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
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?