Discover Your Ancestors
Issue 085
A warm welcome to the May issue of Discover Your Ancestors Periodical, your monthly digital family and social history magazine.
The challenges of life in lockdown remain, but one small ray of light in our own little universe is that many people have found time and inclination to delve into their family history. Hats off, therefore, to TheGenealogist, which has launched a brilliant First Steps package for beginners – packed with loads of free data (including copies of this digital magazine, and three whole censuses!) – see p26 for more details. Here at DYA we’re also looking into the idea of an online family history event –more about that next time.
This month is Local and Community History Month, which of course also faces great challenges when people can’t visit archives in person – but there is still lots going on, as we explore. You can enjoy that article, our fashion feature to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day, and more besides.
Do enjoy this issue, and stay safe.
Andrew Chapman, Editor.