Issue Detail
Issue 182
May 2010
On the Paper Trail
AN EDUCATION IN EPHEMERA
This month’s beginner’s guide focuses on palaeography to help you interpret all your old documents correctly. Then we take a look at the history of Edwardian postcards and what they can tell you about the person who wrote them. Finally we meet a lady who dedicates her time to salvaging old documents from antique shops for fellow genealogists.
PLUS:
TRUE BLUE
The family history of David Cameron
TEACHING THE TOMMIES
How the army were educated
CONFESSIONS OF A LADY’S MAID
A deathbed confession
AN EASTER FEAST
The history of Easter foods
SPOTLIGHT ON DURHAM
The city’s history and resources
THE POET AND THE PRISONER
One reader turns up a few characters in her tree
BRISTOL FHS
Find out more about the society
Competition
Many begin tracing their family tree by investigating their male ancestors, after all it was the men who went off to war, were the breadwinners of the family and made the decisions. Or was it? We have five copies of The Female Line: Researching your Female Ancestors by Margaret Ward (worth £7.95), which uncovers the roles of our female forebears. To win, send your answer the following question and along with your name and address to fhm@metropolis.co.uk or to the usual postal address by the 14th October.
Q: Some women won the right to vote in 1918 but they had to over 30. In what year did women win the right to vote on equal terms with men (at 21 years old)?