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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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YORKSHIRE: SCENES, LORE & LEGENDS Published in 1888.
Stories from around Yorkshire, with contour map, geology map, British & Roman Yorkshire map and maps showing river valleys. By F D King. The book on this CD is machine searchable.
LEGENDARY YORKSHIRE
Tales of ghosts and ghouls, mythical creatures and strange happenings, from all over the county of Yorkshire: The Enchanted Cave; The Doomed City; The Worm of Nunnington; The Devil's Arrows; The Giant Road-Maker of Mulgrave; The Virgin's Head of Halifax; The Dead Arm of St. Oswald the King; The Translation of St. Hilda; A Miracle of St. John; The Beatified Sisters of Beverley; The Dragon of Wantle...More Info
THE ANNALS of YORKSHIRE, by John Mayhall, 1878.
Principle events of political, religious or social importance, from very early history, up to the late 19th century, in chronological order. The author intended this work to be a fireside book, of interest to all Yorkshiremen. Very readable!
The Shuttleworths of Gawthorpe' by Michael P Conroy
This CD contains a digitised version of the book that was first published by the Lancashire Family History & Heraldry Society in 1999. It is not only an account of the Shuttleworth family, but it provides invaluable background information for both family and local historians. Family historians, and those interested in heraldry, will be fascinated by the unique fireplace inscriptions and the wooden...More Info
YOXALL of Brierfield, Burnley & Nelson:
Researching the history of Peter YOXALL & Martha BRERETON has been a labour of love for James, even though he is not related to them. During the research he has met many kind and lovely people who were only too pleased to help record their family history. Hopefully, this book will do justice to this remarkable family. After several years research James can now prove that, without exception, every ...More Info