Issue 16 features: * Living on leftovers: Nell Darby explores the forgotten practice of gleaning after the harvest * Fit for a king: The new Richard III visitor centre in Leicester * Justly honoured: Military Medal records from WW1 go online * Short o’ pobbies: Lancashire dialect and the Cotton Famine * Hopping through history: The hop pickers of SE England * To Botany Bay and beyond: Convict transportation records * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on straw boaters More Info
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* Poacher vs gamekeeper: Maybe your agricultural ancestor had another side to him? Simon Wills explores the secretive but risky life of the poacher and his arch enemy * Crackers about Christmas: Nick Thorne looks at some of the Victorian people behind the Christmas traditions we enjoy to this day * Painting the nation blue: Harry Cunningham investigates the 17th century origins of one of the oldest and arguably most successful political movements in the world: the Tories * The forgotten soldier: Daniel Hewitt explores the life of his great-great-uncle, who saw long years of military service * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on crinoline More Info
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* Rinking: an Edwardian craze: Roller skating as a leisure activity has a surprisingly long history. Jayne Shrimpton investigates this pastime, which peaked in the Edwardian age * La Belle Sauvage: Nick Thorne visits a coaching inn where the printing presses disturbed the guests * 'Dollar Princesses': Ruth A Symes looks at what our ancestors made of visiting American women in the late 19th and early 20th centuries * Nursing the nation's heroes: Royal Victoria Hospital was Britain's largest ever military hospital. Simon Wills investigates its history and its patients * The Ratho Murder: When the 'respectable' George Bryce suspected that a local servant had told his fiancee to break off their union, he exacted a horrible revenge, says Nell Darby * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on hair ornaments More Info
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Federation of Family History Societies Publications
Federation of Family History Societies Publications
Federation of Family History Societies Publications
Federation of Family History Societies Publications
Five books from our A4 County series of publications, available individually on page 9, presented here on a CD-ROM or as a single pdf file as a download. The books are: 30 First World War tribunals in Swindon 31 First World War tribunals in Wiltshire 32 Wiltshire Militia Courts Martial 1759-1770 33 Wiltshire Militia Orders 1759-1770 34 Wiltshire Soldiers wounded in the Civil Wa...More Info