For those who want an easy history of the life of Sir Francis Drake this CD is for you. Published in 1883 as part of the “Young Folks' Heroes of History” series one should not be misled by the title of this series. It is a well written book that charts the life of Drake in an easy to read and understandable format that makes history fun. If all history books were written like this far more wou...
Supplied by: WestCountryBooks Product Ref: TBS-13955675
This CD contains papers presented by members of the society from 1900 to 1903, which contain interesting articles on the area including: Rampton Registers (1599-1812); church accounts; Cambridgeshire village guilds; and local buildings of historical interest, etc. \* Digitally enhanced images of the original text \* Searchable by whole or part name \* Bookmarked by major headings ...
Supplied by: S&N Genealogy Supplies Product Ref: SNG-3608
This CD contains eight PDF files. BARNSLEY, ST GEORGE - Memorial inscriptions in the graveyard, the graveyard extension, and the crematorium garden with full name index and plan. Also memorial inscriptions inside the church (un-indexed). Taken by John & Gillian Nixon. CAWTHORNE, ALL SAINTS' - The inscriptions are for the churchyard only and do not include the adjoining cemetery. ...
Supplied by: Barnsley Family History Society Product Ref: BAR-MI-CD01
This screensaver contains well over a 100 images covering the length and breadth of our county brought together from 20 separate sources including well known national and local institutions, professional photographers and individual members of our Society. The images include some striking aerial photographs and are grouped geographically according to the six administrative hundreds which make up o...
Supplied by: Cardiganshire Family History Society, Cymdeithas Hanes Teuluoedd Ceredigion Product Ref: CGN-CD01
An illustrated guide to twelve local mediaeval Hampshire churches: Alton, Bentley, Binsted, Froyle, Holybourne, East Worldham, West Worldham, Kingsley, Hartley Mauditt, Selborne, Headley and Bramshott. Compiled by members of the Woolmer Forest Archaeological & Historical Society - with illustrations, map of area. Supplied by John Owen Smith...
Supplied by: John Owen Smith - Publisher Product Ref: JOS-11-7
Contents ? Extract from Headley 1066?1966, the Final section; Charlie Payne of Wey Valley Farm, Standford, 1901?1992; Mystery Mugs; Grayshott in the 1870s; Counting heads in Headley, the first two censuses in 1841 and 1851; Index of Items in Volumes 1?6 We end the serialisation of Canon Tudor Jones's book Headley 1066-1966 in this issue with his observations on the First Parish Council and on the...
Supplied by: John Owen Smith - Publisher Product Ref: JOS-HM6
These units can be used to reimburse the Society for any costs incurred undertaking research work for members, such as copying local newspaper articles. The member will be advised of the number of units they will need to purchase to cover their particular request....
Supplied by: North Meols (Southport) Family History Society Product Ref: NME-S.RP1
Sussex, The archives of the Sussex Church Courts are most interesting for local and family historians. Cases (known as Causes) could be brought by individuals or by direct summons from the court. Cases covered tithes, church repairs, pew allocation, probate, morality, matrimony, clergy responsibilities and even bewitching. Michael J Burchall FSG has extracted from the original records in West Suss...
Supplied by: Sussex Family History Group Product Ref: SSX-MJB8
Sussex, Calendared CD extracted by Michael J Burchall FSG of Quarter Sessions at Chichester, Horsham, Lewes and Petworth from records in East Sussex Record Office. Detailed abstracts listing the Charge, Offenders, Victims, Jurors and the Verdict with the Punishment. It has many more cases than the two CDs covering earlier periods though the same price. The series has up to a quarter of a million n...
Supplied by: Sussex Family History Group Product Ref: SSX-MJB11
Quarter Session Records are one of the most useful sources for both Local and Family Historians, as they mostly deal with the less serious crimes that occurred in the county. Ranging from the parish officers presenting the father of an illegitimate child, settlement cases, rent and rate disputes, theft, lewd behaviour and fighting to name a few. This volume was produced by the Somerset Record Soc...
Supplied by: WestCountryBooks Product Ref: TBS-13955875
This colour film shows a week of events to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in Broomfield Park, Palmers Green, N13. It was made for Southgate Borough Council in 1953 by local professional and amateur film producers of the day, Gateway Film Productions and the Planet Film Society, with commentary by Frank Phillips. DVD PAL Running time 24 minutes...
Supplied by: Southgate District Civic Voice Product Ref: SDC-DVD04
Keep up to date with the genealogy world and learn more about your hobby with the critically acclaimed Discover Your Ancestors online periodical. Whether you are just starting out or have reached a brick wall in your research, this will help and inspire you on your family history journey. Receive guidance from experts, tips on the best sources for records, explore connections around the world and ...
Supplied by: S&N Genealogy Supplies Product Ref: SNG-6977
Keep up to date with the genealogy world and learn more about your hobby with the critically acclaimed Discover Your Ancestors online periodical. Whether you are just starting out or have reached a brick wall in your research, this will help and inspire you on your family history journey. Receive guidance from experts, tips on the best sources for records, explore connections around the world and ...
Supplied by: S&N Genealogy Supplies Product Ref: SNG-7010
**Published March 2015** The municipal cemetery at Queensbury was opened in 1905 and the recording of the memorials by volunteers from Bradford Family History Society was completed in summer 2014. The adjacent graveyard of Holy Trinity Church was not recorded. Because the cemetery is still in use, the memorials may change. This fully searchable CD-ROM is also available as a downl...
Supplied by: Bradford Family History Society Product Ref: BFD-CQUEENSMUNCEM
Reprinted again due to popular demand!!!! From the 1720s to the early 20th Century from the Southern Counties of England. The Does are one of the lesser-known but important Romany families of the Southern Counties of England. Individuals of the name occasionally came to the attention of the Gypsiologists and so appeared from time to time in the pages of the Journal of the Gypsy ...
Supplied by: Romany and Traveller Family History Society Product Ref: ROM-FT-DOE
Abstracts of all 355 Feet of Fines for Rutland surviving in the National Archives. Discursive introduction covering the form and content of feet of fines, how they relate the Rutland's Victoria County History, and their use as historical sources, including a review of the part played by women in the fines, their relationship to the county's political geography, and their purpose. Fully indexed and...
Supplied by: Rutland Local History & Record Society Product Ref: RLH-48
The society's annual journal containing a history of George Brown's Victoria Iron Works; Tilsworth history; Leighton Medieval Iron Industry; Paramount cars; Benjamin Bevan of Leighton Buzzard 1773-1833 canal builder; German prisoners of war; plus archaeological notes and members activities....
Supplied by: Leighton Buzzard & District Archaeological & Historical Society Product Ref: LBA-14
Society Journal: History of Regent Street, Leighton Buzzard, and those who lived there; Railway disaster Leighton, March 1931, The Empress who stayed in Leighton Buzzard; Heath and Reach Pump and Clock Tower and who paid for it; Inns and Taverns of Heath and Reach; Leighton Buzzard's fire service a history. Illustrated....
Supplied by: Leighton Buzzard & District Archaeological & Historical Society Product Ref: LBA-15
This little piece of personal history aims to give future generations of residents in the North Yorkshire parish of Gilling East, and Ryedale generally, a sense of what ordinary life was like for those of us who lived there as children and young adults in the 1940s and 1950s. Sixty or more years later (between 2008 and 2011), it happened that four Gilling people independently felt the urge to rec...
Supplied by: Ryedale Family History Group Product Ref: RFH-misc-d030
To mark the 200th anniversary of the Church building, Kent Family History Society was asked by the Church to assist in transcribing and indexing the burial registers of the Church which were, at that time, on temporary loan from Kent History and Library Centre in Maidstone. The burial register dates back to the mid-1800s when there was a non-conformist burial ground on the church premises. After...
Supplied by: Kent Family History Society Product Ref: KFS-DL328
A unique collection of records from the archives of the South Wales meetings of the Society of Friends. The CD contains Births from 1699, Marriages from 1698, Members list from 1838, Burials and Burial grounds from 1693 and 1800, Certificates of removal from 1763 and Acknowledgements from 1803, Quakers who were active in Glamorgan, a list dating from 1654 and a short summary of the \\'Suff...
Supplied by: Glamorgan Family History Society /, Cymdeithas Hanes Teuluol Morgannwg Product Ref: GLA-Z023CD
CD 34 ABSTRACTS of WILLS in the ARCHDEACONRY COURT of SURREY 1480-1649. The first 13 registers are entitled, as was customary at that time, after the name of the first testator in the register. Volume 1 (MW 1) Will register ‘Spage’ 1480-90 (from Surrey Record Society printed edition) Volume 2 (MW 2) Will register ‘Mathewe’ 1490-1524 Volume 3 (MW 3) Will register ‘Mychell’ 1...
Supplied by: West Surrey Family History Society Product Ref: WSY-CD34
Sussex, Baptisms 1582-1902 Banns 1654-1657, 1739, 1757-1817, 1911-1945 Marriages 1582-1901 Burials 1582-1933 Indexed Transcription originally made by SFHG member Phil White and date coverage extended by PRTS. .pdf reader required. Published by SFHG & Parish Register Transcription Society. Published by SFHG & Parish Register Transcription Society....
Supplied by: Sussex Family History Group Product Ref: SSX-SXW67
Sussex, A full transcript of all the Sussex (and Cinque Ports) men who signed an Oath of Allegiance to King William III in 1696 following an attempted assassination. Men (over age 20) including clergy are listed in the place they signed, and only 5% signed by mark. Michael Burchall has transcribed all these signatures from the originals at the National Archives and he writes a full historical intr...
Supplied by: Sussex Family History Group Product Ref: SSX-MJB3
Sussex, Land Tax began in 1692/3 and was made permanent by statute in 1798. It was a tax on personal property including land, houses, shops, wharfs, woods, meadows, mills, tithes, glebes and salaries. Michael Burchall has been transcribing Land Tax Returns since 1973. The 1785 Sussex Returns have been published by Sussex Record Society, so Michael has chosen to abstract returns a generation on, fo...
Supplied by: Sussex Family History Group Product Ref: SSX-MJB19