Discover Your Ancestors
Issue 014
Welcome to Discover Your Ancestors Periodical. In this issue we have a typically broad mix of subjects. We think of social networking as a modern phenomenon, but from Georgian to Edwardian times the calling card in many ways played a similar role: social historian Margaret Powling explores the subject for us in this issue. We also take a look at ancestors in the theatre, and the hard-working lot of Victorian policemen.
On the research front, we have Jenny Jones’ survey of Dade-style parish registers – if only all parish registers had been compiled with such detail and our work as family historians would be much easier! Plus we have full details of what is now the most thorough collection of WW1 prisoner of war records online, and information about an interesting DNA-based research project marking the 700th anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn in Scotland.
All that and more, of course – and if you haven’t picked up a copy of our third, annual printed edition, you can still find them in leading newsagents or indeed buy one directly from us at discoveryourancestors.co.uk!). As ever, do write to us (editor@discoveryourancestors.co.uk) – we’d love to hear your research stories or know what you’d like to read about. Enjoy the issue!
Andrew Chapman, Editor.