Make reading and transcribing documents easier with this practical Auto Focus Line Reader Magnifier. Designed specifically for following lines of text, it features a yellow highlight strip along the centre, helping you keep your place when reading census returns, parish registers, family history records, manuscripts, and other detailed documents. The 6-inch bar magnifier is pre-focused for use on any flat surface, providing clear 2x magnification without the need for adjustments. Unlike tradi More Info
Product Code: LU402
An easy to follow laminated A4 folding chart to calculate the possible birth year of an individual working back from their age given at any census 1841 - 1911. For example, if you look for a person aged 45 years in the 1851 census the chart would show you that they would be born between 30th March 1805 and 30th March 1806.... More Info
Product Code: DYACEN
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The Ryedale FHG Quarterly Journal Article on the Census and how it was carried out Article on Historic Floods in Ryedale Article on Yorkshire Probate by Colin Blanshard Withers (books available from RFHG) Article on First Steps in Family History Help sought on Fawcett (Hovingham), Pattison (Hovingham), Potter (Kirkbymoorside) Article on Memorable Names in Family Trees Article on The Earth...More Info
The Ryedale FHG Quarterly Journal Help sought: Death details for James Power (Altrincham in 1861 & 1871 Census and Marriage 15th May 1856) Article on the Rosedale Chimney Precis of a weekly Zoom meeting - 12th August 2021 Memories of Rosedale Article ‘A Good Night’s Sleep’ My Grandmother’s Recipes Article on Quarter Days Article on The Courts of Quarter Sessions with example c...More Info
Sherburn – location Help sought: Hutchinson, Williamson (Hawnby) Plough Monday – An English Country Custom Costumes of Yorkshire by George Walker 1814 (available from the RFHG Website) Member Talks: The Battle of Waterloo Conversation piece about a man who takes pride in his possessions Book Review: ‘The Deserter’s Tale’ by Nath...More Info
**Barnsley Family History Society has produced a booklet to help you collate genealogical data into a concise and readable format.** By following the simple step-by-step instructions a valuable five generation family resource will be created. This can be used for reference, form the basis for further research, or copied, and sent to other family members to aid them with their research. ...More Info
Version 3 of this comprehensive set of records for Portland has now been released. Note that the CD version does not run correctly on Apple Mac computers using operating systems above 10.4 (Tiger). However copying the files from the CD to the computer hard drive, and running from there, does enable everything to run correctly. The CD is a most valuable resource for anyone with Portland ances...More Info