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Gathering the Clans - Tracing Scottish Ancestry on the Internet
by Alan Stewart Scottish ancestry is easy to trace on the Internet, because Scotland is leading the world in making its family history records available on-line. So now, wherever you live, it is easy to grow a Scottish family tree! All the main records are already on-line: births, marriages and deaths (from 1855), old parish registers (some back as far as 1553), wills and inventories (from 1500) and ten-yearly census returns (1841-1901). In the near future, church, land, poor relief, taxa More Info
Product Code: BK5693
The Wills of our Ancestors: A Guide for Family & Local Historians by Stuart A. Raymond
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
Product Code: BK6216
Tracing Your Merchant Navy Ancestors: A Guide for Family Historians by Simon Wills
This practical handbook will be essential reading and reference for anyone who is keen to discover for themselves the secrets of our maritime past and of the crewmembers and ships that were part of it. What was a merchant seaman's life like in the past, what experiences would he have had, what were the ships like that he sailed in, and what risks did he run? Was he shipwrecked, rewarded for bravery, or punished? And how can you find out about an ancestor who was a member of the long British m... More Info
Product Code: BK6218
Understanding Documents for Genealogy and Local History by Bruce Durie
This book details how to find and comprehend documents from 1560 to the 1860s, including wills, testaments, contracts, land records, official records, deeds, and more. The Latin glossary is especially useful for helping translate any Latin documents. Genealogists and local historians have probably seen every birth, marriage, death and census record available, and are adept at using the internet for research. However, once they have learnt everything they can from them, the next step is readin More Info
Product Code: BK6252
Tracing Your Channel Islands Ancestors - A Guide for Family Historians by Marie-Louise Backhurst
This book is an expert introduction for the family historian to the wealth of material available to researchers in libraries and archives in Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney and Sark. Full information is given on how to access the birth, marriage and death records which are only available in the islands and differ in format from those in England and Wales. Marie-Louise Backhurst covers the census, church records, nonconformist registers, rating lists, newspapers, wills and laws of inheritance, off More Info
Product Code: BK6423
Tracing Your Trade & Craftsman Ancestors - A Guide for Family Historians by Adele Emm
Almost all of us have a tradesman or craftsman - a butcher, baker or candlestick maker - somewhere in our ancestry, and Adele Emm's handbook is the perfect guide to finding out about them - about their lives, their work and the world they lived in. She introduces the many trades and crafts, looks at their practices and long traditions, and identifies and explains the many sources you can go to in order to discover more about them and their families. Chapters cover the guilds, the merchants, ... More Info
Product Code: BK6434
Tracing Your Ancestors Through Death Records - A Guide for Family Historians by Celia Heritage
Of all family history sources, death records are probably the least used by researchers. They are, however, frequently the most revealing, giving a far greater insight into our ancestors' lives and personalities than those records created during their lifetime. *Highly accessible, authoritative guide to death records *Covers death certificates, burial entries, inquest records, obituaries, wills, gravestones, and other sources *Packed with information and research advice for family historians *An essential reference book for anyone undertaking family history research More Info
Product Code: BK6437
Researching and Locating Your Ancestors by Celia Heritage
How should you approach researching your ancestors? In this wide ranging but succinct guidebook, professional writer, lecturer and genealogist Celia Heritage offers expert advice on how to get started using the main online and offline records, and then take research further using a variety of lesser-known resources. In it you will find guidance on subjects including: *Research methodology and how to record what you find *Key Victorian records: birth, marriage and death certificates, and census... More Info
Product Code: BK6450
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NOTES AND ABSTRACTS OF THE WILLS CONTAINED IN THE VOLUME ENTITLED THE GREAT ORPHAN BOOK AND BOOK OF WILLS by Rev. T. P. Wadley
This book of three hundred plus pages was first published in 1886 and contains abstracts from over four hundred wills from the Bristol area. The wills date from the mid fourteenth to the sixteenth century and are packed with personal and local information which will be of great interest to anyone studying the city of having ancestors from this area. Index and is fully searchable.
CD35 Abstracts of Wills in the Archdeaconry Court of Surrey 1660-1739
Volume 20 (MW20) Registered & Unregistered Wills 1660-1671 Volume 21 (MW21) Registered & Unregistered Wills 1671-1679 Volume 22 (MW22) Unregistered Wills 1680-1689 Volume 23 (MW23) Registered and Unregistered Wills 1690-1695 Volume 24 (MW24) Registered and Unregistered Wills 1695-1699 Volume 26 (MW26) Registered and Unregistered 1700-1708 Volume 28 (MW28) Unregistered wills 1709-...More Info
CD36 Abstracts of Wills in the Archdeaconry Court of Surrey 1740-1858
Volume 36 (MW36) Registered wills 1740-1745 Volume 37 (MW37) Registered wills 1746-1751 Volume 38 (MW38) Registered wills 1752-1762 Volume 39 (MW39) Registered wills 1763-1777 Volume 40 (MW40) Registered and Unregistered wills 1778-1800 Volume 41 (MW41) Registered and Unregistered wills 1800-1821 Volume 42 (NEW not published in the microfiche series) 1823-1858 This CD is avail...More Info
CD34 Abstracts of Wills in the Archdeaconry Court of Surrey 1480-1649
The first 13 registers are entitled, as was customary at that time, after the name of the first testator in the register. Volume 1 (MW 1) Will register ‘Spage’ 1480-90 (from Surrey Record Society printed edition) Volume 2 (MW 2) Will register ‘Mathewe’ 1490-1524 Volume 3 (MW 3) Will register ‘Mychell’ 1529-32 Volume 4 (MW 4) Will register ‘Heats’ 1532-38 Volume ...More Info
CD37 Abstracts of Wills in the Commissary Court of Surrey 1662-1857
Volume 19 (MW19) Filed & Unregistered Wills 1662-1673 Volume 25 (MW25) Registered and Unregistered Wills 1674-1696 Volume 27 (MW27) Registered and Unregistered 1697-1728 Volume 32 (MW32) Registered and Unregistered Wills 1729-1762 Volume 35 (MW35) of Surrey Registered wills 1763-1857 This CD is available as part of a bulk buy of 'Abstracts of Wills in the Archdeaconry and Commissary...More Info