Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 55 (November 2017)

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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.* Dressed to drive: Jayne Shrimpton explores the sartorial history of early motoring
* Bringing opera to the masses: When theatre manager Richard D'Oyly Carte asked Gilbert and Sullivan to compose some music for him, it led to the creation of an entire opera company, as Nell Darby explains
* Grandpa never mentioned that!: Nick Thorne discovered an unexpected literary connection to his family
* History's forgotten workers: The 19th and early 20th centuries saw a great rise in clerical work. Richard Willis explores the largely overlooked work of legal clerks
* Family fireworks: We explore actor Kit Harington's links to both the Gunpowder Plot and the king it tried to kill
* History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on underwear