Have you seen this month’s Discover Your Ancestors Periodical?

If you like family or social history then this online publication will be right up your street! I’ve contributed the article about Hertha Ayrton, a pioneering British engineer, scientist and suffragette.

In the March 2023 issue of the Discover Your Ancestors Periodical you can read the following great articles:

• • Meet the court leet: Archivist Rachel Bates reveals how court leet records can provide a fascinating window into early modern society, as well as aid family history research
  • Discovering Rugby, Tennessee: Helen Baggott tells the story of a utopian community which didn’t quite work as planned, but has left an interesting legacy for today
  • Shocking times: Nick Thorne traces historical records for Hertha Ayrton, a pioneering British engineer and scientist overlooked because of her gender
  • The madness of Ilda Orme: How do you finish writing a biography when you don’t know how the subject’s life ended? Follow Nell Darby on a fascinating and frustrating quest
  • The father of self-help: Lorraine Schofield tells the story of Samuel Smiles
  • History in the details: Materials – rubber