Issue Detail
Issue 170
June 2009
Elementary Research
TRASH IN THE ATTIC?
One man’s dusty box is another man’s treasure chest. We explain what valuable clues can be up there for your research.
Badges, bayonets and bugles
Were your ancestors in the armed services? We examine some of the objects they may have kept.
FIRST STEPS IN FAMILY HISTORY
The first part in a new series for beginners. Step 1: Talk is cheap
SPOTLIGHT ON THE SHETLAND ISLES
Research on these most-Scandinavian of Scottish islands
CLOCK AND WATCHMAKERS
Who were these masters of ultimate skill?
THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR
Was your ancestor a Roundhead or Cavalier?
GUILD OF ONE-NAME STUDIES
How the GOONS can help you
THE SURNAME BARKER
The etymology and distribution of this common name
‘MY GRANDMOTHER SENT HER CHILDREN AWAY’
‘MY STEPMOTHER WAS MURDERED’
LOCAL FOCUS: Rugby Family History Group
Competition
We are offering the exciting opportunity to win ten new books that we have reviewed over the last year. They include Forgotten Voices of Dunkirk by Joshua Levine, The Oxford Companion to Family History by David Hey, and Nick Barratt’s Guide to Your Ancestor’s Lives among others. To be in with a chance of winning simply send you answer to the following question with your name and address to fhm@metropolis.co.uk by 23rd August.
Q Which wartime prime minister was the only British PM to receive a Nobel Prize in Literature?