A searchable Acrobat document containing the returns for Somerset.... More Info
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A record of the first settlers in the colonies of North America 1654-1685. This includes the names of places of origin of more than 10,000 servants to Foreign Plantations who sailed from the Port of Bristol to Virginia, Maryland and other ports of the Atlantic coast and also to the West Indies.... More Info
This lists the names and addresses of people and the property that entitles them to vote.... More Info
An index to wills for Bristol and the Great Orphan Books, which recorded the wills of those who left young children to be protected by the city authorities. Wills are a valuable source of genealogical information. They can give details of family members, places of residence and burial as well as revealing details about their possessions. *Digitally enhanced images of the original text * Searchable * Bookmarked by major headings * Fully printable... More Info
Extracts of wills for Wells. These transcriptions are a valuable source of genealogical information. They can give names of family members and witnesses, as well as revealing details about their possessions. * Digitally enhanced images of the original text * Searchable * Bookmarked by major headings * Fully printable... More Info
This CD allows you to find the pedigree of a family and learn about its coat of arms from the Heralds' Visitations of Somerset. Includes an alphabetical listing of pedigrees. *Digitally enhanced images of the original text *Bookmarked by major headings *Fully printable *Searchable text... More Info
This CD contains abstracts of inscriptions from over fifty churches in the City of London. Many of the memorials were in poor condition and may no longer exist, making this a very valuable source of information. Details include name, age at death and year of death. Published in 1910. Contents: St. Alban All Hallows, Barking All Hallows the Great All Hallows the Less All Hallows, Lombard Street All Hallows Staining St. Alphege St. Andrew, Holborn St. Andrew Undershaft St. Anne and Ag... More Info
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The writer of this book makes no claim to be a historian, but he is concerned with the materials which go to the construction of true history. Occasionally he is led to revise the verdicts of historians on the ground of a renewed investigation of some isolated problem, or in the light of fuller information which has but lately become available. Essays include William of MalmesburyThe Saxon Abbots...More Info
Wills are one of the most useful sources for those studying family and local. They contain personal details most often with relationships and also distribution of property. This book is taken from volumes that were held at Somerset House at the time of it was compiled and contains extracts and transcripts of the earliest Somerset wills. A great addition to the collection of anyone who wants to hav...More Info
First published in 1927 this book looks at the lives of thirty different “Worthies” of Somerset . Not only does it include the obvious people such as St. Dunstan, Robert Blake and Roger Bacon but also some lesser known persons such as John Pym, the revolutionary, Elizabeth Rowe, the poet and Edwin Norris the Linguist. Thirty distinguished and interesting biographies. This book really is a...More Info
Whilst this book is named the “Songs of Somerset” it is actually a book of local poems that the author says is a collection that appeared in long out of print books (this particular book was published in 1898).Subjects include Dunkery, Quantock, Crook's Peak, A Brean Down Parable to name just a few. A great CD for those who wish to know more about the county of Somerset and its interesting pas...More Info
Information on thousands of servicemen and women with a Somerset connection, and the transcription of their memorials.