Discover Your Ancestors
Issue 026
Welcome back to Discover Your Ancestors Periodical, packed as always with interesting social history and research advice.
This month sees the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo. As a history enthusiast, you probably knew that – but sadly a recent survey by the National Army Museum revealed that 73% of Britons have little or no knowledge of the battle, and many think first of the railway station or the Abba song rather than this pivotal moment in European relations. Find out more in our article on the subject – and you can also read first-hand accounts in and around the battle in Issue 4 of our print edition, available in WHSmith, Sainsburys and elsewhere, or from www.discoveryourancestors.co.uk.
In this issue we also have two features in the subject of migration: one a general overview of what led people to up sticks in the past by Professor Melvyn Jones, and the other a guide to naturalisation and denization records, by Laura Berry. As usual, there’s plenty more besides – I hope you enjoy it.
Andrew Chapman, Editor.