Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 8 (December 2013)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 8 (December 2013)

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Issue 8 features: * Know your place: Jill Morris joins DYA’s team of writers with an extended feature on exploring your British local history * Picturing the past: Enjoy a new, free image archive online * The flying judges: Nell Darby concludes her series on the courts with a look at the Assizes * Jutland remembered: A Roll of Honour remembering those who died in WW1’s largest sea battle has now gone online * Place in focus: Explore Lancashire history and records * Books: A round up of recent publications * Break the brick walls: Advice on parish marriage records * What’s new in December: Key history-related events More Info

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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 9 (January 2014)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 9 (January 2014)

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Issue 9 features: *The bonds that last: Jenny Jones explains marriage licences, allegations, bonds and banns records *Trades in the trenches: New online data reveals the roles of teachers, engineers and lawyers in World War One *Hair hunting: How beards can reveal your ancestors' lives! *'A nervy lot': Kathy Chater tells an extraordinary family tale of madness and strife, all revealed by papers found on eBay *Party like it's 1853: Learn some Victorian parlour games! *Place in focus: Explore Kentish history and records *Books: A round up of recent publications *Break the brick walls: Advice on parish burial records *What's on in January: Key history-related events More Info

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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 79 (November 2019)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 79 (November 2019)

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* Celebrating 150 years of Cutty Sark: Nicola Lisle explores the history of the much-loved tea and wool clipper Cutty Sark, which was launched 150 years ago this month * Mr Elston's artistes: Stephen Wade describes an unusual source available when researching theatrical ancestors * A rich resource for the regiments: Nick Thorne uses the Regimental Records on TheGenealogist to learn more about a brave officer's war * The Thorncliffe riot: Denise Bates tells the story of an early miners' strike which was remembered long afterwards * Travel, tourism and theft: Nell Darby takes us on a journey through the new types of crime which grew with the changing transport network * History in the details: Bus crew uniforms More Info

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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 80 (December 2019)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 80 (December 2019)

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* All dressed up: With Christmas coming, one of the many festivities where people have often dressed up for fun, Jayne Shrimpton explores the history of fancy dress down the ages * The Rochdale Pioneers: 175 years ago this month, a group of individuals in the north-west of England established one of the first co-operatives in the country. Who were they, and what did they want to achieve? Nell Darby investigates * Sky high progress: Nick Thorne tells the story of the son of a ladies underclothing manufacturer who pioneered long distance flight in a flimsy biplane * Field of the Yard: One detective from the Metropolitan Police in the 19th century, writes Nell Darby, captured the imagination of the press, the public, and one novelist by the name of Dickens... * A life on the ocean wave: Life in the Royal Navy was not all rotten meat and weevily biscuits, says Gregory Parker * History in the details: Tram crew uniforms More Info

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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 81 (January 2020)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 81 (January 2020)

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* The secret worshippers: Stuart A. Raymond explores researching Catholic recusants through his detailed study of a parish in Wiltshire * More than just scrawls on walls: Is graffiti a mark of disrespect or social comment? Denise Bates looks at its long history * Tales of the Cartaret dynasty: Nick Thorne follows up a chance finding in the tithe records, leading him to the story of a Royalist privateer commemorated in America * The child-snatchers: Playing to our insecurities both as children and parents, kidnapping remains a rare but particularly scary crime, writes Nell Darby * Motherhood and madness in the Victorian era: Lorraine Schofield explores the gap between the ideal of womanhood in the 19th century and the reality of mental illness * History in the details: Railway staff uniforms More Info

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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 82 (February 2020)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 82 (February 2020)

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* Skin in the game: Jayne Shrimpton explores the history of the fur trade and the work of furriers and related occupations * The early papers: Paul Matthews has the headlines about the burgeoning world of newspapers in the 18th century * Finding the bad egg: How hard can it be to find a criminal ancestor in the digital archives - and do we all have one? * Gather ye records why ye may! Nick Thorne finds out about the Herricks of Leicester * A sense of place: Chris Paton explains what Irish land records reveal * History in the details: Nursing uniforms More Info

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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 83 (March 2020)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 83 (March 2020)

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* Storehouses of history: Caroline Roope delves into the development of museums and the showcasing of history to the public * The story of a forgotten address: Paul Matthews shows what can be discovered about an address that no longer exists, in this case in Adelaide Place near London Bridge * All aboard for the Swindon Trip: Dene Bebbington takes us on a journey through the history of a popular leisure excursion for railway staff * How to punish the 'feeble minded': In 1952, a horrific murder in Scotland led to debate about how offenders with learning disabilities should be punished, writes Nell Darby * Educate yourself on the records! Keith Gregson has recently discovered the usefulness of TheGenealogist's Education search engine and shares some of his discoveries with readers * History in the details: Fisherfolk dress More Info

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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 84 (April 2020)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 84 (April 2020)

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* Missing from the census: Why were some of your ancestors apparently not enumerated in a census, and what can you do about it? Simon Wills offers some expert advice * Fashion's fools: Jayne Shrimpton looks at some of the stranger and more frivolous trends in fashion down the ages * The sibling suicides: Bloomsbury in London once had an unenviable reputation for suicide. Nell Darby reports * The killing of Sergeant Hately: Stephen Wade tells a tale of danger to law and order at the Alnwick hiring fair * The finder of wonderful things: Nick Thorne discovers the records for the artist's son who discovered a pharaoh * History in the details: Mine workers' dress More Info

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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 85 (May 2020)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 85 (May 2020)

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* Fashion after WW2: Jayne Shrimpton marks the 75th anniversary of VE Day from a sartorial point of view * The archives: empty but still at work: Former archivist Mary Ann Davison celebrates Local and Community History Month amid the challenges of the coronavirus lockdown * A home for the smack boys: Many workhouse boys were apprenticed to work on fishing smacks. Nell Darby explores * The case of the charming man: Joshua Casswell was a barrister at 40 murder trials, with some strong views * Unconventional lives: Nick Thorne delves into the archives to demonstrate that our forebears had complicated lives * History in the details: Factory/mill workers' dress More Info

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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 86 (June 2020)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 86 (June 2020)

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* Tracing your prisoner ancestors: Stephen Wade explains the detective work required to track down prison inmates * Visit a virtual show! This month the Family History Show is going online - here's a run-down, plus Keith Gregson reveals an insider's view of being on the expert panel * Not to be found in the archives: Lauren Alex O'Hagan tells us about how book inscriptions can be used to research our family history * Did Cork-Leg John get away with murder? Nell Darby investigates another criminal case from the archives * Undercover shoppers: Denise Bates looks into the history of covered markets and shopping arcades * History in the details: Building trade attire 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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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 90 (October 2020)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 90 (October 2020)

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* Smart at school: Jayne Shrimpton educates us on how school uniforms have developed over time * Automobile antics: Nell Darby takes us for a spin through the early years of motor car use * One ring to bind them: Nick Thorne uses online map tools to search for a stone burial chamber which moved 170 miles away from where its Neolithic builders originally put it * Offending women: The Calendars of Prisoners for Liverpool in the 1840s suggest that female offending wasn't as unusual as you might think €¦ Nell Darby investigates * A striking story: Dene Bebbington tells the tale of the match girls' strike * History in the details: Materials - leather (part 1) More Info

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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 91 (November 2020)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 91 (November 2020)

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* Inglorious mud: Caroline Roope explores the world of the mudlarks, people driven by poverty to scavenge along urban waterways * Rebuilding after the Great Fire: The response to London's 1666 fire included raising funds from across the country. Stuart A Raymond reveals some interesting records this generated * Listen to family stories... and then do the research: Nick Thorne builds his family story on firm ground using records readily available online * A father's jealousy: A case from Edwardian England illustrates how basic archival records don't always tell the whole story about a marriage. By Nell Darby * A tale of two towns: 100 years on from Leith's merger with Edinburgh, Nicola Lisle tells the story of the uneasy relationship between Scotland's capital city and its nearby port * History in the details: Materials - leather (part 2) More Info

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