This CD contains details of individuals working in South Africa as part of the civil service in the military, government and parliament, etc. Information such as office, name, dates of appointment, salary and allowances can be found. Also includes several colour maps. *Digitally enhanced images of the original text *Searchable text *Bookmarked by major headings *Fully printable... More Info
This CD includes a large biographical section with hundreds of portraits and biographies of peers, members of parliament, bishops, county families, county gentry, clergy, magistrates, navy and military, professional, agricultural and commercial noteworthies. This 1907 works also includes a 'Historical and Descriptive Account of Devonshire', covering such topics as Squires and Yeomen, Legends and Traditions, and Cathedral Lore. * Digitally enhanced images of the original text * Searchable tex More Info
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Transcriptions of burials in the churchyard of St. Philip's and its cemetery at Wardsend. This parish church served a large working class community to the north west of the city centre. Wardsend Cemetery in the Upper Don Valley was opened in 1857 to cater for parish burials when the small churchyard became full. Includes some military bruials from Hillsborough Barracks.
In 1861 an Irish-born explorer emerged from the Australian outback, sole survivor of the country's greatest expedition. John King from Moy, Co. Tyrone, had crossed the arid continent and discovered tracts of rich, fertile land. With eight men dead, King's triumph was one of the world's great feats of endurance and thousands gathered to crown him Australia's first hero ... Yet within weeks the hand...More Info
The Ordnance Survey Memoirs are a uniquely detailed source for the history of the northern half of Ireland immediately before the Great Famine. They were written in the 1830s to accompany the 6" Ordnance Survey maps, but with one exception were not published at the time. In this new edition they act as a nineteenth-century Domesday book and are essential to the understanding of the cultural herita...More Info
Wiltshire Soldiers Wounded in the English Civil War, Petitions for Parliamentarian and Royalist Pensions Originally Quarter Sessions considered each application in detail with supporting evidence from the soldier’s military commander and local dignitaries. Again, this was more than the full meeting of Quarter Sessions could deal with. In 1662, the petitions were first referred to local JP...More Info
Compiled by Rosemary Cleaver from records transcribed by Cliff Webb and volunteers worldwide. Over 121,000 Surrey Baptisms from 81 Parishes Registers of various dates There are many entries up to 1875 and some later, including many from Non-conformist registers, and covering the following places: Balham, 1855 (Nov) – 1876(Feb) Battersea Bridge Fields, - Independent Chapel - 1866 (Mar)-18...More Info