The Mclaughlin Guides and Buckinghamshire related books and historic maps
McLaughlin Guides for Family Historians / MCLAUGHLIN GUIDES FOR FAMILY HISTORY
detailed descriptions of the character and uses of one type of family history research source, in a readily portable format, with all the information you need to use and understand that resource. Regularly updated with latest changes.
Agricultural Labourer (The)
There are far more records available than you can imagine, history background (all sources)....
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Ancestral Research For Free
what resources are available in local history archives, online and others to help your research ...
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Annals of the Poor
Old Poor Law to 1834; overseers' papers, settlement certificates, removals, examinations and the law concerning right to relief: pauper apprenticeship, bastardy....
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Civil Registration of Births, Marriages & Deaths
Getting certificates of birth, marriage and death; using indexes; problems arising....
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Craftsmen and Tradesmen
Sources for finding more about craftsmen; apprenticeships, taxed and pauper; Livery company records and published lists; Union and company records; local information in parish and county sources. Newspapers etc....
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Education For The People
the history of education from Medieval times to now, including charity schools, ragged schools, military schools etc...
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Family History from Newspapers
What were they like at different times, who and what would you find in them? Location and research...
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Illegitmacy
How it was handled by the parish; overseers actions, bastardy bonds, court orders, filiation and maintenace. Effect on settlement; coverups. attitudes at different times; finding birth fathers....
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Interviewing Elderly Relatives
Extracting information effectively from any relative, interview techniques and recording.Family traditions evaluated....
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Keeping The Peace
the beginnings of having a police system from parish constables, Bow Street Runners and more modern policing with anecdotes of famous criminals and the police's part in their capture...
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Making Ends Meet
the lives of rich and poor (mostly poor) through the ages and how they lived (or survived at all) in pre-benefits times in detail from medieval help to modern times...
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Making The Most Of The I.G.I. & Family Search
How to use the IGI on micro-fiche and Family Search on line and what is missing...
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Manorial Records
Underused source of land transfer from father to son/relative, sales, mortgages, relations with the steward; also courts leet, petty crimes, neighbours from hell. Location, detailed survey of contents with examples and interpretation of documents found. Glossary of Latin and obsolete terms....
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Modern Wills from 1858
Wills proved in civil courts. Location, indexes, photocopies. Married Women's Property Act. Terms and interpretation of bequests. Abbreviations for making abstract....
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Nonconformist Ancestors
Chapel Registers, location, different format; alternative sources, legal records, parish accounts, where to find marriages; books of 'sufferings' when dissent was illegal; other possible sources....
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Old Occupations and Descriptions
Occupations found in registers, wills, censuses, general records, related to their period, with a note if they are obsolete, obsolecent or changed in meaning at different times....
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Parish Registers
What is in them at different periods and what is not; locating, searching and interpreting....
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Professionals and Gentlemen
Records of gentry, clergy, lawyers, doctors, teachers, military and naval officers, EIC officials....
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Quarter Sessions Your Ancestor and the Law
a history of how the Quarter sessions worked and what information is available ...
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Reading Old Handwriting
Manual to carry round. Three full alphabets 1800,1700,1600, with troubleshooting of difficult letters. Genuine writing, as used, not neat court hand or copperplate....
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Simple Latin for Family Historians
Names, numbers, relationships, occupations, descriptions, standard terms for events in registers, wills, basic deeds. How to read and interpret a Latin will Probate....
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Surnames and their Origins
Many hundreds of surnames, some grouped, with patromymic, locative, occupational or nickname origins. Index of names and groups. Simple place names excluded for space....
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The Bawdy Courts - Our Rude Forefathers & The Church
How 'The Bawdy Courts' dealt with various aspects of human life relating to Tithes, Wills, Divorce, Misconduct and the Witnesses in the cases...
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The Poor Are Always with Us
Poor Relief after 1834 to c 1930. Workhouses, migration and emigration, mobility of labour, job opportunties for the minimally qualified. Illustrated; bibliography....
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The Victorian Censuses
Locating and using the C19 censuses for 1841-1901; interpretation and search techniques...
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