Discover Your Ancestors
Issue 125
A warm welcome to the September issue of Discover Your Ancestors Periodical, your monthly digital mix of family and social history – now in a new web-friendly format so you can enjoy it on any device!
This issue covers a typical variety of topics. We have two articles on very different occupations of the past, glove-making and lamplighting. These are both jobs of the past thanks to industrialisation of the former and the technology of electricity for the latter, but they have rich traditions and perhaps one of your ancestors worked in one of these roles?
Meanwhile we also look at one of the country's worst disasters, which took place 145 years ago this month, plus follow some research stories into a rakish songwriter and an adventure-loving engineer!
If you missed this month's Family History Show in London, remember the shows will be back in various forms again next year, so do keep an eye on thefamilyhistoryshow.com and get your booking in early. Meanwhile, enjoy this issue!
Andrew Chapman, Editor.