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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 18 (October 2014)
Issue 18 features: * Housekeeping through history: Margaret Powling shows how housekeeping books can illuminate social history * Celebration of place: A new one-place studies conference * Wounded in WW1: Explore 1.3m casualty records online * Sea changes: Karen Foy on the many ways we can learn about our migrant ancestors * A walk in the park: The development of public parks * The slippery poll: 18th and 19th century poll books revealed * History in the details: Cloaks and mantles * Places in Focus: Norwich More Info
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Felkirk, St Peter Monumental Inscriptions Book 3
Monumental Inscriptions from St Peter, Felkirk Book 3
TRANSCRIPTION OF POOR BOOK OF THE TITHINGS OF WESTBURY-ON-TRYM, STOKE BISHOP AND SHIREHAMPTON 1656 TO 1698 by H. J. Wilkins
This book deals with an unsettled period of English History, for it runs from 1656 to 1698 which is a period that embraces part of the Protectorate (1653 to 1659), the restored Commonwealth (1659), the reign of Charles II (1660 to 1685) the reign of James II (1685 to 1688) and William and Mary to 1689. As with all “Poor Books” it deals with the income and disbursement to the poor. There are...More Info
THE FIRST BOOK OF THE PARISH REGISTERS OF MADRON edited by George Bown Millett
The earliest register of this parish is badly fragmented and damaged but this transcript made in 1877 will be of great help to anyone who wishes to research this period. The events covered in this first book are as follows; •Baptisms 1592 to 1687 (with a few to 1725) •Marriages 1577 to 1675 •Burials 1577 to 1681 In addition to these events the author has extracted some baptisms, mar...More Info
A BOOK OF THE WEST – DEVON by S. Baring-Gould
The name of Sabine Baring-Gould is renowned with the history and folk-lore of the county of Devon. In this book he has chosen to pick out some incident or biography of a person, or family, connected with several towns. This author is meticulous in his research and writings with each chapter being a comprehensive guide to the towns concerned which makes this an excellent publication for those who h...More Info
THE BOOK OF FAIR DEVON
The introduction of this book, published in 1899/1900, states that it is an: “… official invitation of the United Devon Association to visitors and others who desire to become more thoroughly acquainted with this beautiful county, so full of historical associations and romance, of delightful scenes and unsurpassable variety and excellence of climate.” As well as historical details it als...More Info