Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 62 (June 2018)

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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.* A fate worse than death: Michelle Higgs investigates the notorious conditions on the prison hulks for convicts sentenced to transportation
* Oxford's education pioneers: On the 140th anniversary of the Association for the Education of Women in Oxford, Nicola Lisle explores the fight for women's higher education
* Some Yorkshire sporting heroes: Keith Gregson celebrates this month's Family History Show in York by examining an interesting corner of Yorkshire's heritage
* The Justice of the Peace: In the 18th century, legal writer Dr Richard Burn revolutionised the work of magistrates, by writing a manual for them, as Nell Darby explains
* Eighty years of caring: Nicola Lisle explores the history of the Women's Voluntary Service, which is marking its 80th anniversary this year
* History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on gloves