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Launched in May 2013 Discover Your Ancestors Periodical is a high quality monthly digital magazine delivered to your own personalised online account every month. This beautifully designed 30+ page online magazine is packed full of stories, case studies, social history articles and research advice. This regular and affordable service is a must have for anyone starting out in family history research or for those with more experience but who have reached brick walls.
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In this issue:
Contraband! Smugglers are the stuff of legends – but what was the reality behind the armed gangs and hidden caves of popular imagination? Jayne Shrimpton investigates
Commanders of the slave castles: Nell Darby tells the sorry story of Cape Coast Castle and the men who ran this African fort and others like it
From watchmakers to record-breakers: Nick Thorne delves into a family for whom timing was very important
The Mallet: a slammer with many stories: Stephen Roberts breaks into the history of Shepton Mallet's old prison, which at its peak held nearly 200 high-risk prisoners
The homecoming: Lynsey Ford commemorates Charlie Chaplin's triumphant return to the UK 100 years ago
History in the details: Materials – linen (part 1)
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