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On the Trail of Flora Thompson
The author of **Lark Rise** lived for nearly 30 years in Hampshire. This book tells of the difficult period during which she ' won the fight to write' and includes local comment and some of her previously unpublished work - illustrations, maps of area and suggestions for walks. *John Owen Smith* \[See also JOS-29-X; JOS-31-1; JOS-38-9; JOS-53-9; JOS-57-5; JOS-LGD\] Supplied by John Owen Smith...
Supplied by: John Owen Smith - Publisher Product Ref: JOS-24-9-F
Bardney and Southrey School Records
Included on this CD are the Admission Registers and Log Books for the listed schools. The Admission Registers give name of pupil and their date of birth, address, name of parents or guardians, date of admission and departure etc. The schools included are; Bardney Kitchings School 1909-1913, Bardney Wesleyan School 1875-1912, Bardney Wesleyan Infants School 1877-1894 and 1902-1912, Southrey School ...
Supplied by: Lincolnshire Family History Society Product Ref: LIN-065C
When I Went a Walking by Peter Dyer
Local Resident, Peter Dyer brings the past to life, with recollections made during a series of walks around Southport...
Supplied by: North Meols (Southport) Family History Society Product Ref: NME-SAP.6
Sources for Researching Nonconformity in Northamptonshire
Gives background information on key dates & denominations, plus sources for specific places and people including records held by Northants Record Office and Northampton Local Studies....
Supplied by: Northamptonshire Family History Society Product Ref: NTH-BK2
NFHS Footprints Vol 1 - Vol 30 on USB
Vols 1 to Vol 30 (112 issues) of our journal 'Footprints' have been edited and now available on USB. Over 600 pages of members' articles, parish profiles, snippets, strays and local research information....
Supplied by: Northamptonshire Family History Society Product Ref: NTH-USB1
NFHS Footprints Vol 31 - Vol 40 - USB
Vol 31 to Vol 40 (40 issues) of our journal 'Footprints' have been edited and are available on USB. Includes over 800 pages of member's articles, parish profiles, snippets, strays, meeting reports and local research information...
Supplied by: Northamptonshire Family History Society Product Ref: NTH-USB2
NFHS Footprints Vol 1 to Vol 30 and Vol 31-Vol 40 - buy both and save £2.
Vols 1 to Vol 30 (112 issues, 600 pages) and Vol 31 to Vol 40 (40 issues, 800 pages) are available on USB. Includes member's articles, parish profiles, snippets, strays, meeting reports and local research information...
Supplied by: Northamptonshire Family History Society Product Ref: NTH-USB3
Occasional Paper 47: Air Raid Precautions in Altrincham, 1936 to 1942 by David Eastwood
This Occasional Paper is based on forty boxes papers recently found in the cellars of the Stamford Estate Office in Altrincham. These papers, which have now been conserved, were concerned with the organisation of Air Raid Precautions in Altrincham. Both Roger, 10th Earl of Stamford, and his agent Mr Robert Rosbotham were very much involved with the organisation of ARP Wardens in Altrincham. It is ...
Supplied by: Northern Writers Advisory Services Product Ref: NWA-AHS48
Dartford Villages - Misc Parish Chest Records in the Archdeaconry of Rochester
Parishes Darenth, Dartford, Horton Kirby, Longfield, Meopham, Southfleet & Swanscombe This CD includes around 2730 facsimile pages taken from Parish Chest documents at Medway Archives & Local Studies Centre, Strood. Each document is provided as a PDF file, detailed coverage below. Approximate page counts are given in brackets; "P" numbers are the Medway Archives references. See also Publication...
Supplied by: North West Kent Family History Society Product Ref: NWK-CD-OR049
Surrey & Sussex - the Genealogists Library Guide (vol 4). Administrative Records for Surrey & Sussex Genealogists
The record of government, church and private estates contain a great deal of information likely to be of interest to genealogists. Deeds, for example, can be very useufl in tracing the descent of properties. Church records enable local clergy to be traced, and provide much information on parishioners. For Surrey and Sussex, much relevant material is in print, and readily available in libraries. Th...
Supplied by: Internet Genealogical Bookshop Product Ref: RAY-221
The Surnames of Leicestershire and Rutland / David Postles. Leopards Head Press, 1998.
If your ancestors were from these two counties, you will want to study this book in order to see how surnames in the region originated and evolved over the centuries, demonstrating how they were affected by local dialects....
Supplied by: Internet Genealogical Bookshop Product Ref: RAY-SUR-2
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...
Supplied by: Internet Genealogical Bookshop Product Ref: RAY-BAS3
Yorkshire Pollbooks 1741 & 1807; West Riding Pollbook 1835
Pollbooks list everyone who voted in Parliamentary elections, and provide excellent means of tracing particular surnames across entire counties in the eighteenth century. Yorkshire family and local historians will find these three facsimile pollbooks valuable sources of information on surnames....
Supplied by: Internet Genealogical Bookshop Product Ref: RAY-SPC
The Place of the Rural Blacksmith in Parish Life 1500-1900 by Marcia Evans
The village forge was often a focus of local activity and here we have accounts of some of the families whose skills were passed on for generations. Includes trade directories, census & militia list details. 122 pages. Soft covers....
Supplied by: Somerset & Dorset Family History Society Product Ref: SAD-133
Letters Home to Yeovil
(Jack Sweet) During the First World War, Yeovil men and women served on the Western Front, in Belgium and France, and many other places. Letters to and from home were welcomed by all recipients and during the four years of the war, the Western Gazette published a weekly column Yeovil and the War which included letters, either in full or extract, sent home to friends and relations by local men ser...
Supplied by: Somerset & Dorset Family History Society Product Ref: SAD-1139
Sheffield's Volunteer Armies
Lists of local volunteer militia 1794-1795 and 1803-1808. (Published by Sheffield & District FHS). For other military records see Attestation & Discharge Index 1760-1840 under Miscellaneous data on CD ROM. (Published by Sheffield & District FHS)....
Supplied by: Sheffield & District Family History Society Product Ref: SHE-G106
CS043 Trowbridge, Formerly Of
Family announcements of Trowbridge emigrants sent back to local newspapers. 1858 to 1915 A4 softback 112 pages...
Supplied by: Wiltshire Family History Society Product Ref: WIL-CS043
RA 33. Guide to Middlesex Parish Documents
Including Poor Law Records, by Cliff Webb This revised 6th edition , November 2009, incorporates The Parochial Poor Law Records of Middlesex as preserved in local libraries and record offices compiled and published by Cliff Webb in 1986. The records listed include registers, churchwardens accounts, vestry minutes....
Supplied by: West Surrey Family History Society Product Ref: WSY-RA33
Our Tangled Speech: Essays on Language and Culture
People are rarely neutral about the Irish language. In Northern Ireland it is a topic which usually creates more heat than light. While attitudes have softened somewhat over the years, polarised views about the language are remarkably persistent. Historic and contemporary efforts to maintain the language have had varied success, but the key goal of creating new sustainable language communities, wh...
Supplied by: Ulster Historical Foundation Product Ref: UHF-OTS
1791 DIRECTORY OF HULL & BEVERLEY and RECOLLECTIONS OF HULL 1884 ~ two books on one CD!
The first Directory of Hull, first published in 1791-2, includes a directory of Beverley and a wealth of local information, including a table of Window Duty(a form of taxation, calculated on the number of windows in a house), and a list of stamp duties(another form of taxation), such as: Affidavit in court of law, 1s 6d; Apprentice indenture, 6s; duty for keeping a male servant, per annum 1l.5s (�...
Supplied by: Yorkshire Ancestors Product Ref: YAN-GW091
PLACE NAMES OF THE NORTH RIDING OF YORKSHIRE
The North Riding, with places arranged topographically according to Wapentakes, and the Parishes within Wapentakes, including lost places, with local pronunciations of place names....
Supplied by: Yorkshire Ancestors Product Ref: YAN-GW102
THE VILLAGE COOPER
The Memoirs of Francis Barr Memoirs of the life, character and labours of Francis Barr, local preacher, &c., Sheriff Hutton, Easingwold Circuit, in the County of York, by Willliam Smith. Written in 1869...
Supplied by: Yorkshire Ancestors Product Ref: YAN-GW171
CS120 Churchwardens Presentments 1662 Vol 1
45 parishes in area between Alderton, Hankerton, Lacock & Malmesbury, (including Chippenham) The Churchwardens Presentments 1662 offer a unique insight into problems after the Restoration. A4, 24 pages. These are answers to a questionnaire sent to each parish prior to the Bishop's Visitation, when churchwardens or other parishioners were required to cover a wide range of business, and the...
Supplied by: Wiltshire Family History Society Product Ref: WIL-CS120
CS121 Churchwardens Presentments 1662 Vol 2
73 parishes between Bradford on Avon, Wootton Bassett and Fittleton The Churchwardens Presentments 1662 offer a unique insight into problems after the Restoration. A4, 49 pages. These are answers to a questionnaire sent to each parish prior to the Bishop's Visitation, when churchwardens or other parishioners were required to cover a wide range of business, and they are an important so...
Supplied by: Wiltshire Family History Society Product Ref: WIL-CS121
CS122 Churchwardens Presentments 1662 Vol 3
50 parishes in area between Amesbury, Laverstock, Martin & Tisbury The Churchwardens Presentments 1662 offer a unique insight into problems after the Restoration. A4, 32 pages. These are answers to a questionnaire sent to each parish prior to the Bishop's Visitation, when churchwardens or other parishioners were required to cover a wide range of business, and they are an important sou...
Supplied by: Wiltshire Family History Society Product Ref: WIL-CS122