The recommended way to find those who may have changed their name, giving both original and new names. First published by Phillimore and Co. in 1905... More Info
A complete series of topographical maps, physical and statistical charts, town plans, and index of 35,000 names (England and Wales - includes City street maps showing locations no longer in existence through development and bombing in World War II).... More Info
Includes the name and address of every owner of one acre and upwards in extent with estimated acreage and the rental.... More Info
This four volume set is a genealogical and heraldic history of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank, but uninvested with heritable honours. The Commoners are people who do not fall under the categories of either being a monarch or a peer (someone who has inherited a title such as duke, marquis, earl, viscount, or baron). This CD may help you find information on prosperous relatives and their heritage. Published in 1835, this fou... More Info
This CD contains an alphabetical trade directory of London, plus provincial towns from 18 counties in England, together with towns in North and South Wales. Each area is introduced with a background history and there are trade directories for over 250 towns. These include Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Manchester, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, York and more. Please contact us to see if your area of interest is included. * Digitally enhanced images of the original text * Searchable text * B More Info
Product Code: DIR5951
This twenty-one volume set of Visitations, compiled onto 1 DVD for ease of use, allows you to find the pedigree of a family and learn about its coat of arms from the Heralds' Visitation of England and Wales. Comprehensively illustrated, with hundreds of coats of arms and signatures of heads of family. *Vols.1-4 (1893-96) *Vols. 5-8 (1897-98, 1900 and 1904) *Vols.9-12 (1901-04) *Vols. 13-15 (1905-06, 1908) *Vols. 16-18 (1909, 1911, 1914) *Vols. 19-21 (1917, 1919, 1921) *Includes a Mast More Info
This virtual DVD resource covers England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland with over 100 high-resolution county and street maps. Includes an index of place names, population and statistical information from the 1871 and 1881 census.... More Info
Product Code: GRD6768
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**Completely revised and updated. It is an essential tool for all researchers.** The guide is divided into six sections: 1 The Barnsley area as a whole or large parts of it; 2 Barnsley area townships, A-Z; 3 Other parts of the former West Riding of Yorkshire; 4 Specific areas outside the former West Riding, including abroad; 5 England and Wales as a whole; 6 Research and th...More Info
Contents: Days Out by Motor Bus; The Diaries of a Warlingham Golfer; The Carrington Manufacturing Company; History of Coulsdon & Purley Debating Society; Stoats Nest Railway Disaster 1910; Memories of Chelsham and Farleigh; The Macleay family in Godstone and in New South Wales; Friendship Remembered - 'Nobby' Brooker; Souvenirs of Gardner's Pleasure Gardens, Kenley; The British Empire Exhibition, ...More Info
Contents: Kathleen Edith Lewis - 1907-2003; A War Bride's Story; Wartime Fire Service in Caterham; John Smith Remembers Caterham; Proposed Developments; The Chipstead Burglars 1835; Ernest Straker - Naturalist, Historian and Photographer; Sir Joseph Lawrence of Kenley; Researching Local History in the Bourne Society Area; John Cooper and the Bootmaking Trade in Croydon; Mr Robertson, Miss Clements...More Info
This CD is an oddity. In 1873, at the order of Parliament, a survey was made of all owners of land outside the metropolis. This CD contains the full version of the 1871 Owners of Land, which was published by Parliament and acts as a census for the land-owning classes. Far more people than nowadays owned land; often to keep livestock. The purpose is defined by the following extract from frontispiec...More Info
2nd edition (1995). Described as 'the most useful single reference work for those tracing ancestry', the main section of the atlas contains maps showing the pre-1832 parish boundaries, colour-coded probate jurisdictions, the starting dates of the surviving registers, and the position of churches and chapels where relevant. And facing each 'parish' map is a topographical map, showing the contempora...More Info