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
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Your Irish Ancestors provides an entertaining insight into everyday life in Ireland during the past four centuries. Aimed primarily at the family and social historian, Ian Maxwell's highly readable guide introduces researchers to the wealth of material available in archives throughout Ireland. Many records, like the early twentieth century census returns and school registers will be familiar to researchers, but others have been traditionally overlooked by all but the most experienced genealo More Info
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As Chris Paton demonstrates in this straightforward practical guide, while the internet is an enormous asset, it is also something to be wary of. Researchers need to take a cautious approach to the internet information they acquire. They need to ask, where did the original material come from and has it been accurately reproduced, why was it put online, what has been left out and what is still to come? More Info
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Birth, Marriage and Death Records are an essential resource for family historians, and this handbook is an authoritative introduction to them. It explains the original motives for registering these milestones in individual lives, describes how these record-keeping systems evolved, and shows how they can be explored and interpreted. Authors David Annal and Audrey Collins guide researchers through the difficulties they may encounter in understanding the documentation. They recount the history... More Info
Product Code: BK6419
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
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The Ryedale FHG Quarterly Journal Help sought on Hammond and Turnbull (Kirkbymoorside), Dowson and Goodfellow (Rosedale East), Marshall, Metcalf, Dobson and Elmer (Slingsby), Ward and Richardson (?) (East Ness / Hovingham), Day (Lincoln) Article on Evacuees from Hull to Ryedale Member Talks: What Makes a Marriage?; GENUKI – a genealogical service for the UK and Ireland; A Tale of Two Census...More Info
Birdsall – location and what records are available Manor of Birdsall – Tenants 3 October 1758 Help sought on Allen at Terrington, Eskdaleside and Slingsby Let’s write a letter Granny’s letter from south east London during the blitz Wills recently transcribed Newspaper clippings for Birdsall Article on in-laws Table of Kindred and Affinity Extract from Birdsall Burials (av...More Info
This is a 36 page book of Old Parish Register Irish Marriages for the Parishes of Portpatrick, Stranraer, Stoneykirk and Leswalt, Wigtownshire. It was published in 2006 and consists of 18 pages of 247 Marriages for the period 1759-1826. It is listed in date order and there is a separate index of marriage partners and witenesses by Surname only. Portpatrick, and surrounding parishes, was regarde...More Info