This muster roll lists the men in the county militia, stationed at home whilst the army was abroad, for Somerset in 1569. Entries are made alphabetically by parish. Fully indexed, it includes details of the weapons and armour held by the men, and a section of explanatory notes. *Digitally enhanced images of the original text *Searchable *Bookmarked by major headings *Fully printable... More Info
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Not just criminals but the whole fabric of life, including poor relief, bastardy, planning matters, trading standards, public nuisances, neighbours, apprentices, licensing, military pensions, local taxation. Church attendance. Quarter, Petty Sessions and Assizes.
Over the years, people have told me that they have completed their family history - my answer to that is ... you never finish because there is always more to discover. When I began writing these guides to discovering your family history, I thought it would all go into one relatively small book - how wrong I was! As I worked on the first book, it became obvious that a second volume would be neede...More Info
Personal, Hunting and Military 1600-1760 - dagge pistols, birding guns, long bows, cross bows to swords, Brown Bess muskets, raising regiments in the 1688 Glorious Revolution and militia in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars 1792-1815
Version 3 of this comprehensive set of records for Portland has now been released. Note that the CD version does not run correctly on Apple Mac computers using operating systems above 10.4 (Tiger). However copying the files from the CD to the computer hard drive, and running from there, does enable everything to run correctly. The CD is a most valuable resource for anyone with Portland ances...More Info
Lists of local volunteer militia 1794-1795 and 1803-1808. (Published by Sheffield & District FHS). For other military records see Attestation & Discharge Index 1760-1840 under Miscellaneous data on CD ROM. (Published by Sheffield & District FHS).