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How should you approach researching your ancestors? In this wide ranging but succinct guidebook, professional writer, lecturer and genealogist Celia Heritage offers expert advice on how to get started using the main online and offline records, and then take research further using a variety of lesser-known resources. In it you will find guidance on subjects including: *Research methodology and how to record what you find *Key Victorian records: birth, marriage and death certificates, and census More Info
Product Code: BK6450
* Women in schooling: Gaynor Haliday takes a look at the history of women teachers and the challenges they faced * The Wills Forgery Trials: Nick Thorne considers a case of forged records that had a lawyer wrongly transported for life * Huskar: a mining tragedy: Denise Bates tells the sad story of one of Victorian Britain's worst (and least known) disasters * Reconstructing Sarah Ann: The bare bones of an individual's life, as recorded in the census, can hide the three-dimensional character, explains Nell Darby * Boom, bust and Balfour: In the late 19th century, an economic crisis exposed the unscrupulous business practices of MP Jabez Balfour. Harry Cunningham investigates * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on fans More Info
Product Code: DYAP063
* League v Union: Gaynor Haliday looks back 150 years to October 1869, when men who sought to introduce a new system of elementary education for the working classes clashed with the groups who already provided it * Educating women: This month marks the 150th anniversary of Girton College, Cambridge - the first women's college at the university. What can the census tell us about the college and those associated with it? Nell Darby explores * A walk through the history of Eel Pie Island: Nick Thorne takes a ramble through records relating to this Thames island * Disciplined until death: Corporal punishment was part of school life until relatively recent times - despite proof that it could kill those it was inflicted on, writes Nell Darby * History in the details: Police uniforms More Info
Product Code: DYAP078
* The friendless friend? Governesses worked hard as teachers, nursemaids and more, but often found themselves overlooked or trapped between different classes, says Caroline Roope * A solid trade: Brickmaking was a physical demanding and financiall risky trade - here Sadie McMullon explores the industry's impact on one particular community * A century in the life of a Birmingham boozer: The history of a striking inner city pub reveals a surprising continuity in ownership, and censuses show a family whose lives revolved around their home. Nell Darby gets a round in * A view into the past: Nick Thorne uses images to help see our ancestors' times * Policing town and gown: A study of Oxford's police reports books shows a pattern of antisocial behaviour underneath the city's dreaming spires... Nell Darby investigates * History in the details: Materials - wool (part 6) More Info
Product Code: DYAP099
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Scanned copy of book published in 1991 containing a transcription and index of the Hearth Tax Returns for South Yorkshire taken on Ladyday 1672. It lists thousands of names of tax payers from across South Yorkshire. The original book is out of print.
The complete contents of both the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire all on one CD. Over 1,000 pages, plus indexes to places and advertisers and lists of the Principal Seats of the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire. Listing private residents, classified index of trades and street indexes for larger places. This is only available as a download and will be sent by email within 1-3 days.
The West Riding of Yorkshire Every Town, Village and Hamlet except Leeds, Bradford, Sheffield and Rotherham. (Note: There are many places, now in North Yorkshire, which were part of the West Riding in the early 20th century; places such as Selby, Harrogate, Ripon, etc., are detailed here.) 1,493 pages This is only available as a download and will be sent by email within 1-3 days.
A book of splendid illustrations of the working men and women of Yorkshire in 1813 - 1814. The Author and Artist, George Walker, describes in his introduction - "most of the humble individuals here depicted in their simple and sometimes squalid garb" Many of the 41 hand-coloured aquatint engravings have become very famous in recent times, held to be accurate representations of the working people o...More Info
The history of Yorkshire, on this CD, from mysteries and fables, chronicles and ancient documents, shows the effects of various events in England’s history on the County of Yorkshire and its inhabitants. Battles, monks, monasteries, and manufacturing industries, from the dim twilight of the years B.C. to 1688A.D.