by Alan Stewart Scottish ancestry is easy to trace on the Internet, because Scotland is leading the world in making its family history records available on-line. So now, wherever you live, it is easy to grow a Scottish family tree! All the main records are already on-line: births, marriages and deaths (from 1855), old parish registers (some back as far as 1553), wills and inventories (from 1500) and ten-yearly census returns (1841-1901). In the near future, church, land, poor relief, taxa... More Info
As Chris Paton demonstrates in this straightforward practical guide, while the internet is an enormous asset, it is also something to be wary of. Researchers need to take a cautious approach to the internet information they acquire. They need to ask, where did the original material come from and has it been accurately reproduced, why was it put online, what has been left out and what is still to come? More Info
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This disk contains a copy of Pigot's Commercial Directory of the Northern Counties of England, originally produced in 1816. Arranged by county and town, the directory shows the commercial enterprises and local information about these towns, which can be most useful for students of local and family history. The pages are reproduced in Adobe Acrobat format (reader supplied), and the CD is bookmarked...More Info
The Hemingway Family of Yorkshire, England - a reprinted version of the excellent text originally compiled by John Leonard Noades Hemingway (1884-1955) and available on a poor quality LDS film. This reprinted, bound edition of 152 A4 pages transcribed from the film includes the nine trees from the original work, masses of extracts from various Parish Registers, Will Calendars and previously publis...More Info
There have been many books on Buckinghamshire, but never one like this… The perfect historic guide to Buckinghamshire churches, castles and other historic places. “Buckinghamshire has a famous roll of honour; no small county has contributed more to England’s fame…” – Arthur Mee Arthur Mee’s guide to 206 places in the historic county of Buckinghamshire, from Addington to Wray...More Info
This volume revives the extensive guide to Oxford first published in 1942 within Arthur Mee’s famed and popular King’s England series, here as a separate volume about the city of dreaming spires for the first time. The book has comprehensive detail about Oxford’s historic landmarks, churches and colleges, accompanied by more than 50 photos from the original Oxfordshire volume. Charming an...More Info
Arthur Mee's classic pre-WW2 guide to the region's settlements including churches and castles and other historic places – 'England's farthest south' – with 250 places and 173 pictures.