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Issue 171 July 2009
Crime and Punishment

 CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

Did your forebears ‘get nicked’? We look at the horrific privations of life for those in the Victorian prison system. Was your black sheep ancestor one of the unlucky ones?

  MAKE DO AND MEND

Thrift ideas from the forties. Plus! Exclusive FHM reader offer


IN THE NAME OF THE LAW

Who decided on the fate of criminals? Tracing your ancestors in the legal system.

D-DAY: 65 YEARS ON

What really happened on that fateful day?

CHOOSING WEBSITES

Finding the best way to do your research online

FIRST STEPS IN FAMILY HISTORY

Our new series for beginners. Step 2: Vital events

A DAY AT THE BIRMINGHAM ARCHIVES


Helping your research in England’s second city

 SPOTLIGHT ON DERBY

Roots in this industrial midlands town? This guide can help you

 THE SURNAME HARVEY

The etymology and distribution of this common name

‘I MADE A FAMILY HISTORY BOOK’

One reader’s step-by-step guide to self-publishing

LOCAL FOCUS

This month, Hillingdon Family History Society