This CD resource contains trades and residential directories (listing names and addresses) with topographical information on each town, parish and village. Also included are trades directories for Birmingham and Bristol. * Digitally enhanced images of the original text * Searchable text * Bookmarked by major headings * Fully printable... More Info
Stepping Stones CD publication. Contents of The 1900/01 Telephone Book for Southern England Hundreds of Names and Addresses in alphabetical order of surnames Areas covered Bristol Area. Clevedon. Weston Super Mare Area. Bridgewater. Bath Area. Batheaston. Radstock. Midsomer Norton. Devizes Area. Frome. Melksham. Chippenham Area. Swindon Area. GloucesterArea Barnwood. Stroud. Stonehouse. Brimscombe. Nailsworth Cheltenham Area. Cleve hill. Cirencester Area. Evesham Area. Pershore. Heref More Info
This CD contains an alphabetical trade directory of London, plus provincial towns from 18 counties in England, together with towns in North and South Wales. Each area is introduced with a background history and there are trade directories for over 250 towns. These include Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Manchester, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, York and more. Please contact us to see if your area of interest is included. * Digitally enhanced images of the original text * Searchable text * B More Info
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Almost 400 pages of Catholic records and documents dating from the 16th century, including the Catholic registers of Holywell, Flintshire (1698-1829); Nidd Hall, York (1780-1838); Llanarth, Monmouthshire (1781-1838); St Joseph's Chapel, Bristol (1777-1808); the Recusants of Marsham (1589-1628); bills regarding prisoners in the Tower of London (1575-1589), plus miscellaneous letters, documents and biographies. *Digitally enhanced images of the original text *Searchable text *Bookmarked by ma More Info
This CD has more than 200 pages of Catholic obituaries, including those for secular priests from 1722 to 1783, and from Laity's Directory, 1773 to 1839, including clergy, religious women, French clergy, and laity. Also includes a collection of Catholic memorial inscriptions for the counties of Monmouthshire, Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, Middlesex, and Kent. *Digitally enhanced images of the original text *Searchable text *Bookmarked by major headings More Info
* A brief history of dieting: At a time of year when many people look to their New Year's resolutions, Jayne Shrimpton reveals that dieting is certainly no new endeavour * If the invader comes...: Stuart A. Raymond looks at the WW2 Invasion Committees and the useful records they have left * The greats of greetings cards: Nick Thorne explores the records of the Jewish family responsible for many of our ancestors' greeting cards * How justice failed Beatrice and Emily: The unsolved murders of two little girls in 1890s Gloucestershire show the problems with convicting those identified as the likely offender. By Nell Darby * Crime by numbers: Kate Hollis investigates criminal record keeping in Victorian Kent * History in the details: Materials - leather (part 4) More Info
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* People's parks: Denise Bates explores the history of public parks and the social purpose they have served * Bigamy at Bristol: When a man committed bigamy, one might expect people to condemn him. So how, in 1859, did one man actually get sympathy for doing so? Nell Darby knows * A ride through time: Nick Thorne demonstrates how combining online resources can help with researching ancestors' occupations * The saddest goodbye: Simon Wills looks at why and how our ancestors attempted suicide and the repercussions for them and their families * Letters to the editor: Paul Matthews offers a sampler of correspondence to periodicals, revealing little windows into the past * History in the details: Materials - cotton (part 2) More Info
Product Code: DYAP106
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Transcripts of burials from parish registers and bishops transcripts to 1837, indexed. A4 paperback, 340 pages. This transcript is also available as an eDownload (see below) and with other parishes on CMB 22, either as a CD-ROM or as an e-download.
73 parishes between Bradford on Avon, Wootton Bassett and Fittleton The Churchwardens Presentments 1662 offer a unique insight into problems after the Restoration. A4, 49 pages. These are answers to a questionnaire sent to each parish prior to the Bishop's Visitation, when churchwardens or other parishioners were required to cover a wide range of business, and they are an important so...More Info
Five books from our A4 County series of publications, available individually on page 10, presented here on a CD-ROM or as a single pdf file as a download. The books are: 120 1 – 45 parishes between Alderton, Hankerton, Lacock & Malmesbury 121 2 – 73 parishes between Bradford on Avon and Devizes 122 3 – 50 parishes between Amesbury, Laverstock, Mar...More Info
This product is both a CD-ROM and download. It contains volumes 1 to 20 of our A5 Parish Series, which are: 1 Great Bedwyn Families In The 19th Century 2 Collingbourne Ducis Families In The 19th Century 3 Tisbury & Wardour 1835 Census 4 Leigh Delamere & Sevington People In The 19th Century 5 Holt People In The Early 19th Century 6 Stourton Poor In The 19th Century ...More Info
This product is both a CD-ROM and download. It contains volumes 21 to 41 of our A5 Parish Series, which are: 21 Westbury Upper & Lower Meetings (Congregational) 22 Compton Chamberlayne Incumbents’ Visiting Book 1847-76 23 Marlborough – Letters Written Home for Relief 24 Salisbury Cholera Victims 1849 25 Donhead St. Andrew Incumbent’s V...More Info