{"id":11746,"date":"2022-04-08T11:05:41","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T09:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/wdytya\/?post_type=purple_issue&p=11746"},"modified":"2022-04-08T11:05:41","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T09:05:41","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/wdytya\/2022\/04\/08\/welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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A large Ordnance Survey map from 1903 covering where I live in Bristol hangs on the wall of my home office, where I have been doing most of my work over the past two years. I have always loved old maps, and Gill Blanchard\u2019s article <\/a>has inspired me to seek out maps for areas where my ancestors lived. In fact, I\u2019m going to start attaching them to my family tree.<\/p>\n\n

Our guide to uncovering street and house photographs online<\/a> <\/strong>also ties in nicely with maps. Coming across an old photograph of a family home is the cherry on the cake!<\/p>\n\n

I also really enjoyed Ruth Symes\u2019 article on the weather and our ancestors<\/a>. <\/strong>I remember at my grandmother\u2019s funeral someone telling me about her visiting people by boat as a doctor during the 1953 floods in Suffolk, and I tell my children about my feet sticking in the tarmac during the heatwave of 1976. Extreme weather events affected our ancestors as they do us.<\/p>\n\n

We also have a guide to the records of postal workers<\/a>, many of which are online. <\/strong>Thousands were employed by the service in countless roles, so you may well find family connections.<\/p>\n\n

Finally, we have upgraded our Android app for those who like to get this magazine digitally, making it even easier to read the magazine on a mobile device. Give it a try!<\/span><\/p>\n\n

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Sarah Williams <\/strong>Editor sarah.williams@ourmedia.co.uk<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n\n

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Contributors<\/h4>\n\n
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Gill Blanchard<\/p>\n\n

Gill is both a member of AGRA and a fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and has worked on episodes of Who Do You Think You Are? <\/em>See her tips on finding and using maps<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

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Ruth A Symes<\/p>\n\n

Talking to a researcher at the Met Office got Ruth thinking about how weather affected our ancestors. She shares some of the amazing projects that are coming online.<\/a><\/p>\n\n

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Susannah Coster<\/p>\n\n

Susannah is an archivist at The Postal Museum who specialises in helping visitors explore their family connections to the Post Office, discover the records available.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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