Issue Detail
Issue 172
August 2009
South West Special
WEST COUNTRY SPECIAL
We take you on a tour of the cathedral city of Salisbury, guide you round the Bath's Guildhall archives, and revisit the story of the Tolpuddle Martyrs 175 years on. If your ancestors were from the South West, keep reading!
FIRST STEPS IN FAMILY HISTORY
Our series for beginners continues. Step 3: The census
A GLASS ACT
The occupation of glass-maker revealed
FOR YOUR SPIES ONLY
Investigating the Intelligence Corps
RECORD SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS
Using the journals of regional societies in your research
THE SURNAME WILSON
The etymology and distribution of this common name
MY ANCESTOR WAS A WELSH BARD
One reader discovers a poet in her family tree
LOCAL FOCUS
Royston and District FHS
Competition
Win British Newspaper Archive Subscriptions
Discover the genealogical goldmine that is the British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk) with an online subscription. This recently launched digitisation project has four million pages of searchable family notices, advertisements, obituaries, letters and illustrations from over 200 historic local and national newspapers.
We have a one-year subscription (worth £79.95) to give away as well as two 30-day subscriptions (worth £29.95 each) and four 2-day subscriptions (worth £6.95 each). To be in with a chance of winning one, simply answer the following question. Send answers to fhm@metropolis.co.uk or write to the usual address on page three, by the 15th March.
Q: Who invented the printing press in the Holy Roman Empire in 1440?