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Tinwald Churchyard Gravediggers Book (2023)
This is a 68 page book of the Funerals by John Little, the Gravedigger of Tinwald Churchyard in Dumfriesshire. It covers the years 1867-1903 and includes a Surname and Forename index. It lists 1,080 funerals. Whilst no Age of Birth information is available to help indicate which family member has died, the name and date of death may assist when researching ancestors on the ScotlandsPeople websi...
Supplied by: Dumfries and Galloway Family History Society Product Ref: DGF-TINDIG-2023
Research Stationery Pages - Full Package 203 Pages
These A4 Size sheets will enable you to record the research of your Ancestors and organise that research in a Binder. They will allow for easy access to the information you already have and for ongoing research. You will receive 203 pages comprising of : 8 x 25 record Sheets of the following : B.M.D, Children, Siblings, Spouse, Ancestor Profile, Ancestor Check sheet, Ancestor History, Milita...
Supplied by: IGS Genealogy Research Stationery, F.T Charts & F.T Cards Product Ref: IGS-012
Headley Miscellany, Volume 2
Contents - Water Mills; Alderbed Dispute 1806; Henry Knight; Headley 1066-1966 Chaps 3 & 4; Matthew Triggs & 1830 Riots; Indenture 1862; Piggott Descendant Returns; Fort Garry Horse 1942; Fullers Vale Pond. If there is any theme running through this second volume of the Headley Miscellany, it would seem to be water and adversity. This is entirely appropriate, as while the copy was being compiled...
Supplied by: John Owen Smith - Publisher Product Ref: JOS-HM2
Occupational Sources for Genealogists
Were your English ancestors railwaymen or tradesmen, lawyers or tax inspectors? Or perhaps you have pipemakers or policemen amongst your forebears? It is probable that at least some members of your family are listed somewhere by the occupation they pursued, and it is well worth knowing where such information is to be found. There are many published sources of occupational information. Numerous bio...
Supplied by: Internet Genealogical Bookshop Product Ref: RAY-104
Research Stationery pages - Additional Info 40 pages
These A4 size additional info. pages will enable you to Record the research on your Ancestors and organise that research in a Binder. Supplied on White Acid Free Paper . The package consists of 40 pages of information ( 20 pages back to back). 10 x of each page : Letters / Docs / Heirlooms , Military, Residence & Immigration records . Especially designed to fit into a Springback Binder, however...
Supplied by: IGS Genealogy Research Stationery, F.T Charts & F.T Cards Product Ref: IGS-013
Research Stationery - Irish Census Package 40 pages
These 40 x A4 size pages will enable you to record the Irish 1901 & 1911 Census and the Tithe & Griffiths Valuations information on your ancestors and organise them in a Binder. Supplied on White ACID FREE Paper . Package consists of 40 pages ( 20 back to back) of the following : 10 x Tithe Valuation, 10 x Griffiths Valuation, 10 x irish Census of 1901 & 19011. They are especially d...
Supplied by: IGS Genealogy Research Stationery, F.T Charts & F.T Cards Product Ref: IGS-014
Research Stationery - UK Census package 90 pages
These A4 size pages will enable you to record the all the Uk Census information on your ancestors and organise them in a Binder. Supplied on White ACID FREE Paper . Package consists of 90 pages ( 45 Back to back) of the following : 10 x Uk Census 1841. 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911 & 1921 They are especially designed to fit into a Springback Binder , however will also fit into...
Supplied by: IGS Genealogy Research Stationery, F.T Charts & F.T Cards Product Ref: IGS-015
Oxfordshire Contributors to the Free & Voluntary Present to King Charles II, 1661, transcribed by Gwyn de Jong / Jeremy Gibson (ed). Oxfordshire Famiiy History Society in association with the Family History Partnership, 2012.
Kings loved to demand 'free and voluntary presents' (with the emphasis on the word 'demand')! Their bureaucrats loved to list them. When Charles II returned from exile in 1660, he desperately needed money. This is a listing of some 6000 Oxfordshire men and women who made their contribution. Did anyone from your parish make a contribution? And was one of your ancestors amongst them? This is a valua...
Supplied by: Internet Genealogical Bookshop Product Ref: RAY-F 20
Travellers Remember Hopping Time - now reduced in price!
Edited by Janet Keet-Black and the late Mary Horner A5 paperback book, 60 pages, black-and-white family photographs The book contains people's memories and photos of when they or their older family members used to go hop-picking plus articles about the history of the craft. All these were originally contributed by RTFHS members for a special hopping exhibition held in 2001 at the RTFHS Socie...
Supplied by: Romany and Traveller Family History Society Product Ref: ROM-HOPPING
Boswell: The Early Romany Boswells A Family History 1650-1810 Part 1:The Early Boswells and Famous Boswells By Richard Edmunds
This is an in-depth genealogical study of one of the most celebrated and prominent families in Britain’s Romany community, the Boswells. It’s essential background reading for anyone with Boswell ancestors but also for those whose relatives intermarried with or travelled with this widespread family, guiding the reader through from the Boswells’ likely origins during the English Civil War to t...
Supplied by: Romany and Traveller Family History Society Product Ref: ROM-BOSWELL-PT1
The Gypsy Countess By Anne-Marie Ford
This is an unusual biography: that of a young woman who, despite the strictures of the British class system, rose from a childhood in a farm cottage and a career with Astley’s Circus to earn a place in the British aristocracy. The Gypsy Countess recounts the life of Catherine Cox, daughter of a Romany Gypsy woman and an agricultural labourer, who in 1855 married George Harry Grey, Earl o...
Supplied by: Romany and Traveller Family History Society Product Ref: ROM-COUNTESS
Fairground Destiny: the story of the Rowland family by Frances Brown
Fairground Destiny is the first ever comprehensive account of the history of the Rowlands, today one of the leading names on the British fairground. In this book Frances Brown turns her attention to the ancestors of her grandmother Amy Matthews nee Rowland and traces their lives as they evolve from 18th century hawkers, dealers and basket-makers to become 21st century riding-masters. France...
Supplied by: Romany and Traveller Family History Society Product Ref: ROM-Rowland
Scott: A Search for The Scotts and Circus
A Search For The Scotts & Circus By Anne Stevens As a child Anne Stevens was intrigued by the stories her grandmother told her: memories of horse-drawn vans, jugglers, clowns and equestrians overwintering in the village of Walberswick on the Suffolk coast of England. These were her Scott family. As an adult, Anne has researched these ancestors and the other circus and fairground families...
Supplied by: Romany and Traveller Family History Society Product Ref: ROM-Scotts
Travellers Through Time: A Gypsy History
Travellers Through Time: A Gypsy History - By Jeremy Harte Published by Reaktion Books (London, 2023). Hardback with dust jacket, A4 format, 317 pages, 40 photographs and illustrations This well-researched and very readable book guides the reader through the six centuries that Romany Gypsies have made Britain their home: from their arrival in these islands in the early 16th century to the mo...
Supplied by: Romany and Traveller Family History Society Product Ref: ROM-TTT
The Island & Royal Manor of Portland - Historic Sources, Version 3
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...
Supplied by: Somerset & Dorset Family History Society Product Ref: SAD-593
CS033 Wilts Militia Orders 1759-1770
A4 softback 46 pages There are two armies in Britain - the regular or professional army which was first established after the restoration of Charles 11 in 1661 and the part-time army which is a much older force tracing its roots back to the Anglo Saxon Ffyrd of King Alfred. This part-time force has, at various times, consisted of many different types of soldiers from the straightforwardly na...
Supplied by: Wiltshire Family History Society Product Ref: WIL-CS033
CD21 Poor Law in Wiltshire 1670-1890
Removal orders, settlement certificates and settlement examination records for the county from 1670 to 1890. Available here as a CD or download. Also available as a book. We have provided a free name index to this product, as a pdf file, which can be viewed, downloaded, copied and printed. The index can be accessed through a link in the publications page on our website: www.wiltshirefhs.co.u...
Supplied by: Wiltshire Family History Society Product Ref: WIL-CD21
CS127 Poor Law in Wiltshire 1670-1890
Removal orders, settlement certificates and settlement examination records for the county from 1670 to 1890. Available here as a book. Also available as a CD or download. Go to Section 1 - CDs - compilation and single source - Other compilation and single source CDs and scroll down to CD21 We have provided a free name index to this product, as a pdf file, which can be viewed, downloaded,...
Supplied by: Wiltshire Family History Society Product Ref: WIL-CS127
Yorkshire Probate by Colin Blanshard Withers
The Family History Show Special Offer \*\*\* Now less than half price! RRP £35 \*\*\* Probate is both the most frustrating and the most rewarding source a genealogist can discover. Frustrating because of its complexity, particularly in the Diocese of York, and rewarding because it can unlock the personalities, likes, dislikes and personal relations of our ancestors. Where else coul...
Supplied by: Yorkshire Ancestors Product Ref: YAN-PROB
THE SOMERSET PROTESTATION RETURNS and LAY SUBSIDY ROLLS 1641-42 Transcribed by A. J. Howard Edited and Published by T. L. Stoate
In the year of 1641 it was demanded that every man over the age of 18 should make an oath was to follow the “true Protestant religion”. These are now called the Protestation Returns and form a valuable list of inhabitants of a parish at this time. Not everyone signed and those who did refuse are also sometimes noted. Whilst only about a third of Somerset parishes have survived ( 161 ) it still...
Supplied by: WestCountryBooks Product Ref: TBS-003
THE BORDERS OF THE TAMAR AND TAVY Volumes 1 and 2 by Mrs. Bray
To anyone who has an interest in Devon and Dartmoor will probably be aware of the works of Mrs. Bray. Even if you are not and you have ancestors or want to learn more about this area, then this book is for you. First published in the 1830's (this particular edition was printed in 1878) this book is unusual in that it is in the form of letters that were written by Mrs. Bray to Robert Southey. These...
Supplied by: WestCountryBooks Product Ref: TBS-023
CORNWALL PROTESTATION RETURNS 1641 Edited by T. L. Stoate
In the year of 1641 it was demanded that every man over the age of 18 should make an oath was to follow the “true Protestant religion”. These are now called the Protestation Returns and form a valuable list of inhabitants of a parish at this time. Not everyone signed and those who did refuse are also sometimes noted. This important Cornish reference work contains some 30,000 names given in 5 b...
Supplied by: WestCountryBooks Product Ref: TBS-027
TRANSCRIPTION OF POOR BOOK OF THE TITHINGS OF WESTBURY-ON-TRYM, STOKE BISHOP AND SHIREHAMPTON 1656 TO 1698 by H. J. Wilkins
This book deals with an unsettled period of English History, for it runs from 1656 to 1698 which is a period that embraces part of the Protectorate (1653 to 1659), the restored Commonwealth (1659), the reign of Charles II (1660 to 1685) the reign of James II (1685 to 1688) and William and Mary to 1689. As with all “Poor Books” it deals with the income and disbursement to the poor. There are...
Supplied by: WestCountryBooks Product Ref: TBS-13955565
BRISTOL LISTS Municipal and Miscellaneous compiled by The Rev. Alfred B. Beaven
With over four hundred pages this book is probably the most complete list of Mayors, Sheriffs, Aldermen and Common Councillors, the Society of Merchant Venturers and some of the more important offices under the Corporation, such as librarians, postmasters, physicians at the Bristol Royal Infirmary plus many other offices, some dating back to the sixteenth century. Many have basic biographical note...
Supplied by: WestCountryBooks Product Ref: TBS-13955566
THE HISTORY OF THE PARISH AND MANOR OF WOOKEY by Thomas Scott Holmes
This book written by Thomas Scott Holme who was Vicar of Wookey from 1879 is an excellent publication for anyone studying this parish or who has ancestors from the area. Each chapter deal with a different aspect of the parish including, a general history of the parish, the history of the manor, history of the Rectory and Vicarage including lists of Rectors and Vicars. There is a chapter about the ...
Supplied by: WestCountryBooks Product Ref: TBS-13955785