For the first time you can read the Discover Your Ancestors Periodical in print. With over 100 pages, this compendium is packed full of features, stories, case studies, social history articles, and research advice from the May-December 2013 issues.
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Almost all of us have a tradesman or craftsman - a butcher, baker or candlestick maker - somewhere in our ancestry, and Adele Emm's handbook is the perfect guide to finding out about them - about their lives, their work and the world they lived in. She introduces the many trades and crafts, looks at their practices and long traditions, and identifies and explains the many sources you can go to in order…
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Of all family history sources, death records are probably the least used by researchers. They are, however, frequently the most revealing, giving a far greater insight into our ancestors' lives and personalities than those records created during their lifetime. Celia Heritage leads readers through the various types of death records, showing how they can be found, read ad interpreted - and how to glean…
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How should you approach researching your ancestors? In this wide ranging but succinct guidebook, professional writer, lecturer and genealogist Celia Heritage offers expert advice on how to get started using the main online and offline records, and then take research further using a variety of lesser-known resources. In it you will find guidance on subjects including: *Research methodology and how to…
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This practical handbook will be essential reading and reference for anyone who is keen to discover for themselves the secrets of our maritime past and of the crewmembers and ships that were part of it. What was a merchant seaman's life like in the past, what experiences would he have had, what were the ships like that he sailed in, and what risks did he run? Was he shipwrecked, rewarded for bravery,…
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This fully revised Second Edition of Rosemary Wenzerul's informative guide to researching Jewish history will be absorbing reading for anyone who wants to find out about the life of a Jewish ancestor. She provides a brief social history of the Jewish presence in Britain and looks at practical issues of research - how to get started, how to organise the work, how to construct a family tree and how to…
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This 196 page bookazine contains new in-depth articles, research advice, social history, 'how to' features, case studies, places in focus, and much more! It is ideal for both experienced researchers and those just starting out. * Fascinating features about life in the past * Different types of records explored * The Georgians and beyond: Explore your family history back to medieval times * Family Stories…
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This 196 page bookazine contains new in-depth articles, research advice, social and general history, 'how to' features, case studies, places in focus, and much more! It is ideal for both experienced researchers and those just starting out. * Fascinating features about life in the past * Different types of records explored * Victorian Britain - explore the records, social changes and events of this…
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This 196 page bookazine contains new in-depth articles, research advice, social and general history, 'how to' features, case studies, places in focus, and much more! It is ideal for both experienced researchers and those just starting out. * Fascinating features about life in the past * Different types of records explored * Explore Edward's Era - meet the Edwardians at home and at play * How to research:…
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This 196-page bookazine contains new in-depth articles, research advice, social and general history, 'how to' features, case studies, places in focus, and much more! It is ideal for both experienced researchers and those just starting out. This issue features: *Richard Trevithick: Father of the Railway, 250th Anniversary *Georgian Fight Club *Death and the Victorians *Roald Dahl's WW2 Desert Crash *Celebrity…
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An overview of the major sources for tracing Jewish ancestors. Essential reading if you are of Jewish descent.
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Most of us have ancestors who served in the army. This book offers a comprehensive introduction to researching them. It covers not just the extensive records held at the National Archives, but also information held by a wide range of other record offices and libraries. Published by Pen & Sword Books, 2006.
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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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Research Guide No. 2 - 7th edition (November 2011). A beginner's guide to researching German ancestry from UK, designed for newcomers to the hobby. Contains an outline history on why Germans came to UK; details of the main British records to use and where to find them; when civil registration started in Germany; draft letters on German to use in writing to Germany; and advice on basic German sources.…
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by Peter Towey, 3rd ed, (2013). Completely revised & updated guide to reserarching your German ancestors in UK and in German-speaking parts of Europe.
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This 146-page bookazine contains new in-depth articles, research advice, social and general history, 'how to' features, case studies, places in focus, and much more! It is ideal for both experienced researchers and those just starting out. This issue features: *Celebrity genealogies: David Attenborough, Kristen Scott-Thomas and Ridley Scott *200 years of Cadburys *Alternatives to BMDs *Early modern…
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A detailed, accessible, authoritative guide for anyone researching ancestors from Wales. Beryl Evans describes the key archival sources and gives clear practical advice on how to start a research project, sketching in the outlines of Welsh history, Welsh surnames and place-names and the Welsh language. She lists the variety of sources researchers can consult – the archive repositories, including The…
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Record your research of 68 individual Ancestors including their Birth, Marriage , Death , Children, Siblings, Parents information and the Census Records ( Irish, UK & USA) that they appear on in this unique Booklet. With contents information and two 5 x Generation direct ancestry coloured Family Tree Charts being included to record your progress. You will receive 38 pages in total.
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This CD contains a census of those who did not attend services at the parish church, together with an account of fines and confiscations for refusal. Entries are arranged by county, and cover England and Wales. Please note: this volume contains Latin throughout. * Digitally enhanced images of the original text * Searchable text * Bookmarked by major headings * Fully printable * Contains almost 500…
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This magazine is over 160 pages containing in-depth articles, research advice, social history, 'how to' features, case studies, places in focus, and much more! It is ideal for both experienced researchers and those just starting out...
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Whether you are interested in the career of an individual officer, researching medals awarded to a soldier or just want to know more about a particular battle or campaign, this book will point you in the right direction. Assuming that the reader has no prior knowledge of the British army, its history or organisation, Simon Fowler explains which records survive, where they can be found and how they…
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This book is an expert introduction for the family historian to the wealth of material available to researchers in libraries and archives in Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney and Sark. Full information is given on how to access the birth, marriage and death records which are only available in the islands and differ in format from those in England and Wales. Marie-Louise Backhurst covers the census, church…
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In the 1920's there were over a million coalminers working in over 3000 collieries across Great Britain and the industry was one of the most important and powerful in British history. It dominated the lives of generations of individuals, their families and communities, and its legacy is still with us today - many of us have a coalmining ancestor. Yet family historians often have problems in researching…
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This magazine is over 160 pages containing in-depth articles, research advice, social history, 'how to' features, case studies, places in focus, and much more! It is ideal for both experienced researchers and those just starting out. Published February 2014.
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