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 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 60 (April 2018)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 60 (April 2018)

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* Northern lights: 150 years after the first fully public meeting on women's suffrage, Sue Wilkes explores the pioneering work of suffragists in Manchester * Through adversity to the stars: Nick Thorne celebrates the April centenary of the birth of the Royal Air Force * Penitent women: Female penitentiaries were designed to make new women of the €˜fallen', as Nell Darby explains * Raiders on the sea: Did your ancestor earn a living by plundering enemy ships? Simon Wills explores the world of privateers, and how to research them * Food of the gods: Margaret Powling offers a delicious history of chocolate * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on bags and purses More Info

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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 65 (September 2018)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 65 (September 2018)

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* A merry dance: Felicity Day takes to the floor for a history of dancing and how it played a crucial role in society * The sport of kings? Horse racing has been popular with criminal opportunists, as Denise Bates reveals * Our survey says... Nick Thorne shows how records from the Lloyd George Domesday Survey can aid researchers * A voluntary transportation: Nell Darby reports on the odd case of a thief who transported himself to Tasmania in 1885 * Why research local history? Will Hazell offers a passionate and reasoned argument for the value of exploring local history * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on rings More Info

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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 67 (November 2018)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 67 (November 2018)

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* Armistice at home: Ruth A Symes looks at how our ordinary ancestors celebrated the end of the First World War away from the front * Armistice: a sparkie's eye view: Andrew Chapman found a remarkable diary written by his grandfather, offering an eyewitness account of the surrender of the German fleet at the end of WW1 * Missives of war: Jayne Shrimpton looks at how contemporary postcards reflect various aspects of the First World War * The search for Mr Vinneycombe: Keith Gregson shows how he has used The Genealogist and allied sites to solve one particularly challenging WW1 research problem * Two lucky escapes: Ross Gowland tells the story of William Gordon Mitchell, survivor of two world wars * A policeman's lot: A notebook in a London archive gives a very personal insight into the life of a policeman. Nell Darby reports * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on brooches More Info

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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 69 (January 2019)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 69 (January 2019)

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* Rinking: an Edwardian craze: Roller skating as a leisure activity has a surprisingly long history. Jayne Shrimpton investigates this pastime, which peaked in the Edwardian age * La Belle Sauvage: Nick Thorne visits a coaching inn where the printing presses disturbed the guests * 'Dollar Princesses': Ruth A Symes looks at what our ancestors made of visiting American women in the late 19th and early 20th centuries * Nursing the nation's heroes: Royal Victoria Hospital was Britain's largest ever military hospital. Simon Wills investigates its history and its patients * The Ratho Murder: When the 'respectable' George Bryce suspected that a local servant had told his fiancee to break off their union, he exacted a horrible revenge, says Nell Darby * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on hair ornaments 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 75 (July 2019)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 75 (July 2019)

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* Secrets from the grave: Simon Wills explores the genealogical value of our ancestors' headstones * Number One London: TheGenealogist's Map Explorer shows London landmarks in changing environment, writes Nick Thorne * Messing about on the river: Jayne Shrimpton sets sail in the first of two articles about leisure activities associated with water - this time, our rivers and canals * George, the habitual criminal: Nell Darby lays down the law about the history of repeat offenders * Drinking with the Georgians: Phil Wood enjoys an 18th century tipple * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton looks at male servants' livery More Info

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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 76 (August 2019)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 76 (August 2019)

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* Unreliable records: Kim Fleet gets to the truth about why our ancestors lied on official documents * The plight of old age: Denise Bates explores how older workers eventually obtained state support: the old-age pension * The changing fortunes of a workhouse: From scandal to modern hospital: Kate Hollis tells the fascinating story of Bromley's Farnborough workhouse * Finding my earliest home: Keith Gregson reports on a personal discovery made thanks to TheGenealogist's landrelated records * A foreign affair: The crimes of €˜foreigners' have always titillated the British reading public, as Nell Darby reports * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on maids' uniforms More Info

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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 77 (September 2019)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 77 (September 2019)

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* Tracing the turnkeys: Stephen Wade explains the challenges of tracking down ancestors who worked in our prisons -many of whom were women * All the fun of the fair: Fairs have been a part of society since medieval times. Caroline Roope takes us on a spin through their history * Looking after policemen's children: The Metropolitan and City Police Orphanage helped home and educate the offspring of dead police officers, as Nell Darby explains * The wrong side of the blanket? Nick Thorne finds new Norfolk parish records on TheGenealogist can reveal illegitimate children and who their parents had been * Full steam ahead: Jayne Shrimpton returns to the water to give us a history of steamboats * History in the details: Firefighters' uniforms 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 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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