Discover Your Ancestors
Issue 018
Welcome to Discover Your Ancestors Periodical, with its usual blend of social and family history to inspire and inform on the lives of your forebears.
We have a typical wide range of subjects in this issue. Margaret Powling uses her own collection of housekeeping books from many decades to shed light on the homes of our ancestors; while Lorraine Schofield takes a saunter round the public parks movement which burgeoned in Victorian times.
There are yet more World War One records going online at TheGenealogist.co.uk, with a unique collection of casualty lists to explore, and covering men from all walks of life.
Many of us will have ancestors who left these islands, perhaps to escape poverty or famine, or simply in search of adventure; and of course many people have come to Britain from elsewhere. We’re delighted to have an extract of Karen Foy’s new book on the subject, in which she considers the wide range of documents and artefacts which we might track down to reveal our migrant ancestors’ experiences.
We’ve also got a letters section in this issue – we always welcome your thoughts, ideas and research stories, so do drop me a line at [email protected] at any time.
Andrew Chapman, Editor.