Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 74 (June 2019)

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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 clerk's tale: Richard Willis looks at the growth of the white-collar workforce in the 19th century
* The Theatre Girls' Club: Nell Darby explores how actress Virginia Compton helped out-of-work female performers busking on the streets of the capital at the start of WW1
* From one type of bank to another: Nick Thorne looks at the records for Wind in the Willows author Kenneth Grahame
* Women and crime: What kind of crimes have women committed, and what sort of women were they? Nell Darby offers some suggestions for further reading
* What do we really know about our families? Heather Welford looks at family myths and the need to research them carefully to establish what really happened
* History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton introduces a new series of columns about civilian occupational uniforms