Issue Detail
Issue 156
May 2008
Votes for women
MY ANCESTOR WAS A SUFFRAGETTE
A reader's true story
HOW WOMEN GOT THE VOTE
History in photos
VICTIMS OF TYRANNY
Did your forebears toil in the factories?
CLUES IN COSTUME
Our guide to fashions through the ages
DAM BUSTERS
The men behind this historic mission
A STITCH IN TIME
Frame knitting: a forgotten cottage industry
NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM LIBRARY
How its records can aid your research
EXETER
A spotlight on the Devon city
MASON
What's in a name?
BARNSLEY FHS
Local focus
Competition
We're offering you the chance to win a bumper group of goodies from top genealogy online company S&N Genealogy. The winner will receive: a copy of RootsMagic Platinum software (worth £49.95); a year’s subscription to top family history website TheGenealogist.co.uk, worth over £55; and £40 worth of vouchers for BMDregisters.co.uk, the official non-parochial BMDs service.
To win, just email the answer to the question below to fhm@metropolis.co.uk
by 30th November 2008.
Q: Who wrote the 1976 novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family?