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Warwickshire, The Records of Knowle, 1682-1812
As well as over 200 pages of registers, this CD includes records of the Churchwardens (1673-1707 and extracts to 1842), Overseers and their Accounts (extracts 1705-1836), Indentures (1675-1838), Vestry Book (1837-1885), and Constables (1818-1839). There is an article on the founder of the Church and Guild, Walter Cook, while further chapters cover a Record of a Manor Court at Knowle in 1278, a Certificate of Consecration of the Church, two medieval wills, a 1616 inventory, a roll of Knowle inhab More Info
Product Code: GRD5945
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Surrey & Sussex â€" the Genealogists Library Guide (vol 5). Surrey & Sussex Occupations
Were your Surrey or Sussex ancestors brewers or businessmen, cricketers or photographers, ironmasters or tallow chandlers? Some members of your family are probably listed somewhere by the occupation they pursued. There are many sources of published information for occupations in Surrey and Sussex: this book will enable you to identify hundreds of potential leads for your research.
Genealogy for Beginners
By Arthur Willis and Karin Proudfoot . Many books have been written for the would-be genealogist, but none has equalled the popularity of this little book on English research. First published in 1955, it is now in its 6th completely re-written edition. Contents include How to Begin; Records of searches; Births, marriages and deaths; Census return; Parish registers; Other parish records; Wills and ...More Info
Census returns 1841-1891 in Microform: a directory to local holdings in Great Britain
By Jeremy Gibson & Elizabeth Hampson. Many libraries and record offices hold copies of the census on microform. This book is a directory of what is available where.
The Surnames of Leicestershire and Rutland / David Postles. Leopards Head Press, 1998.
If your ancestors were from these two counties, you will want to study this book in order to see how surnames in the region originated and evolved over the centuries, demonstrating how they were affected by local dialects.
Fire Insurance Records for Family and Local Historians 1696 to 1920 / David T. Hawkings
Do you realise that your ancestors may have taken out insurance cover on their property? And that records of that policy may still survive? The author of this book opens up exciting new possibilities for research by family and local historians, listing the extensive surviving records, and providing hundreds of examples of the sort of information that may be available.