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Welcome once more to Discover Your Ancestors Periodical, your monthly mixture of social history, research advice and other features aimed at anyone with an interest in family history and heritage.

This is something of a special issue, with an extended feature on the subject of local history. This subject is closely related to family history and offers rich rewards of its own – and of course understanding one can frequently aid exploration of the other. A sense of place is important to us all, and knowing more about the ground beneath our feet, the factories where our forebears worked or the transformations in the landscape is a valuable skill. There’s plenty more in this issue too, of course, including Assizes records, the Battle of Jutland and more.

As the year draws to a close, we’re also getting geared up for our next annual print edition, due out in February. More on that next month, but suffice it to say we’ll have a wealth of material for anyone interested in history – and it’s all completely different content from what you read each month in the Periodical. In the meantime, enjoy this issue, and have a great Christmas.