Issue Detail
Issue 161
October 2008
Welsh roots
WELSH RESEARCH
Your guide to finding forebears in Wales
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF WALES
How to use the country's largest archives
MILITIA LISTS AND MUSTERS
Military censuses from before civil registration
WE DANCED ALL NIGHT
Life in Britain between the wars
BEGGAR MY NEIGHBOUR
Why tracing the poor can be surprisingly easy
WAS YOUR ANCESTOR A REIVER?
The men who terrorised the Borders
CHILD'S PLAY
The life and work of toymakers
SPOTLIGHT ON SWANSEA
Research on the Welsh coast
MILLS
What's in a name?
EAST YORKSHIRE 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?