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English Churches Explained

English Churches Explained

(Trevor Yorke)  The local church is a familiar landmark in every town, city and village.  But how many people actually understand the reason for it being built in that particular place, how it was constructed, or why it was decorated…..

£8.99

GLOSSARY OF HOUSEHOLD, FARMING AND TRADE TERMS FROM PROBATE INVENTORIES

GLOSSARY OF HOUSEHOLD, FARMING AND TRADE TERMS FROM PROBATE INVENTORIES

(Published 1986) (Rosemary Milward) Derbyshire Record Society Occasional Paper No 1. A listing of words found in the wills and inventories from Chesterfield from the period 1521 to 1700, and no longer used today. Although the sources of these terms…..

£4.00

GROWTH OF BRITISH EDUCATION AND ITS RECORDS

GROWTH OF BRITISH EDUCATION AND ITS RECORDS

(Published 1991) (Colin R Chapman)  A review of school education and other educational establishments, together with the records that were produced, from many hundreds of years ago, through the Education Act of 1870 to the beginning of the 20th century……

£5.00

South West Family Histories

South West Family Histories

(Stuart A Raymond)  A listing of all published histories and pedigrees relating to families which were resident in the historic counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire. It includes published books and journal articles, but not notes…..

£7.50

Researching Ancestors in the East India Company Armies

Researching Ancestors in the East India Company Armies

(Peter A Bailey)  This book is designed to assist research into the reader’s ancestors who served in these armies, and that this work will aid their exploits to remain alive in the memory of the British people. A thoroughgoing analysis…..

£6.95

Marriage Law for Genealogists - The Definitive Guide.  Second edition.

Marriage Law for Genealogists – The Definitive Guide. Second edition.

(Rebecca Probert) A second edition of the author’s guide for everyone tracing the marriages of their English and Welsh ancestors between 1600 and the 20th century. Examines changes over time: who could marry whom, the basic formalities of marriage, requirements…..

£10.00

WORLD WAR I ARMY ANCESTRY

WORLD WAR I ARMY ANCESTRY

4th EDITION 2003 (Norman Holding & Iain Swinnerton) This book sets out to provide family history researchers with a list of sources available to them so that they may reconstruct the career of a soldier. Although it provides a few…..

£6.95

Divorced, Bigamist, Bereaved?

Divorced, Bigamist, Bereaved?

(Rebecca Probert) The family historian?s guide to marital breakdown, separation, widowhood, and remarriage: from 1600 to the 1970s. A follow-up to Rebecca?s earlier title Marriage Law for Genealogists, that looks at lives which did not meet the common pattern of…..

£9.99