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Have you seen the Discover Your Ancestors April 2023 Periodical?

In the April 2023 issue of Discover Your Ancestors:

Easter uprisings: Rachel Bates explores some entertaining Easter customs of yesteryear

Your merchant navy photographs: Simon Wills presents a useful pictorial guide to the details that can aid research into maritime forebears

Master and commander: Lynsey Ford pays tribute to the resilience and human endurance of an Elizabethan ancestor

The quartermaster and the iceberg: Nick Thorne finds a Titanic survivor in the records

Completing the set: Keith Gregson reports on how groundbreaking online tools have breathed new life into his family history studies

History in the details: Materials – feathers

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  • 12 monthly issues of the Periodical
  • Access to 500,000,000 birth, marriage and death records
  • Free data: Titanic passenger list
  • Free ebook: Navy List 1904 – January

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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical Apr 2023
Discover Your Ancestors April 2023
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February 2023 edition of Discover Your Ancestors Online Magazine is Out!

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The February 2023 edition of Discover Your Ancestors periodical has been published and, as usual, I have contributed an article. This month it is about using a map tool that is excellent for family, house and social historians to use.

See: https://discoveryourancestors.co.uk/current-issue/

In this month’s magazine:

Lonely hearts from history: As Valentine’s Day returns, Jayne Shrimpton shows that small ads and dating services are not a new phenomenon…

The price of life: Denise Bates explores the horrors of a mining disaster 150 years ago and the consequences for local families

Who owned that building?   Nick Thorne takes a walk of discovery through historic Eton, checking historical records on the move

A chest full of surprises: Keith Gregson reports on an interesting and unusual source for learning about family life in the mid-20th century

Speaking of the unspeakable: Andrew Chapman discovers that two famous literary names both attended the same public execution

History in the details: Materials – fur (part 2)

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical Feb 2023

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  • 12 monthly issues of the Periodical
  • Access to 500,000,000 birth, marriage and death records
  • Free data: Titanic passenger list
  • Free ebook: London 1823 Pigot’s Directory

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Discover Your Ancestors reaches its 100th edition!

 

The 100th issue of Discover Your Ancestors Periodical has just been released!

In this August 2021 edition are the following great articles including my piece on finding Ian Fleming’s homes:

      • Stocks and Bond: Nick Thorne (writer of The Nosey Genealogist blog) addresses the records for where the stockbroker who created 007 once lived
      • The tormenting verdict of ‘not proven’: Stephen Wade looks into the Ardlamont mystery and talks to the alleged killer’s great-grandson, David Potter
      • The Irristum Remedy Company: Nell Darby investigates a company run by a married couple, aimed at curing female ills – but they had their own problems
      • A tale of two cousins: Denise Bates digs into a family mystery and discovers one of her forebears played an important role in fraud investigations
      • Queen of Hearts: Caroline Roope marks the 200th anniversary of the death of Caroline of Brunswick, wife of George IV
      • History in the details: Materials – wool (part 7)
Discover Your Ancestors Periodical 100th edition
August 2021 edition of Discover Your Ancestors online periodical

Sign up today for only £24.99 and receive the following:

    • 12 monthly issues of the Periodical
    • Access to 500,000,000 birth, marriage and death records
    • Free data: Titanic passenger list
    • Free ebook: Huntingdonshire 1906 Kelly’s Directory

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Discover Your Ancestors Online Magazine July edition

I have an article about using images to build up a family history in the latest edition of Discover Your Ancestors Periodical. 😉

That apart, its a really good read for all family historians!

Discover Your Ancestors is an online family history magazine
Discover Your Ancestors July 2021 edition

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In this July’s issue:

The friendless friend? Governesses worked hard as teachers, nursemaids and more, but often found themselves overlooked or trapped between different classes, says Caroline Roope

A solid trade: Brickmaking was a physical demanding and financiall risky trade – here Sadie McMullon explores the industry’s impact on one particular community

A century in the life of a Birmingham boozer: The history of a striking inner city pub reveals a surprising continuity in ownership, and censuses show a family whose lives revolved around their home. Nell Darby gets a round in

A view into the past: Nick Thorne uses images to help see our ancestors’ times

Policing town and gown: A study of Oxford’s police reports books shows a pattern of antisocial behaviour underneath the city’s dreaming spires… Nell Darby investigates

History in the details: Materials – wool (part 6)

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      • 12 monthly issues of the Periodical
      • Access to 500,000,000 birth, marriage and death records
      • Free data: Titanic passenger list
      • Free ebook: Navy List 1890 – March
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Finding Ancestors’ addresses – new article in Discover Your Ancestors

I was commissioned to write an article for the February edition of Discover Your Ancestors Magazine by their main sponsor TheGenealogist on various records that could be useful when looking for an ancestor’s address over time.

The piece used for its example the well known politician, Sir Robert Peel who was twice PM of the UK, founded the Metropolitan Police and on his estate in Tamworth created a breed of pigs! I find his addresses in a number of resources including his Staffordshire estate in the Tithe records, his leased London House in the same record set,  his Kent property in the poll and electoral books, his official residence in the Newspapers & Magazines and then there are the other sets that can help you to track down your ancestor such as entries in educational records, residential and trade directories and so on.

The Discover Your Ancestors online magazine is out now for February 2021 and you may find some of this months other articles equally educating!

Discover Your Ancestors Periodical
Discover Your Ancestors Periodical February 2021
The Discover Your Ancestors monthly periodical has just been released for February 2021 and it has some really fascinating articles this month. From Buffalo Bill’s visit to England to some interesting crime stories from the past and more in between! Here is what to expect inside the pages of this online magazine:
    • Victoria’s transatlantic treat: Caroline Roope tells the story of when Buffalo Bill amused the queen
    • Kindness everywhere: Keith Gregson discovers that concern for birds is not something new, as he tells the story of the hugely successful Dicky Bird Society
    • PM, pig breeder and police pioneer: Nick Thorne traces residential records for the two times prime minister of the United Kingdom. Sir Robert Peel
    • The strange case of Lucy Strange: In the midst of WW1, one woman lost both her life and her public reputation: so why didn’t Lucy Mary Strange’s family get justice? By Nell Darby
    • The untold story of ‘Doctor Dick’: Will Hazell investigates the chequered career of a man who scandalised Cornwall in the late 19th century
    • History in the details: Materials – wool (part 1)
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