The latest edition of
Discover Your Ancestors, the online family history magazine, is out and it makes for some very interesting reading.
Articles this month include:
The sweet smell of history: Jayne Shrimpton sniffs out the interesting social history of perfume
A rogue in the records: Gill Hoffs on a convict who made his fortune in the goldfields of Australia, only to lose it again
The Mulberry madam: Another convict transportation story
Found in the muniments room: Melvyn Jones highlights more treasures in the archives of our great landed estates
All good sports: Keith Gregson explores what can be learned about amateur sporting ancestors in online records
Plying the waters: Waterborne trade in Somerset explored
Calling your ancestors: Jill Morris looks at old phone books
History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on raincoats
Regulars: news + events / Books / Place in focus: York / Classifieds
Check out:
http://www.discoveryourancestors.co.uk/
