Issue Detail
Issue 179
February 2010
All at sea
In this month’s issue we revisit the story of the Titanic and find out what characters were on board its last fateful journey. We also have a flick through the diary of one of only three third class survivors of the disaster. Finally, we investigate the occupations of customs and excise officer, and coastguard.
Also in this issue...
AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER
The story of Nell Gywn
SOCIAL NETWORKING
A guide for family historians
A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO…
This month: RAF records
KNOW YOUR PLACE
Using maps in your research
FAMILY HISTORY SECRETS
Discovering undesirable professions
THE SAINSBURY ARCHIVE
What does the collection hold?
THE MAN THEY COULDN’T HANG
A reader’s ancestor who cheated death
CORNWALL FHS
Find out more about the society
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?