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August 2019

Unreliable records: Kim Fleet gets to the truth about why our ancestors lied on official documents
The plight of old age: Denise Bates explores how older workers eventually obtained state support: the old-age pension
The changing fortunes of a workhouse: From scandal to modern hospital: Kate Hollis tells the fascinating story of Bromley’s Farnborough workhouse
Finding my earliest home: Keith Gregson reports on a personal discovery made thanks to TheGenealogist’s landrelated records
A foreign affair: The crimes of ‘foreigners’ have always titillated the British reading public, as Nell Darby reports
History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on maids’ uniforms

Free Recordset: Durham & Northumberland, White's History, Directory and Gazetteer 1827

This includes residents and trade directories for the cities and suburbs of Newcastle-upon Tyne and Berwick-upon-Tweed, plus Darlington, Hartlepool, South Shields, Stockton-upon-Tees, Sunderland, Alnwick, Blyth, Hexham, Morpeth, North Shields and Tynemouth, and many other towns.

Premium Recordset: Nottinghamshire Phillimore Parish Records (Marriages) Vol 4

Contains marriage transcripts for Flawborough 1680-1812, Hawton 1564-1812, Kilvington 1538-1812, Shelton 1596-1812, Sibthorpe 1720-1812, Staunton 1654-1812, Staunton Chapel 1663-1812, Syerston 1567-1812, Thorpe-juxta-Newark 1559-1800, Winthorpe 1695-1812, Newark 1599-1753