Issue Detail
Issue 186
August 2010
Records of Childhood
Far from home
During the last two centuries many thousands of children were sent away to countries of the Commonwealth to start a new life. Kiri Bloom reveals the sad truth behind child migration and finds out what records are available to trace them
A beginner’s guide to school records
Roy and Lesley Adkins offer advice on how best to start researching your ancestors’ schooldays
Education for all
Phil Wood investigates Ragged Schools – the 19th century charity schools set up to provide even the poorest members of society with an education
Dirty work
Chimney sweeping was a common occupation for pauper children in Victorian Britain. Alex Hardy finds out more about this dirty and perilous job
ALSO THIS MONTH...
Spotlight on Hertford
Nicola Lisle investigates the town’s history and resources
‘King Cholera’
Simon Wills investigates the disease that killed hundreds of thousands of people across the UK
Telling tales/Going on record
Frank Bruce advises on the best way to interview relatives and create your own oral history
The mountaineers’ mint
Nicola Lisle traces the history of the Kendal Mint Cake
A day at NAI
Sarah Warwick finds out what’s on offer at the National Archives of Ireland
Products that changed the world
Karen Foy uncovers the origins of tennis
Website review
We take a look at the new HistoryPin website and see how genealogists can use it
What’s in a name?
Anthony Adolph looks at the origins of a common surname. This month: Gallagher
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)?