Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 66 (October 2018)

Description

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.* Stories of the Wey: Archives relating to one of Britain's historic waterways have yielding fascinating insights into centuries of history, as Caroline Roope explains
* Life lived back-to-back: Who were the people who lived in Victorian cities' back-to-back housing, and what happened to them? Nell Darby investigates
* Squaring the stone circle: With the centenary of Stonehenge being gifted to the public this October, Nick Thorne explores the families who had once owned it
* Old cruelties in the New World: Phil Wood explores indentured servitude in the American colonies
* Criminal reporting: When Mary Sheming was hanged for murder in 1845, the press was unexpectedly sympathetic towards her crime, writes Nell Darby
* History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on necklaces