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Open History magazine, Autumn/Winter 2005, No.96

Grazing in the High Peak; Habsburg Empire; The Paris Cannon; Thomas Cochrane, Admiral of the Fleet...

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Open History magazine, Spring 2006, No.97

In memory of President Allan Fletcher: reprints of articles by Allan Fletcher and two new articles on Samuel Crompton and Plas Rhiew...

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Open History Special Conference Edition 2004 (also No.92)

The Family: The Monastic Family; Family Communication and Migration, sixteenth to twentieth centuries; The Wheable Family...

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No Time for Family History?

McLaughlin Guides...

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Altrincham History Occasional Paper 23 by Colin Graham

Lady Haworth and the Bowdon Supply Depot in World War One. Study of the work of volunteer women and men in a small Cheshire town in supplying much needed hospital supplies for the troops in WW1...

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Open History 125, Summer 2013

Newhaven, Sussex, 1837-1887; Hertfordshire's Medical 'Guinea Pigs'; A Yorkshire teacher-training college in the Swinging 60s; What the Open University degree can do for you; report on conference at Farncombe Estate, Worcestershire; Visit to the Gladstone Pottery 16 March 2013...

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Open History 154

Life for Female Prisoners in Brixton Prison 1858-1869: Part 1; The Rise, Fall and Subsequent Resurgence of Cinemas as a Form of Entertainment; The RUR Cup: What’s in a Name?; Was the Period 1945-1989 Really the Age of Protest? Defending Liberty: Anti-Socialist groups in Late Victorian and Edwardian Britain; The Shifting and Accommodating Nature of Magic and Superstition Before and After Christ...

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Tracing your nineteenth century family history

The nineteenth century is perhaps the easiest period for genealogical research, since both the civil registers and the census provide comprehensive coverage. A wide g=range of other sources are also available. Stuart Raymond takes a comprehensive look at all the sources available for tracing ancestry in this period in this comprehensive guide....

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British Family History on CD

Thousands of genealogical books, and important genealogical data are now available on CD. This includes innumerable out of print books – especially old trade directories and published parish registers. It also includes census data. This book lists what is available....

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Surrey & Sussex - the Genealogists Library Guide (vol.1). Information Sources for Surrey & Sussex Genealogists: History, Archives, Journals, etc..

This volume identifies numerous histories of the two counties, and of particular parishes, indicating publications which include original sources, pedigrees, etc. It also includes details of guides to the wide variety of archive repositories and libraries in the county, and lists the many historical and genealogical journals available. The final two sections deal with place-names & maps, and with ...

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Death and Burial Records for Family Historians / Stuart A. Raymond. Family History Partnership, 2011.

Death and burial records are vital sources for family historians. This book describes the various different records available, where to find them, and how to use them....

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A few copies now available - Ayres: But for a Little More Evidence – a Family History of William Ayres, Gypsy, 1806-1872

By Tony Dixon. A biographical outline not only of a favourite 19th century ancestor, William Ayres, but also of the author’s own life as showman, hawker, craftsman, musician and Punch and Judy man. Includes references to the Goff, Hearn, Loveridge, Saving and Smith families of Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire and surrounding counties. Illustrated with family photos. A5, 120 pages, perfect bound. Pu...

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Boswell: The Early Romany Boswells A Family History 1650-1810 Part 2: Boswells in Parish Records & The Blewitts, Scamps and Lovells By Richard Edmunds

This is an extensive database of references for British Romany Boswells such as baptisms, marriages and burials gleaned mainly from parish registers, newspapers, Poor Law Papers and other sources in the period 1650 to 1810. It also features chapters on three other Romany families who were most closely linked with the Boswells in times past: the Blewitts, Scamps and Lovells. This essential referenc...

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Ayres: But For Further Evidence: The Continuing Family History of William Ayres, Gypsy

By Tony Dixon This is a much expanded and updated second edition of the book originally published by the author in 2013. Additional research conducted in the intervening years means that the book has trebled in size. It now includes not only a more complete biography of William Ayres (1806-1872) and his family but also looks back at earlier generations, individuals who lived in the early 1...

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The Known History of the Shops in Cheap Street Sherborne by Alec Oxford

A methodical journey down the street, recording who or what is there today, then revealing some of the...

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Wells - A Pictorial History by Tony Scrase

A perceptive vision of this smallest of cities as seen through over 170 photographs. 118 Pages. Hardback....

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A History of Long Street, Sherborne by Susan and Ray Penn

A historical overview of the street, followed by a brief description of each house. Some of the buildings have been selected for a more detailed attention. 138 pages. Soft covers....

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The History of Wilton Gaol by Peter Parrish

An absorbing and interesting account of the Taunton penal institutions, particularly in the 19th century....

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1851 HISTORY & DIRECTORY OF THE WOOLLEN & WORSTED TRADE

A very rare book. "Showing the rise and progress of the Woollen and Worsted Manufactures in England." With a Directory of manufacturers in Bradford, Halifax, Leeds, Huddersfield &c. 1851....

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1840 HISTORY, GAZETTEER & DIRECTORY OF THE NORTH & EAST RIDINGS OF YORKSHIRE

William White's very comprehensive 'General Survey of the Ridings' including descriptions of all the boroughs, towns, parishes, chapelries, townships, villages, hamlets, manors, liberties and wapentakes; the names and addresses of principal inhabitants, industry, agriculture, markets, fairs, Lords of the Manor, owners of land, churches, chapels, charities and Public Intitutions; and a variety of o...

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SKIPTON CASTLE-Its History and Owners

Including sketches of its noble owners and its historical associations. By the Rev. John Ward...

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NUNBURNHOLME ITS HISTORY & ANTIQUITIES, by the Rev M.C.F. Morris, B.C.L., M.A.,

Rector of Nunburnholme and author of ‘Yorkshire Folk Talk’...

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German Genealogical Dictionary: Useful words for German Family History Research

Research Guide No 16 - 1st edition (April 2014). Compiled by Jenny Towey, Vice-President, Anglo-German FHS. Glossary of useful terms, words and symbols you may find in your research, particularly in German genealogical works....

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Rev. Alexander Goebel. Anti-Nazi Methodist Pastor. A Family History.

By Michael Potter. Occasional Issue No 6 (2020), 32pp. Alexander was born in Bow, London in 1877, eldest child of a German Immigrant from Hesse-Kassel. He trained as a Methodist pastor in Germany but returned to England after upsetting the Nazis....

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THE HISTORY OF TAUNTON by Joshua Toulmin

First published in the early 1790's, updated and republished in 1822 by James Davage, this is still probably one of the most useful and important works written about the county town of Somerset. The book contains in great detail all of the main historical events that have taken place or connected to Taunton . There are also transcripts of the monumental transcriptions at St Mary's church, St. Jame...

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