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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 20 (December 2014)
Issue 20 features: * Called to the bar: Phil Wood samples the variety of drinking establishments in Georgian times * Mentioned in dispatches: essential WW1 records now online * Having the last word: Kirsty Gray investigates epitaphs * The toughest scrum: Keith Gregson looks into a Sunderland rugby team, 12 members of which served in World War One * Christmas behind locked doors: Kate Tyte reveals that the festive season in workhouses and asylums wasn’t all bad * The cunning folk: the history of witchcraft in Essex * Lore of the lawyers: Jill Morris tracks down legal records * History in the details: scarves and mufflers More Info
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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 21 (January 2015)
Issue 21 features: * Parliament and the people: Nell Darby looks back at the people’s relationship with Parliament, now 750 years old * The hidden treasures of gravestones: Nick Thorne explains * Revolutionary biscuits: A slice of Dublin history revealed * Seeking out the pros: Keith Gregson explores what can be learned about professional sporting ancestors in online records * The rise and fall of the Darfield Flier: Michael Rochford reveals an interesting story of a Victorian cyclist * Archive heaven: Melvyn Jones highlights the treasures in the archives of our great landed estates * From Company to the Raj: Jill Morris explores British India * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on muffs More Info
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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 22 (February 2015)
Issue 22 features: * The sweet smell of history: Jayne Shrimpton sniffs out the interesting social history of perfume * A rogue in the records: Gill Hoffs on a convict who made his fortune in the goldfields of Australia, only to lose it again * The Mulberry madam: Another convict transportation story * Found in the muniments room: Melvyn Jones highlights more treasures in the archives of our great landed estates * All good sports: Keith Gregson explores what can be learned about amateur sporting ancestors in online records * Plying the waters: Waterborne trade in Somerset explored * Calling your ancestors: Jill Morris looks at old phone books * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on raincoats 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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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 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
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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 29 (September 2015)
Issue 29 features: *'A true and perfect inventory': Melvyn Jones describes the domestic comforts of a late 17th century farming family *Picturing the past: Nick Thorne explores how a free online image archive adds atmosphere to family history research *A day at the museum: For the last 400 years, museums have helped people to experience the world's treasures *WDYTYA is back: The popular genealogy TV show returns *Are benefactors in the frame: Unique research into the lives of people who donated paintings to Glasgow’s museums *The legacies of history: Jill Morris explores wills from the 14th to 19th centuries, available online *History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on clogs More Info
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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 26 (June 2015)
Issue 26 features: *'The same age as my gums': Ruth Symes explores how society made provision for old age in the past *Making sense of migration: Melvyn Jones examines the forces behind the movements of our ancestors *Alien ancestors: Naturalisation and denization explained *What's in a name? Paul Matthews explores some of the stumbling blocks names can throw up for researchers *Traces of Waterloo: Exploring the famous battle of 1815 through objects of the era *Finding fresh land: Jill Morris on the settling of New Zealand *History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on shorts More Info
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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 27 (July 2015)
Issue 27 features:*Building history: Laura Berry reveals how to research the history of homes in England and Wales*Sitting on the penitent's stool: Chris Paton explains the judicial role of the kirk session in Scotland*'Toys were us': Sharon Brookshaw explores how our ancestors may have entertained themselves as children*Working in the woods: Melvyn Jones explores the working life of men who toiled as charcoal burners*Steaming through history: P&O’s heritage in pictures*The Modern Domesday: Jill Morris plots the history of a major 19th century resource listing landowners*History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on swimwear More Info
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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 28 (August 2015)
Issue 28 features: *Bad medicine: Simon Wills looks at the medicines taken by your 19th century ancestors *Scanning on the go: Nick Thorne reviews a useful tool *Joining the circus: Nell Darby takes to the big top with a history of the circus, its performers and those who went along *History woz ’ere: Ruth A Symes explores the personal touches left behind by our ancestors in the form of graffiti *Lost to the waves: Jill Morris looks at records of deaths at sea available online *History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on sandals More Info
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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical Compendium May-December 2013
For the first time you can read the Discover Your Ancestors Periodical in print. With over 100 pages, this compendium is packed full of features, stories, case studies, social history articles, and research advice from the May-December 2013 issues.... More Info
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