An introduction to the tools and processes of researching your past. This book will also help take your research to the level beyond simple facts of birth, marriage and death, with chapters on occupation, migration and military service. By Karen Foy. Paperback with 223 pages... More Info
Birth, Marriage and Death Records are an essential resource for family historians, and this handbook is an authoritative introduction to them. It explains the original motives for registering these milestones in individual lives, describes how these record-keeping systems evolved, and shows how they can be explored and interpreted. Authors David Annal and Audrey Collins guide researchers through the difficulties they may encounter in understanding the documentation. They recount the history... More Info
Product Code: BK6419
Simon Fowler outlines the course of the fighting around the city and he introduces the many historical resources that you can use to explore the history for yourself. *A practical guide to researching soldiers who served at Ypres during the First World War *Concise account of the three principal Ypres battles, including Passchendaele *Identifies and explains the key sources including The National Archives, Imperial War Museum and Commonwealth War Graves Commission *Recommends useful websit... More Info
Product Code: BK6472
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Transcripts of Baptisms from the churches most associated with the military in the towns of Chatham, Brompton, Gillingham and Rochester. Also included is a transcript of burials 1869-1997 for Fort Pitt Military Cemetery, Rochester, Kent The transcripts of baptisms include:- Chatham Dockyard Church 1867 – 1974 (TNA ADM-338/17 & 18) Gillingham: Brompton Garrison Church 1847 – 1966 ATS Fort...More Info
Sussex, Military Baptisms, Marriages and Burials 1793-1840. Previously published as A5 booklet PG01 by SFHG. Vol 87 .pdf reader required. Published by SFHG & Parish Register Transcription Society.
In 1522 Wolsey, Henry VIII's chancellor, was badly in need of money to finance the war with France . A subsidy in 1514 failed to raise the expected amount and had to be repeated in 1515 and 1516. He was planning another subsidy and it is presumed that he did not think that satisfactory assessments would be made for it. He therefore ordered a new and extensive survey of the wealth of the country bo...More Info
A transcription of the burial registers for Fort Pitt Military Cemetery, City Way, Rochester by members of Kent Family History Society. Previously published on CD40 more than 1800 burials are listed. The transcriptions are in pdf format and arranged by name and by date.
Contains the following: Militia Ballot Lists Kesteven 1824: These cover villages in the Wapentakes of Aveland, Beltisloe, Langoe, Loveden, Ness and Winnibriggs, & Threo, plus the Boroughs of Grantham and Stamford. The lists give the name, occupation, age and any infirmity or exemption of men aged 18 to 45, for each village. Some lists may not have all of this information. Royal South Linc...More Info