Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 4 (August 2013)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 4 (August 2013)

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Issue 4 features: * Find ships’ crews online: A useful new research tool * Something for everyone: Mairead Mahon traces the history of department stores and how they changed shopping * School records: Expert research advice from Kirsty Gray * Lost way of life: London’s forgotten fishing communities * Books: A round up of recent publications * Taking liberties: Philip MacDougall explores the dark world of the Royal Navy’s press gangs * Place in focus: Explore and research Manchester roots * Break the brick walls: Death records More Info

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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 5 (September 2013)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 5 (September 2013)

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Issue 5 features: * Light industry: Jayne Shrimpton focuses on the fast-growing trade of photography from the 19th century onward * Round up the black sheep: Resources newly online will help track down ancestors with a shady past * Forced from home: Chris Paton offers guidance on tracing ancestors who moved or emigrated in the Highland Clearances * Books: A round up of recent publications * Place in focus: Explore and research Herefordshire roots * Jack and the Jews: We explore the history of prejudice against London’s Jewish community in the 1880s * Break the brick walls: Wills before 1858 More Info

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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 37 (May 2016)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 37 (May 2016)

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* A stitch in time: Ruth A Symes threads her way through the history of needlework occupations * The roots of the Trucker Earl: Nick Thorne uses colour tithe maps now available online to look into the past of a colourful family * Hair-raising history: Harry Cunningham investigates the changing roles of hairdressers and barbers, from cutting limbs to cutting hair * Patten recognition: Paul Matthews steps out in pursuit of a lost trade, and the wider history of London livery companies * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on knickerbockers * Blue sap in the tree?: Jill Morris finds an online treasure trove of royal records More Info

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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 38 (June 2016)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 38 (June 2016)

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* The wreck of the SS London: 150 years ago this notorious shipping disaster claimed the lives of hundreds, as Simon Wills explains * A comedy heroine descended from a WW1 hero: Nick Thorne takes a look at the family of the well-loved and talented entertainer Victoria Wood * Finding other people's secrets: Jocelyn Robson explains how she investigated a fascinating story of a woman who faked her own death and reinvented herself * Stythies, handlooms and tenterhooks: Melvyn Jones delves into the working lives of home-based handloom weavers and metalworkers * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on jodhpurs * Great Scots online: Jill Morris explores the wealth of Scottish records available More Info

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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 41 (September 2016)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 41 (September 2016)

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* 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 42 (October 2016)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 42 (October 2016)

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* Lives on the land: Hannah Spencer explores the changing fortunes of the agricultural labourer * A riot in rural Wales: Val Davies recounts the story of the Chartist uprising in Llanidloes * A wing and a prayer: Nick Thorne looks at the records of the renowned flying sons of a clergyman * The art of the perfect cask: Harry Cunningham explores the history of coopers, a trade that is now on the verge of extinction * History in three dimensions: We interview Neil Millington, who has recreated Manchester in 1850 in 3D form * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on men's neckwear 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 44 (December 2016)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 44 (December 2016)

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* 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 45 (January 2017)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 45 (January 2017)

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* London's burning: Sharon Brookshaw tells the story of the Silvertown explosion, a century ago this month, and the dangerous world of munitions workers * The man who built Parliament: Nick Thorne traces the rise of the architect Sir Charles Barry * The myth of the Mayflower: John Wade reveals the full story of the Mayflower's origins - and how Plymouth was not really its home * Fears and despondencies: Sharon Brookshaw delves into how our ancestors thought about and treated what we now call depression * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on jackets More Info

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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 46 (February 2017)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 46 (February 2017)

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* 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 47 (March 2017)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 47 (March 2017)

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* The ultimate 'be prepared': Sharon Brookshaw explores the roles of Boy Scouts and Girl Guides during WW1 * A true pioneer: To celebrate Women's History Month, Nick Thorne explores records of a pioneering professional woman * 'The thermometer in the vestibule': Ruth A Symes on what we can learn from our ancestors' weather diaries * Building the ivory towers: What was it like to study at university in the early modern and medieval world? Harry Cunningham has been swatting up... * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on sleeves More Info

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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 48 (April 2017)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 48 (April 2017)

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* 'Warm stuff of diverse colours': Jayne Shrimpton explores the history of Scottish plaids, kilts and tartans * Puzzles of multiplication: Sharon Brookshaw explores the rites and superstitions adopted by our ancestors when trying to conceive a child * Plimsoll's line: Nick Thorne explores the life of Samuel Plimsoll, from bankrupt coal merchant to renegade MP * Life in miniature: Nicola Lisle delves into the history of dolls' houses and what they tell us about our ancestors' lives * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on skirts More Info

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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 49 (May 2017)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 49 (May 2017)

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* Your ancestor's voice: Ruth A Symes wonders what it would be like if we could hear our ancestors speak - and in fact there are online tools which can help * Going into Labour: Harry Cunningham investigates the Victorian roots of the British Labour Party and the road the very first Labour government in 1924 * Pillars of the establishment: From a Governor of the Bank of England to a grandson killed by Indian Tigers - Nick Thorne explores an interesting Huguenot family * Fleeing in terror: Eighty years ago this month, the UK welcomed nearly 4000 child refugees from the war-torn Basque region of Spain. Nicola Lisle tells their story * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on dresses More Info

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