Discover Your Ancestors
Issue 116
A warm welcome to the December issue of Discover Your Ancestors Periodical, your monthly digital mix of family and social history. I have to confess I’m often a bit ‘bah, humbug’ over Christmas – but in an effort to counteract that, I give you lots of seasonal delights in this issue. At least I’m not as bad as John Elwes, the inspiration for Dickens’ Scrooge. We have more about Dickens, too, in Nick Thorne’s piece exploring Dickens’ own life and death through online records. Then there are the children named after Christmas itself, and a delve into an era when Christmas lots its sparkle. So do enjoy the festive theme, and I hope you discover more interesting ancestors of your own if you’re researching over the Christmas period! Andrew Chapman, Editor.