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Lancashire - A Genealogical Bibliography
This volume is the authoritative and comprehensive guide to everything published on Lancashire that is likely to be of use to genealogists. Topics covered include the history of Lancashire, bibliographies and archival guides, journals and newspapers, pedigrees, biographical sources, occupational sources, family histories, parish registers, monumental inscriptions, probate records, official lists o...
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Local Newspapers 1750-1920, England and Wales, Channel Islands, Isle of Man: a select location list / Jeremy Gibson, Brett Langston, & Brenda W. Smith. 3rd ed. Family History Partnership, 2011.
Newspapers contain a huge amount of information for genealogists. This volume lists the thousands of titles that are available in English and Welsh national and local libraries, and tells you where to find them....
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London & Middlesex - A Genealogical Bibliography
Genealogical Sources; History of London & Middlesex; Bibliography and Archives; Periodicals; Parish Registers; Monumental Inscriptions; Probate Records; Official Lists of Names; Trade Directories & Maps; Estate Papers; Ecclesiastical Records; Records of National County & City Administration; Parochial Records; Institutional Records; Immigration & Emigration; Family Histories & Pedigrees; Genealogi...
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Londoners' Occupations - A Genealogical Guide
The 2nd edition of this guide to published sources for Londoners' occupations has been greatly expanded since it was first published in 1994. If you have run out of clues to tracing your London ancestors, or need some background information to fill in the details of their lives, then this book may be of use to you. It identifies over 1,000 books and journal articles which may enable you to trace y...
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Marriage Records for Family Historians / Stuart A. Raymond
It is impossible to construct pedigrees without using marriage registers and other records. Marriages have been registered by a wide range of different bodies. This book describes these and other sources, and tells you where to look....
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My Ancestor was Scottish / Alan Stewart
Scottish ancestors? This book provides a basic introduction to sources for tracing them. It will be particularly useful for those of Scottish descent living in England....
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My Ancestors were Jewish / Anthony Joseph
An overview of the major sources for tracing Jewish ancestors. Essential reading if you are of Jewish descent....
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New Cousins: How to Trace Living Descendans of your Ancestors / Karen Bali
This book is a guide to descendant tracing, that is, looking for living relatives. It can be fascinating, rewarding, and potentially life-changing. Reseach can lead you not to dead ancestors, but living, breathing relatives who share your genetic heritage, members of your extended family. To find out how to trace them, you need this book....
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Norfolk - A Genealogical Bibliography
Topics covered include Norfolk history, bibliography and archives, journals and newspapers, pedigree collections, parish registers, monumental inscriptions, heraldry, probate records, official lists of names, directories, ecclesiastical records, estate records, education, etc....
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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...
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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...
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Poor Law Union Records Volume 3 - South-West England, The Marches and Wales
By Jeremy Gibson. The records of poor law unions of the 19th and early 20th centuries constitute a major, but under-used, source of genealogical data - partly because, prior to the publication of these books, it was difficult to know what was available. They set that right, and provide a detailed listing, county by county, of the extensive resources which may include information on your ancestors....
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Probate Jurisdictions : Where to Look for Wills / Jeremy Gibson & Stuart Raymond
Before 1858, wills were proved in a wide variety of different probate courts, mainly ecclesiastical. The archives of these courts are now held by a wide variety of different records. Offices. Many have been digitised, microfilmed, or transcribed. This book identifies all the courts that proved wills or granted probate administration, together with details of digitised and microfilmed collections,...
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Quarter Session Records / Richard Ratcliffe
Quarter Sessions were responsible for the administration of local government before the introduction of county councils. They dealt with an extraordinarly wide range of topics, and their records have a huge amount of information which is likely to be of interest to family historians. Coroners and criminals, printers and freemasons, vagrants and aliens, are just a few of the people who can be found...
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Remember Then: Women's memories of 1946-1969, and How to Write Your Own / Janet Few
This book is what happens when you let eighty women spend a year and a half recording their memories of life in Britain during the pivotal period 1946-1969....
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Researching Adoption: an Essential Guide to Tracing Birth Relatives and Ancestors / Karen Bali
This is a guide for anyone who wants to research an adoption in the family. If you were adopted, adoption relates to someone in your family, or an ancestor was adopted, this guide can help. It examines methods, resourcs for researching family mysteries deep in the past, plus ideas, advice and guidance for linking up with birth relatives. A must for anyone who wants to discover where they came from...
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Second Stages in Researching Welsh Ancestry, ed. John & Sheila Rowlands
Researching your Welsh ancestry? This book suggests a variety of different sources that may yeild valuable information. It aims to broaden your understanding of the possibilities of research, and will help you to take your research back beyond 1800....
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Somerset Electoral Register - East 1832
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Somerset Electoral Register - West 1832
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South West Family Histories
This 128 page book attempts to list all the published family histories and pedigrees relating to families from the South West, i.e. Devon, Cornwall, Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire & Gloucestershire. A tremendous amount of research has been published. I have not counted the number of families mentioned, but it must be well over 2,000....
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Stourton before Stourhead: a History of the Parish 1550-1750
The gardens at Stourhead (Wiltshire) are amongst the best known in England. But what was there before they were planted and the lake was dug? This book demonstrates that Stourton had a fascinating history before the gardens were ever thought of. For example, it is one of the few places to sustain a Roman Catholic congregation from the Reformation right up until the 20th century. Particular attenti...
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