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Norfolk 1817 Poll Book
Stepping Stones CD publication. Contents of the Norfolk Poll Book Lists of Names of land freeholders Places of freehold Occupiers Names of the land if not themselves Adobe Reader 5... More Info
Product Code: SS4890
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Interviewing Elderly Relaties
Quiz any kin and assess their replies. Making contact with unknown cousins, preparing the ground, planning visit, what to ask for, getting it down, sticky starts and holding back, family traditions
Keeping the Peace
Tithingmen, hundred courts, parish constables, Amateur justices of the peace, Quarter sessions, Charlies, Bow street runners. The metropolitan police, borough and county forces, village bobby, neighbourhood watch.
Making Ends Meet
Charity organisations official poor relief, the workhouse, bankruptcy, insolvency, poor shops.
Manorial Records
Tracing the transfer of copyhold land; court leet and baron; the Homage, customs of the Manor, fines, heriots, coping with Latin. Examples of documents and glossary of terms. An underused source made simpler to use.
Modern Wills from 1858
Mainly England & Wales, few Scots, Irish, colonies)Information in indexes & wills, making abstracts. Intestacy, Administrations, Married Womans Property Act, Death Duty registers. Location of Index copies and original wills.