This guide provides invaluable background information on Haslemere and Hindhead in the 1900's. This official council guide has maps, photographs and illustrations. It covers the history, traditions, worthies, antiquities and literary associations. This is a useful guide with information and details about the area where your relatives may have lived. *Digitally enhanced images of the original text * Includes maps, photographs and illustrations * Bookmarked by major headings *Fully printable... More Info
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The Indexes on this CD are exactly the same as those published on microfiche (MS21) in 1997. BUT with the advantages of being SEARCHABLE! The principal index lists 92,000 names, giving full name, age, birthplace and folio number. Then come 72 parish indexes with alphabetical listing of family groups, with the same details as above. It is followed by an index of BIRTHPLACES to assist in locating fa...More Info
What are Feet of Fines? Feet of Fines were records of fictitious suits at law, instituted in fact to obtain secure transfers of land. Fines survive from very early times to 1834 in the National Archives, Kew. The great value of fines is not just that they are arranged by county so as to facilitate topographical studies but they were often used to break entails, and thus it is quite usual for sever...More Info
What are Lay Subsidies? By the end of the thirteenth century, land was no longer the only indication of a persons wealth, so a new tax, called Lay Subsidy was levied on movables. Not every householders name is to be found in the returns, because some were too poor to be taxed and clerical properties were assessed and taxed separately; hence the name Lay Subsidy. The Lay Subsidy Rolls can provide a...More Info
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