Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 12 (April 2014)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 12 (April 2014)

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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)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 13 (May 2014)

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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)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 14 (June 2014)

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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 16 (August 2014)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 16 (August 2014)

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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)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 17 (September 2014)

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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)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 18 (October 2014)

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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)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 19 (November 2014)

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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)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 20 (December 2014)

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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)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 21 (January 2015)

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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)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 22 (February 2015)

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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)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 23 (March 2015)

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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)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 24 (April 2015)

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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 26 (June 2015)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 26 (June 2015)

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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)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 27 (July 2015)

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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)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 28 (August 2015)

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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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