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Cambridgeshire 1883 Post Office Directory
Stepping Stones CD publication. Contents of Cambridgeshire 1883 Post Office Directory Contains hundreds of names and addresses of people living in this county at the time. Over 130 pages. Includes description of each place, with Post Office, agricultural and commercial information. Towns and Villages covered include : Bassingbourn, Bottisham, Bourn, Cambridge (29 pages), Chatteris, Chesterton, Isle of Ely (8 pages), Fulbourn, Grantchester, Isleham, Leverington, March, Newmarket, Papworth E More Info
The Wills of our Ancestors: A Guide for Family & Local Historians by Stuart A. Raymond
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
Tracing Your Northern Irish Ancestors - A Guide for Family Historians (Second Edition) by Ian Maxwell
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
Regional Research Guidebook by Andrew Chapman
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
Product Code: BK6449
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Headley Miscellany, Volume 5
Contents - Headley 1066-1966, a Miscellany, Mr Laverty; William Cobbett's experience in Headley, November 1822, taken from his 'Rural Rides'; Local map of 1776; Extract from the diary of Mabel Hussey, Aug 1940?Jul 1941, a long-serving teacher at the Holme School; Perambulation of the Bounds of Headley Parish in 1890 and the solution of a 'knotty point' at Ogmoor; Wood engravings & Lithographs of H...More Info
Lincolnshire Protestation Returns 1641/2
At this time, every man over the age of 18 was required to take an oath "protesting" his allegiance to the Protestant faith. The returns have been completely transcribed, with the exception of the oath itself which is given in full only once. County coverage is good, with Kesteven being the least represented area. A few returns include women, and some give occupations or relationships. In PDF form...More Info
Ayres: But for a Little More Evidence – a Family History of William Ayres, Gypsy, 1806-1872
By Tony Dixon. A biographical outline not only of a favourite 19th century ancestor, William Ayres, but also of the author’s own life as showman, hawker, craftsman, musician and Punch and Judy man. Includes references to the Goff, Hearn, Loveridge, Saving and Smith families of Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire and surrounding counties. Illustrated with family photos. A5, 120 pages, perfect bound. Pu...More Info
Dennard: The Family of Henry Dennard and Hannah Baker from 1798
The Family of Henry Dennard and Hannah Baker from 1798 Horse Dealer and Travelling Man From Mersham, Kent, England By Lesley Valentine 155x234mm, paperback, 72 pages Privately published by the author, 2023 Dennard is one of the rarer surnames to be found in Britain's Romany Gypsy community. This new book is therefore likely to be the first ever to document the history of this family ...More Info
Men and Arms: The Ulster Settlers, c. 1630
The Muster Roll of the province of Ulster is a large, leather-bound volume in the British Library. The volume consists of 283 folio sheets on which are recorded the names of 13,147 males from the nine counties of Ulster. Each county forms a separate section of the volume and the men who mustered are listed under the names of their landlords; beside each man's name is a description of the weapons h...More Info