What are wills, and how can they be used for family and local history research? How can you interpret them and get as much insight from them as possible? They are key documents for exploring the lives of our ancestors, their circumstances, and the world they knew. This practical handbook is the essential guide to understanding them. More Info
Product Code: BK6216
This fully revised and updated Second Edition is an expert introduction for the family historian to the wealth of material available to researchers in archives throughout Northern Ireland. Many records, like the early twentieth-century census returns and school registers, will be familiar to researchers, but others are often overlooked by all but the most experienced of genealogists. An easy-to-use, informative guide to the comprehensive collections available at the Public Record Office of N More Info
Product Code: BK6430
Every part of the United Kingdom has its own, distinctive history – not just the major battles and key historical events which may have played out there, but also the smaller details of everyday life which impinged upon the actual lives of our ancestors more directly. The team behind the popular family and social history magazine Discover Your Ancestors has put together a region-by-region guide to the United Kingdom which will give you a flavour of each area’s history and a run-down of the many More Info
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Transcription of parish registers for Minster (Sheppey), Kent:- Bap. 1569-1916 Mar. 1569-1884 Bur. 1569-1891 Previously published on Kent FHS CD16, the data is presented by date and name.
Having suffered from coastal erosion the church was demolished in 1887 (Source Kent County Council website) Transcription of parish registers for the parish of Warden, Kent:- Bap. 1814-1884 Mar. 1759-1872 Bur. 1814-1869 Previously published on Kent FHS CD31 , the data is presented by date and name.
2nd edition (1996) By Colin R. Chapman. Mainly aimed at remote researchers, this is a helpful guide that details many things you can do outside the county you are researching, especially useful to those tracing British ancestors from overseas. This book covers some subjects and areas omitted from other general guides - for example Scotland, Ireland, Isle of Man and Channel Islands are covered - an...More Info
by Paul Barnfield. Hermann Korf was interned in 1915 in Douglas, Isle of Man, but returned to Ongar, in Essex, after a short period. Based on Korf family papers
Franz was born in London of A German immigrant father. He was interned in 1940 in Peveril Camp, Peel, on the Isle of Man, as he was suspected of fascist sympathies. From family papers and correspondence. Edited and introduced by Jennifer Taylor. Occasional Issue No 4 (2018)