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Research Guides

Guide books to the records you can find in Gloucestershire Archives and elsewhere in the county and Bristol.

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A Rogues' Gallery: Victorian Prisoners in Gloucester Gaol.

This book, containing 160 pages, looks at the photographs taken of some Victorian prisoners held on remand in Gloucester Gaol at certain times between 1871 and 1906. It looks at the different styles of dress, the various groups of prisoners, from the children to the elderly, and where they originated, which could be anywhere in the world! Background research using extensive archive material into...

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Discover Gloucestershire Ancestors, Volume 1

'Gloucestershire Archives hold a wealth of treasures for the family historian. This very readable book provides the essential guide to starting, or progressing your family history by mining the treasures of Gloucestershire Archives. It is packed with illustrations, maps, tables, hints and tips and also outlines traps for the unwary and ways to avoid potential problems'. Those kind comments were...

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Discover Gloucestershire Ancestors, Volume 2

Over the years, people have told me that they have completed their family history - my answer to that is ... you never finish because there is always more to discover. When I began writing these guides to discovering your family history, I thought it would all go into one relatively small book - how wrong I was! As I worked on the first book, it became obvious that a second volume would be neede...

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