Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 39 (July 2016)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 39 (July 2016)

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* The forgotten carers: Paul Matthews tells the story of the monthly nurses who cared for mothers after childbirth * Taking back the prisoners: Nick Thorne researches Sir Robert Napier and his daring 1868 expedition to Abyssinia * Tall ships and high seas: Margaret Powling offers a brief history of the golden age of sail * Women and the lost generation: Lorraine Schofield explores the impact of WW1 on women * A mystery solved: Gaynor Haliday on how a family conundrum was explained, and an important photo identified * One man's Somme story: We mark the centenary of the Battle of the Somme with the story of its oldest British death * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on dungarees * The elite of Eton: Jill Morris on the public school's history More Info

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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 40 (August 2016)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 40 (August 2016)

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* Home Front fashion: Jayne Shrimpton stitches together a seamless history of fashion economies during WW1 * Is it worth 'giving them a bell'?: Keith Gregson examines how late Victorian/early Edwardian telephone directories can help the family historian * 'Wrens': the women of the Royal Navy: Simon Wills looks at the history of the Women's Royal Naval Service * The Great British Chocolate Factory: We've loved chocolate in Britain for centuries - but how did we get the taste for it, and who was responsible? Nell Darby finds out* History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on smocks * Anglicans in the archives: Jill Morris looks at the history of the Church of England, and records of clergy available online More Info

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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 43 (November 2016)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 43 (November 2016)

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* 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 57 (January 2018)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 57 (January 2018)

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* Emigration of the poor: Barbara J Starmans explores the role and work of emigration societies in the 19th century * The Victorian beat: Gaynor Haliday investigates the policeman's lot in the 19th century * The ultimate 'Bentley Boy': Nick Thorne follows the family records trail for the glamorous Captain Woolf Barnato * A night at the circus: Sharon Brookshaw celebrates the 250th anniversary of the British circus with a historical flight across the big top * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on hose, stockings and socks More Info

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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 58 (February 2018)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 58 (February 2018)

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* Vinegar Valentines: Valentine's Day hasn't always been a box of chocolates - Denise Bates explores the dark side of the festival of love, as well as its commercial history * Across the sea to Ireland: Melvyn Jones reveals the details of an early business trip between South Yorkshire and County Wicklow in Ireland * The birds without eggs: Nick Thorne investigates the family behind a favourite British brand * Safety first - or not at all: The Victorian era saw several disasters occur in theatres - caused by poorly built or cramped buildings, as Nell Darby explains * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on men's headwear More Info

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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 59 (March 2018)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 59 (March 2018)

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* 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 61 (May 2018)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 61 (May 2018)

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* Wash day every week: In the 19th and early 20th centuries, wash day was a major domestic ritual affecting the entire household, as Jayne Shrimpton explains * The colour mauve: Nick Thorne traces the Perkin family's progress from apprentice leatherworkers to top scientists * Turns of the wheel: Sharon Brookshaw explores the various revolutions in the relationship between cycling and society * Read all about it: The Illustrated Police News brought Victorians a diet of sensationalist crime, but its appeal to the working-classes was a cause of concern, says Nell Darby * Enlightened times: Harry Cunningham explores Scotland's intellectual, economic and cultural revolution from the 1700s * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on handkerchiefs More Info

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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 62 (June 2018)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 62 (June 2018)

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* A fate worse than death: Michelle Higgs investigates the notorious conditions on the prison hulks for convicts sentenced to transportation * Oxford's education pioneers: On the 140th anniversary of the Association for the Education of Women in Oxford, Nicola Lisle explores the fight for women's higher education * Some Yorkshire sporting heroes: Keith Gregson celebrates this month's Family History Show in York by examining an interesting corner of Yorkshire's heritage * The Justice of the Peace: In the 18th century, legal writer Dr Richard Burn revolutionised the work of magistrates, by writing a manual for them, as Nell Darby explains * Eighty years of caring: Nicola Lisle explores the history of the Women's Voluntary Service, which is marking its 80th anniversary this year * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on gloves More Info

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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 64 (August 2018)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 64 (August 2018)

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* Life and work at the beach: Jayne Shrimpton dips a toe into the history of bathing machines, changing tents and beach huts * Murder in the rookeries: Nick Thorne investigates a gruesome death in St Giles, London * Sniffing out the past: Ruth A Symes considers some olfactory routes into family history * Going for gold: The 19th century saw gold discovered in America and Canada - and people flocked from Britain to find their fortune in the goldfields. Nell Darby digs deeper * The two clairvoyants who failed to tell their own fortunes: An Edwardian trial used legislation from larceny to witchcraft to prosecute a husband and wife palm-reading team, writes Nell Darby * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on watches More Info

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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 71 (March 2019)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 71 (March 2019)

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* Gardeners at the 'big house': Melvyn Jones investigates the work of the gardeners who worked in the past in large numbers at the country houses of the rich and titled * Salt of the earth: Nick Thorne uses resources at TheGenealogist to add flavour to the family story of manufacturer and philanthropist Titus Salt * Invaders on the street: Denise Bates explores the colourful history of street furniture * Unusual crimes for a woman? The newspapers, throughout time, have detailed the 'unusual crimes' of women: but if they were so unusual, why do there appear to be so many? Nell Darby investigates * Institutions of improvement: Lorraine Schofield tells the story of the creation of public libraries * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on belts and braces More Info

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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 73 (May 2019)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 73 (May 2019)

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* Mischief and merriment: Hannah Spencer celebrates May Day, and the many other rural festivals * Guardians of the shores: Gregory Parker follows last month's exploration of the world of smugglers with a survey of the history and work of Customs and Coastguard officers * Remembering the victims of crime: A new book on Jack the Ripper seeks to put his victims firmly in the spotlight - despite a lack of information about them. Nell Darby reports * A village heroine: Nick Thorne traces the family records of a redoubtable Victorian woman, who nursed royalty and many others * Happy (200th) Birthday Your Majesty: Ruth A Symes celebrates Queen Victoria's bicentenary * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on buckles, buttons and zips More Info

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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 74 (June 2019)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 74 (June 2019)

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* The clerk's tale: Richard Willis looks at the growth of the white-collar workforce in the 19th century * The Theatre Girls' Club: Nell Darby explores how actress Virginia Compton helped out-of-work female performers busking on the streets of the capital at the start of WW1 * From one type of bank to another: Nick Thorne looks at the records for Wind in the Willows author Kenneth Grahame * Women and crime: What kind of crimes have women committed, and what sort of women were they? Nell Darby offers some suggestions for further reading * What do we really know about our families? Heather Welford looks at family myths and the need to research them carefully to establish what really happened * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton introduces a new series of columns about civilian occupational uniforms More Info

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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 87 (July 2020)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 87 (July 2020)

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* Welcome to Clubland: Phil Wood enters the world of the gentleman's club in its 18th and 19th century heyday * A club for the working man: In the 19th century, could club's they also offer a means for the working man to improve himself? Nell Darby peeks behind the door * The road to Butlin's: From drapers who became bankers and bakers who became showmen, Nick Thorne traces the family of a holiday camp impresario * Who shall be a constable? In the past, there were rules as to who could, and couldn't, take on the often thankless task of the local constable. Nell Darby explains * A daughter's defence: Female physicians have been sidelined throughout history but one, Mary Trye, escaped from the margins. Sara Read tells her story * History in the details: Smiths', butchers' and bakers' attire More Info

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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 88 (August 2020)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 88 (August 2020)

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* I do... or I sue: Almost 50 years after this law was dropped, Denise Bates looks at breach of promise to marry legislation * Family sporting photos: Photo expert Jayne Shrimpton looks at how photography has encompassed people's enthusiasm for leisure pursuits * A stained character? Nick Thorne roots out the hidden past of an expert on stained glass windows * The healing waters: Daniel Hewitt investigates the records and registers left by spas and hydrotherapy hospitals * A life on both sides of the tracks: Investigating the lives of private detectives can be a challenge: especially when they adopted different guises. Nell Darby reports * History in the details: Street vendors and deliverers More Info

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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 89 (September 2020)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 89 (September 2020)

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* The near death of a community: Wayne Shepheard looks at the effect of major storms on communities in the past through the example of the Great Gale of 1824 * Was your ancestor a Royalist delinquent? Stuart A. Raymond explains the purpose of Royalist composition papers and how they can help researchers * The soldier, the priest and the count: Nick Thorne looks at one family with three remarkable leaders of men * The tale of a transported felon: Nell Darby investigates the brief crime and long punishment of a London hawker * Is there anybody there? Caroline Roope explores the heyday of spiritualism * History in the details: Shop workers' dress More Info

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