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A warm welcome to the October issue of Discover Your Ancestors Periodical, your regular mix of family and social history stories, explorations and advice.

Even those too young to remember the events will probably have heard of the Aberfan disaster in south Wales in October 1966, which saw the heartbreaking loss of more than 100 children in this mining community when a colliery spoil tip collapsed and destroyed the local primary school. In this issue, Nicola Lisle explores what happened for the 60th anniversary.

Elsewhere in this issue, we can promise the usual variety of subjects – from a close-up look at how historians and writers can convey the visual richness of the past authentically, in an exclusive extract from Professor Carolyn Steedman's new book, to the story of moated houses and castles, to the world of smuggling in Dorset, and plenty more besides.

Do remember our print editions too, packed with different articles: find a wealth of back issues at the DYA website. And if you missed this month's Family History Show in London, why not start planning for next year?

I hope you enjoy this issue.

Andrew Chapman, Editor.

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