Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 39 (July 2016)

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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.* The forgotten carers: Paul Matthews tells the story of the monthly nurses who cared for mothers after childbirth * Taking back the prisoners: Nick Thorne researches Sir Robert Napier and his daring 1868 expedition to Abyssinia * Tall ships and high seas: Margaret Powling offers a brief history of the golden age of sail * Women and the lost generation: Lorraine Schofield explores the impact of WW1 on women * A mystery solved: Gaynor Haliday on how a family conundrum was explained, and an important photo identified * One man's Somme story: We mark the centenary of the Battle of the Somme with the story of its oldest British death * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on dungarees * The elite of Eton: Jill Morris on the public school's history