ABM Publishing Limited 2008

Jan-08
Ancestors at work: Country school teacher. Live a day in the life of a country school teacher.
Where there's a will: An introduction to the complex but fascinating sources that are wills and probate records.
God's acre: Our ancestors' names carved in stone… what else can a churchyard reveal?
Q&A on the census: Your questions answered about this vital source. Track your relatives back through the decades. Plus 1911 Census fact file.
Apprenticeship indentures: Bound to a master - records of the working lives of apprenticed children.
Shipwrecked in the Atlantic? The vessel American suddenly sunk on a sunny day. 69 Sunk 1940: Tracing the last passengers of the Lancastria, sunk off the French coastline in 1940.
Fraudulent Forebears: A tale of adultery and forgery.
Keep digging for those skeletons: After decades of ag labs, a reader found the murderer she always wanted!
Internet resources: Home sweet home - visit websites about domestic bliss - and work- in years gone by. Next steps: Top 10 things to do online.
A Red Cross nurse: Who cared for the injured in times of war? Trace a Red Cross heroine on your tree.
Georgian Newspaper Project: What inspired a reader to start an online newspaper project? He explains all!
Regiments, battalions & companies: Learn how the British Army has been organised over the years, and make tracing your military ancestor easier.
The Peculiar People: Did your forebear follow in James Banyard's footsteps and join this unusual Essex sect?
Surname clinic with Rosalind Moffitt: Surnames are not always what they appear.
Plus the usual pages of News; Diary Dates, Letters, Q&A, Genealogical Miscellany; CD reviews; Book reviews; Reader to Reader & Family Names.

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Parish records for Thornton, Buckinghamshire; 1871 Census for Cardiff St John, Glamorganshire; Back issues: FTM January 1999, PFH Jan 2003; Family Historian software; Bonus Nottingham Directory 1881

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Feb-08
Find out what life was like for the dairy workers and milk rounds men in years gone by
Access your local library's internet resources for genealogy from your armchair!
Explore the Civil Service Evidence of Age Index online
Surnames are not always what they appear
Using Bastardy Examination records to trace the fathers of illegitimate children
The 1723 Oath of Allegiance Rolls
Avoid making assumptions with your research
Today's Army: find out the latest regimental amalgamations that have created the current Infantry structure within the British Army
What has the new version of Family Tree Maker 2008 got to offer?
Lily and the Kitterland Disaster
Trace relatives worldwide: Q&A on migration
More than just a pile of old books - look between the pages
A search for lost ancestors
Lancashire Bonaparte? A mysterious identity
Our ancestors in 1750, how the decadent and the destitute lived together in George II's England
Trace your Women's Royal Naval Service ancestor in WWII
WWI was more than just trench warfare: find out about the war at sea
The Cokelers: learn about this mid-19th century sect
Plus regulars: Diary Dates, Readers' Letters, Genealogical Miscellany, Reader to Reader, Family Names, Book and CD reviews

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Parish records for Peak Forest Chapel, Derbyshire
1871 Census for Brompton, Kensington, London
Back issues of FTM Feb 2000 & PFH Feb 2001
Roots Magic software
Bonus: The Homelands Handbooks (Lynton, Lynmouth and Lorna Doon country in the 1900s)

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Mar-08
Win a laptop, printer and the latest genealogy software, plus free online access to key family history sources, turn to page 89 to enter.

Genealogical news from around the globe.
A look at the wealth of web resources revealing the history of Britain's overseas trade and where to look for information.
Scottish registrars and their registers, find out about their lives and work.
Read the fascinating story of a reader's Ukrainian roots.
A passionate collector of mementos and ephemera treasures.
Iain Swinnerton explains the changes in the support given to the front line troops.
Alex Hardy takes a look at WAAF experiences in WWII.
Origin and distribution of the surname Farrant.
Ancestors at work: Boot and shoe makers.
Transported beyond the seas, a reader's tale.
A dedicated carrier - a forgotten occupation.
Give the kids a camera and put the parents in the picture.
An enumerator's errors can make relatives hard to find.
Find out what life was like for our ancestors circa 1800.
Alec Tritton describes the sect of John Wroe & the Christian Israelites.
Discovering documents from cradle to grave: this issue John Titford.
The bigamous marriages of William Helbrough;

Regulars: Diary dates; Readers' letters; Genealogical miscellany; Triumphs and tribulations of a family historian; Q&A on major British & Irish archives; Books, CDs and fiche reviewed; Surname clinic; Reader to reader

March's cover CD: Parish records for Bristol Cathedral, Gloucestershire, 1669-1837; 1871 Census for Wortley, Yorkshire; Legacy software; back issues FTM March 2001 & PFH March 1999; Bonus: photo-editing software PhotoPlus 8.

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Apr-08
Don't forget you can purchase around 1,000 items, some at discounted prices, at our family history bookshop at www.familyhistorybookshop.co.uk

Who Do You Think You Are? Live at Olympia 2-4 May. Buy two tickets for the price of one when you quote the code number from the magazines.

Win a laptop, complete with printer, the latest genealogy software and free online access to key family history sources

Ancestors at work: Brush makers
A unique collection of sea-faring ancestors in Plymouth
Hazy memories of a reader with showbiz parents
By word of mouth: how oral traditions can tell a few home truths
A force to be reckoned with: The Territorial Army celebrates their 2008 centenary online
Five pages of Q&A on English county record offices
Discovering documents: family registers and family Bibles examined
Watch and Ward: a unique early census of framework knitters
Web resources that can help you discover ways in which our ancestors spent their holidays in earlier times
The clue carved in stone: an interesting character who spent his life telling lies on official documents
Hemp & flax: Extracts from the Hemp & Flax Bounties' List
Defenders of the realm: The Volunteer Infantry during the Napoleonic Wars
Dragoons, Hussars and Lancers: Part 1, The Cavalry
Faith under fire: an Army chaplain's life in India under British rule was privileged
How our ancestors lived in 1850
Q&A brickwall solutions
Plus regular features: Genealogical News from around the globe, Diary dates, Readers' letters, Genealogical Miscellany, Book & CD reviews, Reader to reader including Family Names

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Parish records for Canon Frome, Herefordshire
1861 Census for West Derby, Lancashire
Back issues: FTM April 2002, PFH April 2000
Custodian software
Bonus: Deeds that Thrill the Empire, a publication covering heroic events during WWI

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May-08
Ancestors at work: Shell-shocked - WWI munitions girls
From debtors… to Army mutineers, the history of Northallerton Gaol
Irish roots: piecing together your Irish ancestry using new online resources
Discovering documents: from grand to humble…
The City of London's churchyards
Terror of the seas - researching seafaring ancestors may actually reveal a privateer or even a pirate in the family
Tuning into the past by using the phone books online at Ancestry
Tracing the Upper Ten Thousand - land ownership, including small parcels of land which our ancestors lived on
Teething problems: some family legends
A military family: a reader's story of identifying family members from a remarkable newspaper article
A life in limbo: a reader's poignant journey to piece together the life of a displaced person
How our ancestors lived in 1900
World War II: The Home Front online resources
Unstable times: a family bankrupt
The Human Cost of War: an emotional journey
The role of the Heavy Cavalry in history
Regulars: Geanealogical news from around the globe; Diary Dates; Readers' letters; Genealogical miscellany; Book and CD reviews; Q&A (our expert comes to the rescue with practical advice); Reader to Reader incorporates Can You Help, Pas it On, 18th Century Links, Family Names

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Parish records for Irby-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire; 1871 Census for Worcester (part); BONUS: The Children's Story of the War; RootsMagic software demo; Back issues: FTM May 2003, PFH May 2001

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Jun-08
The Midwife: exploring the often controversial midwifery profession
A look back at the unpleasant but essential work of the night-soil men
A visit to the newly refurbished National Archives
The Royal Artillery: the four main corps of the Royal Artillery have fought in every conflict in which the British Army has served since 1662
An elusive ancestor: a reader's search for her grandfather helped solve a family mystery
100 Years of funerals explored
Finding dead 'uns in Salt Lake City - the family history capital of the world
Parish records - a Q&A special
Family History Quiz - a readers' challenge
Web resources - South East England
Landowning ancestors Part 2
Bring out your dead: the pest fields of old London
Readers' research: Ancestors found in the Scottish Borders; how relatives joined forces to help produce a family tree for a bridegroom's family; Listener beware! Don't believe everything you hear; A mini one-name study for Micklethwaites
Plus regulars: News, Diary Dates, Readers' Letters, Genealogical Miscellany, Q&A, Book & CD Reviews, Reader to Reader, Family Names

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Parish Records for Lesbury, Northumberland; 1901 Census for Warminster, Wiltshire; Back Issues: FTM May/June 1985, PFH June 1999; Legacy 6 demo; Bonus special: Illustrated London News 12 July 1862; Bonus software: PagePlus 8 PDF edition

Price: £3.75

Sum-08
Free: Family history days out booklet
The Air Raid Warden: exploring the role of those who helped protect Britain's wartime civilian population.
I was the family skeleton: A reader's journey to find his natural family.
Memories and Memoirs: How a reader turned to an elderly uncle to begin her family research.
In and out o the limelight: the life and family of an actress from the early 19th century.
Tea and temperance: an investigation into how to find out about your Methodist forebears.
Looking for pauper ancestors? Find out how to search online for them in almshouses, workhouses, children's homes and more.
A humorous trip down memory lane with Diane Lindsay.
Key London records pre-1841.
Settlement examination and removal orders explained by our expert.
DNA Latest - Q&A Special
Private burial grounds in 18th and 19th century London.
Don Steel remembered: Obituary.
Step-by-step research back to the 1700s
Specialist Corps: The history and roles of British Army corps which still provide essential support to soldiers today.
Could your ancestor write?
How archaeology can help you learn about your family of old.
Plus the regulars: Family History News; Readers' Letters; Diary dates; Genealogical Miscellany; Q&A; Book and CD reviews; Reader to Reader; Family Names.

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Jul-08
Crab and lobster fishermen: their tradition, their communities, their working days
Researching London Ancestors before 1841: Part 2
Officers & seamen in the East India Company: How to research the records
The King's shilling - recruitment in the Army
Born a foundling, died a pauper
New lands, new lives: where did your ancestors migrate from and why?
Smugglers… and the law - online resources
Parish constables: who maintained law and order in the village?
Twists and turns in the past - find out which interested 1879 death roll a reader uncovered in her search for a birth certificate
Scrapbooking your family history
Crypt and cellars: Nonconformists and where to find the records, Part 4
Novice beware! Warning for the family history novice online
Discovering documents: Manorial rentals examined
Boatswain's adventures: a readers voyage back to 1812 to find his seafaring ancestor
Birthday books - an unusual heirloom that can reveal so much
Family conundrum - Did the registrar make a mistake 90 years ago?
Surname solutions - what does your name mean?
Tales of the riverbank - finding a grandfather missing from the 1871 Census
Your tree? Your family? Make sure you've got your ancestors on your tree
Plus regulars: News, Diary Dates, Readers' Letters, Book & CD Reviews, Genealogical Miscellany, Q&A, Reader to Reader

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1901 Census for Warwick
Parish Records for Broseley, Shropshire
Back issues: FTM July/August 1986, PFH July 2002
Software: Custodian Demo
Special bonus: Mr Punch's History of the Great War (extract)
Price: £3.75

Aug-08
Apprentices & Freemen: researching livery company records
A New World: 19th century immigrant ancestors in New Zealand online
Battlefield tour: Somme and Vimy
Stories of life and death: a reader's voyage of discovery
Green-fingered forebears: allotment holders after the Enclosure Acts
Acts of charity: a look at the history of charity
Triumphs and tribulations of a family historian: Hats off to our ancestors
20 Expert online census search tips - it's worth experimenting
Herring heydays: fishermen and lassies
Researching early Hutchisons: a lucky break
Deciphering bookplates - the answers
London's lost burial grounds Part 5: burial places of foreigners
Indian Army pensions: find out more
The British in Lausanne, Switzerland 1814-1850
Lists of landlords - Somerset
Seize the day: top tips for people who have little time
Regulars: Family History News, Readers' Letters, Diary Dates, online bookshop, Book & CD reviews, The Napoleonic Wars, Genealogical Miscellany, Q&A, Reader to Reader, Family names

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Parish records for Ingham, Suffolk
1901 Census for Romsey, Hampshire
Back issues: FTM August 1987, PFH August 2003
RootsMagic demo version
BONUS: Wesley's Journal (extract) 1735-1790

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