Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 101 (September 2021)

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Keep up to date with the genealogy world and learn more about your hobby with the critically acclaimed Discover Your Ancestors online periodical. Whether you are just starting out or have reached a brick wall in your research, this will help and inspire you on your family history journey. Receive guidance from experts, tips on the best sources for records, explore connections around the world and bring your ancestors to life.* Contraband! Smugglers are the stuff of legends - but what was the reality behind the armed gangs and hidden caves of popular imagination? Jayne Shrimpton investigates
* Commanders of the slave castles: Nell Darby tells the sorry story of Cape Coast Castle and the men who ran this African fort and others like it
* From watchmakers to record-breakers: Nick Thorne delves into a family for whom timing was very important
* The Mallet: a slammer with many stories: Stephen Roberts breaks into the history of Shepton Mallet's old prison, which at its peak held nearly 200 high-risk prisoners
* The homecoming: Lynsey Ford commemorates Charlie Chaplin's triumphant return to the UK 100 years ago
* History in the details: Materials - linen (part 1)