Issue Detail
Issue 181
April 2010
Exposing medical myths
We take a tour around Victorian mental asylums and find out what life would have been like for the inmates. We also look at the phenomenon of body snatchers in the 19th century and look at the collections at the Royal London Hospital archives
FEATURES
A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO…
This month: Criminal Records
INSIDE THE ASYLUM
What was life really like for the inmates?
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS
A 19th century phenomenon
ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL ARCHIVES
A day at the archives
FOUR FAB FAMILY TREES
Investigating the Beatles’ ancestry
RETURN TO DEATH RAILWAY
Researching River Kwai ancestors
TAMING OF THE BREW
The occupation of brewer
JOURNEY TO THE EAST
One reader follows in her grandfather’s wartime footsteps
GLASGOW 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?