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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
The Impact of Civil War on a Community: Northenden and Etchells in Cheshire 1642-1660
By Jill Groves. A study from the bottom-up of how the English Civil Wars affected the lives of ordinary people. Revised 7th edition (2026). It has an enlarged Chapter 1 on the Tatton family in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, including the feud between William Tatton (1540-1611) and his son Robert (1560-1623) and their connections to the Earls of Derby, and to the spy networks of Francis…
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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 a…
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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…
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. This…
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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.
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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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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.
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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 serving…
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
RA33 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, where…
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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 (£1.5s),…
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.
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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
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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 they are…
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 source for both…
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 source for both…
Supplied by: Wiltshire Family History Society Product Ref: WIL-CS122
CS123 Churchwardens Presentments 1662 Vol 4
40 parishes in area between Warminster, Salisbury & Downton 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 source for both local…
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CS124 Peculiar Presentments
Visitation of the ‘peculiar’ parishes under the separate jurisdictions of the Dean and Sub Dean of Sarum and the Precentor of the cathedral for the correction of both clergy and laity became a useful means of maintaining the religious settlement of the late 16th century. Practice was standardised by Canons issued in 1603, and it remained an important element in church life for the rest of the century.…
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CD17 Four Guildford Directories 1842-1934
This CD provides images of the following: Russell's directory, 1842 and Hooke's directory, 1871 which cover Guildford only. Biddle's directories for 1929 and 1934 also include surrounding villages, although some pages of village information is missing from the 1929 directory. Some pages are missing in the 1934 directory from the Guildford streets and inhabitants sections. The entire contents have been…
Supplied by: West Surrey Family History Society Product Ref: WSY-CD17
MARRIAGE ALLEGATION BONDS OF THE BISHOPS OF BATH AND WELLS FROM THEIR COMMENCEMENT TO THE YEAR 1755 By Arthur J. Jewers
First published in 1909 this book lists all of the surviving bonds for that year. Since then a number of original documents have been lost or have deteriorated to make this the most complete list of this bonds. Most are for the early 1700's, although there are a number of entries for the previous century. To use Jewers own words in describing the period 1674-75 “in these years large portions are quite…
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Accrington Cemetery, Burnley Road, Monumental Inscriptions
The CD contains all the monumental inscriptions from when the cemetery opened in 1864 to 2009. During this period 61,001 burials took place. There are many local prominent people buried in this cemetery including William Barnes of Accrington House, cotton manufacturer and one of the chief advocates for this municipal cemetery. His was the first burial on the 10th October 1864 - see page 2 of the cemetery…
Supplied by: Lancashire Family History & Heraldry Society Product Ref: LFH-CD014