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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Log Books 1893-1915, 1908-1917 etc. At Society’s library Admission Registers 1921-1940 & Log Book 1918-1950
The Second World War was long, complex, and brutal. Researching ancestors who fought in it can be challenging because individual service records are not yet publicly available. However, many other sources can be searched. This book looks at the major sources for tracing men and women who servied in the armed forces and the merchant marine.
Registers of births and baptisms are vital sources for family historians. They have been kept by the Church of England, various nonconformist churches, the General Register Office, and various other bodies. There are also a variety of other records in which births and baptisms can be traced. This book gives an overview of all the sources worth searching, telling you where to look and how to unders...More Info
It is impossible to construct pedigrees without using marriage registers and other records. Marriages have been registered by a wide range of different bodies. This book describes these and other sources, and tells you where to look.
Scottish ancestors? This book provides a basic introduction to sources for tracing them. It will be particularly useful for those of Scottish descent living in England.