This guide to parish registers, now in its third edition, and covering England, Scotland and Wales, is a vital, time-saving tool that has become universally known as 'the genealogist's bible'. The Atlas includes the famous county 'parish' maps, which show pre-1832 parochial boundaries, colour-coded probate jurisdictions, starting dates of surviving registers, and churches and chapels, where relevant. Topographical maps face each 'parish' map, and show the contemporary road system and other... More Info
Welsh Genealogy is usually included with its English cousin, but there are significant differences between the two, and anyone wishing to trace their Welsh ancestry will encounter peculiarities that are not covered by books on English family history. There is a separate system of archives and repositories for Wales, there are differences in civil registration and censuses, Nonconformist registers are dissimilar to those of other Churches, and Welsh surnames and place names are very different ... More Info
Product Code: BK6195
Your Irish Ancestors provides an entertaining insight into everyday life in Ireland during the past four centuries. Aimed primarily at the family and social historian, Ian Maxwell's highly readable guide introduces researchers to the wealth of material available in archives throughout Ireland. Many records, like the early twentieth century census returns and school registers will be familiar to researchers, but others have been traditionally overlooked by all but the most experienced genealo More Info
Product Code: BK6220
This book details how to find and comprehend documents from 1560 to the 1860s, including wills, testaments, contracts, land records, official records, deeds, and more. The Latin glossary is especially useful for helping translate any Latin documents. Genealogists and local historians have probably seen every birth, marriage, death and census record available, and are adept at using the internet for research. However, once they have learnt everything they can from them, the next step is readin More Info
This book is an expert introduction for the family historian to the wealth of material available to researchers in libraries and archives in Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney and Sark. Full information is given on how to access the birth, marriage and death records which are only available in the islands and differ in format from those in England and Wales. Marie-Louise Backhurst covers the census, church records, nonconformist registers, rating lists, newspapers, wills and laws of inheritance, off More Info
This fully revised and updated Second Edition is an expert introduction for the family historian to the wealth of material available to researchers in archives throughout Northern Ireland. Many records, like the early twentieth-century census returns and school registers, will be familiar to researchers, but others are often overlooked by all but the most experienced of genealogists. An easy-to-use, informative guide to the comprehensive collections available at the Public Record Office of N More Info
Product Code: BK6430
Almost all of us have a tradesman or craftsman - a butcher, baker or candlestick maker - somewhere in our ancestry, and Adele Emm's handbook is the perfect guide to finding out about them - about their lives, their work and the world they lived in. She introduces the many trades and crafts, looks at their practices and long traditions, and identifies and explains the many sources you can go to in order to discover more about them and their families. Chapters cover the guilds, the merchants, ... More Info
Product Code: BK6434
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
This fully revised and updated fourth edition of Scottish Genealogy is a comprehensive guide to tracing your family history in Scotland. Written by one of the most authoritative figures on the subject, the work is based on established genealogical practice and is designed to exploit the rich resources that Scotland has to offer. After all, this country has possibly the most complete and best-kept set of records and other documents in the world. Addressing the questions of DNA, palaeograph... More Info
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First published in 1899. By Arthur H. Norway, with illustrations by Joseph Pennell and Hugh Thomson. Most travellers through Yorkshire see it from the road. Here we travel into Yorkshire by the Great North Road and wander through the 19th century villages of three Ridings. The book on this CD is machine searchable.
The author, Walter White, explored the whole of Yorkshire, taking note of all he saw and conversations with some of the people he met along the way. Descriptions of the facilities provided for travellers and the practices of the licensed victuallers, details of manufacture and the working people, interspersed with historical notes. From remote hills and vales to the woollen mills and ironstone min...More Info
All Yorkshire on one CD - Gives Landowners Names and Addresses. 553 North Riding Parishes, 384 East Riding Parishes and 689 West Riding Parishes. Total 1626 Yorkshire Parishes
Stories from around Yorkshire, with contour map, geology map, British & Roman Yorkshire map and maps showing river valleys. By F D King. The book on this CD is machine searchable.
Kelly's 1925 Directory of the North & East Ridings of Yorkshire. Filling in the gaps between the 1901 census and living memory, this directory can help. Includes History, Topography, Street Directory, Alphabetical Directory, Trades Directory and Official Information. There are listings for Private Residents, Trades & Professional and, for the larger towns, i.e. York & Hull, there is a street index...More Info