This gives names, addresses, occupations and how people voted in the election of 1841.... More Info
A record of votes given to candidates for the representation of the city of York. Contains names and addresses of voters and shows who they voted for. * Digitally enhanced images of the original text * Searchable by whole name or part name * Bookmarked by major headings * Fully printable... More Info
This CD contains Miscellaneous Records for Sussex that include Episcopal Registers 1438-1445, 1705 Poll for the Knights of the Shire, and Ecclesiastical returns for 1603. *Digitally enhanced images of the original text *Searchable text *Bookmarked by major headings *Fully printable... More Info
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
Issue 18 features: * Housekeeping through history: Margaret Powling shows how housekeeping books can illuminate social history * Celebration of place: A new one-place studies conference * Wounded in WW1: Explore 1.3m casualty records online * Sea changes: Karen Foy on the many ways we can learn about our migrant ancestors * A walk in the park: The development of public parks * The slippery poll: 18th and 19th century poll books revealed * History in the details: Cloaks and mantles * Places in Focus: Norwich More Info
Product Code: DYAP018
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New edition (2001) by Bill Breckon, Jeffrey Parker & Martin Andrew. This well-illustrated book outlines the history and development of English homes, from the Saxon aisled hall up to the present day. The changing styles of architecture and building materials are covered, and special note made of regional variations. There is a step-by-step guide to accurately dating houses, which includes walls an...More Info
By Trevor Yorke. Many villages have a fascinating history, and visible features from earlier centuries are a powerful temptation to search for wider information. In this book, Trevor Yorke takes on the role of village detective as he documents their development from pre-Roman settlements to the present day. In addition, his superb drawings illustrate the physical appearance of the village through ...More Info
2nd edition (1996) By Colin R. Chapman. Mainly aimed at remote researchers, this is a helpful guide that details many things you can do outside the county you are researching, especially useful to those tracing British ancestors from overseas. This book covers some subjects and areas omitted from other general guides - for example Scotland, Ireland, Isle of Man and Channel Islands are covered - an...More Info
If your ancestors scarcely appear in the parish registers, or worse, if two or three of the same name occur at the same time: if your great grandfather dropped in out of the blue, yet there is no settlement certificate, and all the evidence points to his being a man of property if you are lucky, you will find the magic words, "my copyhold land" or "I have surrendered to the uses of my will " in an...More Info