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
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?