Issue Detail
Issue 160
September 2008
Back to school
TOP GENEALOGY COURSES
Our complete guide to improving your skills
GOING PRO
Advice on making a living from your hobby
EARLY CENSUSES
Neglected sources from before 1841
'THEY CAME OVER WITH THE CONQUEROR'
Do you have Norman blood?
THE INDIA OFFICE
How the British Library's colonial resources can help you
THE PAWN INDUSTRY
Was your ancestor a pawnbroker?
SILENT SINKING
The Lancastria: Britain's worst maritime disaster
COUNTY FERMANAGH
Our spotlight on Ireland's own Lake District
GIBSON
What's in a name?
TAY VALLEY 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?