Finding freedom: Records of freemen and burgesses * History in the details: How blazer jackets developed * Place in focus: Staffordshire More Info

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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 18 (October 2014)

Issue 18 features: * Housekeeping through history: Margaret Powling shows how housekeeping books can illuminate social history * Celebration of place: A new one-place studies conference * Wounded in WW1: Explore 1.3m casualty records online * Sea changes: Karen Foy on the many ways we can learn about our migrant ancestors * A walk in the park: The development of public parks * The slippery poll: 18th and 19th century poll books revealed * History in the details: Cloaks and mantles * Places in Focus: Norwich 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 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 104 (December 2021)

* Passengers at sea: Simon Wills explores what it was like to take a long voyage across the oceans as a passenger, whether for leisure or in search of a new life * Family photographs at Christmas: Photo expert Jayne Shrimpton looks at how advances and trends in photography were reflected in seasonal celebrations * The women of Mumbles Head: In 1883, a storm ravaged the coastline of South Wales, and claimed several lives. If it hadn't been for the actions of two sisters, it could have claimed more... Nell Darby tells their story * Social mobility in the 19th century: Denise Bates investigates how people could cross the divides of class and status in Victorian times * A seafaring surgeon and a rural rioter: Nick Thorne follows Ed Balls' journey through his roots * History in the details: Materials - linen (part 4) More Info

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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 105 (January 2022)

* Master of endurance: Marking the centenary of Ernest Shackleton's death this month, Caroline Roope tells the remarkable story of this great explorer * History's reckoning: From clay tablets to computers, Richard Willis explores the history of accounting and accountants * Crime among cops: We rely on our police forces to help us, solving crimes and making us feel safe. But there is a long history of scandal within the police ranks... By Nell Darby * Updating a Shetland ancestry: Keith Gregson examines some of the resources - old and new - useful for researching roots on the Scottish isles * A brewer's road to Damascus: Nick Thorne follows the story of Frederick Nicholas Charrington, the ex-brewer who built a temperance movement hall down the road from the brewery * History in the details: Materials - cotton (part 1) More Info

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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 106 (February 2022)

* People's parks: Denise Bates explores the history of public parks and the social purpose they have served * Bigamy at Bristol: When a man committed bigamy, one might expect people to condemn him. So how, in 1859, did one man actually get sympathy for doing so? Nell Darby knows * A ride through time: Nick Thorne demonstrates how combining online resources can help with researching ancestors' occupations * The saddest goodbye: Simon Wills looks at why and how our ancestors attempted suicide and the repercussions for them and their families * Letters to the editor: Paul Matthews offers a sampler of correspondence to periodicals, revealing little windows into the past * History in the details: Materials - cotton (part 2) More Info

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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 107 (March 2022)

* Our centenarian ancestors: A perhaps surprising number of our 19th century ancestors reached their 90s or even their centuries - and press interest in their age can really help the family historian, as Nell Darby explains * The marvels of Metro-land: Caroline Roope discovers the London commuter suburbs promoted by the expanding Metropolitan Railway in the early 20th century * A welfare pioneer: Sadie McMullon tells the story of Agnes Marshall Loomes, a pivotal figure for infant welfare * Addressing Sir Alexander: Nick Thorne addresses where Sir Alexander Fleming lived - the man who discovered penicillin by chance in Paddington * History in the details: Materials - cotton (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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