Discover Your Ancestors
Issue 052
Welcome to the August issue of Discover Your Ancestors Periodical, your regular digital family and social history magazine.
When we name our children, we probably think we’re doing so on our own terms, but in fact it’s hard to avoid being part of wider trends in society. When we named my first son, I was surprised to discover his name was in the top 100, although we thought it was a bit unusual! This month we have two articles on the subject of names: Denise Bates looks at Victorian forename trends, and Nick Thorne explores the research challenge of a family with changing surnames.
A reminder that Discover Your Ancestors is running this year’s new Family History Show in Esher, Surrey, not far from London – that’s on Sunday 24 September and you can find full details at www.thefamilyhistoryshow.com. We’d love to see you there!
In the meantime, do enjoy the usual varied and fascinating range of articles in this issue! Andrew Chapman, Editor.