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Mind Mapping Made Easy

Mind Mapping Made Easy

(Linda Hammond)  Mind mapping is a visual way to organise your thoughts and ideas.  Mind maps are simple to use and can be created quickly. Because family history research involves searching for, and then looking at, many different sources of information,…..

£9.95

How to Discover Your Family History Using Free Resources

How to Discover Your Family History Using Free Resources

(Anthony E Trice)  A beginner’s guide to researching family history, concentrating on Internet sites that can be used free of charge, thus enabling good progress to be made without incurring significant costs.  The book concentrates mainly on English and Welsh…..

£9.95

Nonconformist Records, Introducing

Nonconformist Records, Introducing

(Ian H Waller)  If your research has not found information about your ancestors, then it is likely they were nonconformists. This immensely detailed book will provide all the help you need to find the information you are searching for.  Following…..

£14.95

Manorial Records, Introducing

Manorial Records, Introducing

(Ian H Waller)  For centuries, the lives of our ancestors were controlled by the lord of the manor, which continued until their final demise in 1922.  Manorial records are an important source of information, providing a fascinating insight of the…..

£8.95

Tracing Your Ancestors Through Local History Records

Tracing Your Ancestors Through Local History Records

(Jonathan Oates)  Family History should reveal more than just facts and dates, lists of names and places.  It should bring ancestors alive in the context of their times and the surroundings they knew.  Research into local history records is one…..

£14.99

Tracing History Through Title Deeds

Tracing History Through Title Deeds

(Nat Alcock)   Title deeds are perhaps the most numerous surviving sources of historical evidence, but also one of the most neglected.  The author of this book aims to help the growing army of enthusiastic researchers to use these documents. A…..

£14.99

Tracing Your Georgian Ancestors 1714-1837

Tracing Your Georgian Ancestors 1714-1837

(John Wintrip)  This period is before the censuses and civil registration, and so more difficult to research. The book provides a description of aspects of  life in the Georgian period, and a detailed guide to the variety of the genealogically…..

£14.99

Tracing Your Ancestors through the Equity Courts

Tracing Your Ancestors through the Equity Courts

(Susan T Moore)  The records of the Courts of Equity, which deal with cases of fairness rather than the law, are among the most detailed, extensive and revealing of all the legal documents historians can consult, yet they are often…..

£14.99

Family Feuds - An Introduction to Chancery Proceeding

Family Feuds – An Introduction to Chancery Proceeding

(Susan T Moore)  ‘Chancery Proceedings’ has become a generic term that encompasses the records of all the courts of equity. The book is in two parts, the first part is intended to whet the appetite of the amateur family historian…..

£5.95

Tracing Your Roman Catholic Ancestors

Tracing Your Roman Catholic Ancestors

(Stuart A Raymond)  The aim of this book is to identify the sources needed to trace Catholic family and local history in England and Wales. It begins by outlining the history and structure of English Catholicism.  Sources are scattered in…..

£14.99

Tracing Your Ancestors Using the UK Historical Timeline

Tracing Your Ancestors Using the UK Historical Timeline

(Angela Smith & Neil Bertram)  This is not a book listing names but a huge source of references between 1066 and 2021.  It enables the researcher to link dates connected with their ancestral research to historical events of all sorts……

£12.99

Researching Local History - Your Guide to the Sources

Researching Local History – Your Guide to the Sources

(Stuart A Raymond)  The records of parish, county, and diocesan administration, of the courts, of the national government, and of private estates, all have something to tell us about the history of a locality, which can assist with our understanding…..

£16.99

Guide to Lloyd’s Marine Collection and Related Marine Sources at the Guildhall Library (3rd Edition)

Guide to Lloyd’s Marine Collection and Related Marine Sources at the Guildhall Library (3rd Edition)

(compiled by D T Barriskill)  This book reviews the collection of both manuscripts and printed books dealing with marine insurance and associated matters.  Perhaps the most important is the Register, an annual list of vessels giving many details of the…..

£4.95

English Genealogy – A Bibliography (3rd edition)

English Genealogy – A Bibliography (3rd edition)

(Stuart Raymond)  (pub 1996)  The range of publications concerned with genealogy is enormous and expanding.  There are, for example, innumerable general guides to genealogy for beginners. This bibliography in intended to help you find your way around these publications.  It…..

£4.30

Dorset – A Genealogical Bibliography

Dorset – A Genealogical Bibliography

(Stuart Raymond)  (pub 1991)  This bibliography is intended primarily for genealogists.  The author hopes that is will also prove to be useful to local historians, librarians, research students and others. Many genealogists, when they begin their research, do not realise…..

£6.00

Occupational Sources for Genealogists (2nd edition)

Occupational Sources for Genealogists (2nd edition)

(Stuart Raymond)  (Pub 1996)  A vast amount of occupational information of interest is available in print (and also now on the internet). The purpose of this bibliography is to draw these publications to the attention of genealogists.  The arrangement of…..

£5.00