Issue Detail
Issue 157
June 2008
What were they hiding?
DEAR DIARY
Discover the truth about your ancestors
SECRETS AND PLOTS
Was there a spy in your family?
POPISH PERSECUTION
The hidden lives of 17th century Catholics
SMUGGLER'S TALES
Dark deeds, contraband, and a reader's true story
THE CRIMINAL ELEMENT
How to find your black sheep online
LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES
Make the most of this archive
COUNTY ANTRIM
Researching in Northern Ireland
EASY PALAEOGRAPHY
Get to grips with old handwriting
WEBB
What's in a name?
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 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?