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Discover your Family History DVD
This comprehensive DVD video produced by the Society of Genealogists shows beginners how to trace their family history in the United Kingdom. UThis step-by-step guide covers civil registration, census, using the Family Records Centre, wills, parish registers, visiting record offices, using the IGI, quarter session records, family history societies and more. Runs for 82 minutes, DVD compatible for all world zones. 2005. $39.95Family History on the Web: An Internet Directory for England and Wales (2006/7)
Despite the fact that there are thousands of genealogical web-sites worth visiting, the search engines are particularly poor at identifying the ones you require. This thoroughly revised edition lists the most important genealogical sites on the web for research in England and Wales in 2006/7. Compiled by Stuart A. Raymond (2006). 120 pages C$15.00Index to Tallis London Street Views and Directory
Microfiche. This is an index to the more than 10,000 personal names and all the businesses listed in Tallis' London Street Views: Strangers Guide Through London. Originally published in the 1840s, the book was reprinted in 1969, and also includes line drawings of shop and building fronts. The index is therefore a directory and a reference to the drawings. A set of 5 fiche. C$13.75More about the Tallis fiche Tracing Births, Deaths and Marriages at Sea
By Christopher T. and Michael J. Watts. All at sea finding the birth, death or even marriage of one of your ancestors? Well perhaps the event did actually take place at sea. This book will help guide you through the myth and fact of what records there are to help you discover the truth. 180 page softcover book with index. C$25.00An Index of English Country Houses
By Cliff Webb. A list of over 5500 English country Houses giving the parish in which each is located and the county. Aimed as a finding aid to trace the movements of both servants and the landed gentry, finding the church at which events are likely to have happened, and to unravel geographic location when often only the house name is given.1st edition 1999, 48 pages. C$12.00
National Burial Index - Second Edition
The second edition of the National Burial Index -- with records from throughout England and Wales -- is now available. This edition is on four CD-ROMs, and includes more than 13 million records from Anglican parish, nonconformist and cemetery burial registers. The records are from 1538 through to the 20th century. The information varies depending on the source, but generally includes forename(s) and surnames; date of burial; age; details of place where the event was recorded; pre-1832 county; and the recording society, group or individual. (Although many more counties and parishes are represented on the new edition, clearly, not all burials are included.)
System requirements: Pentium processor rated, or higher, running Windows 95/98/NT/2000/ME or XP with a suggested minimum 16Mbytes RAM. For screen resolution VGA (640 x 480) should work but SVGA (800 x 600) and above is recommended, with minimum 256 colour monitor. Sorry, this index will not work with an Apple Macintosh. C$99.00Ancestral Trails
By Mark Herber. This book is billed as "the complete guide to British genealogy and family history," and that is exactly what it is. Thoughtfully designed, this orderly, comprehensive, and elegant work guides the researcher (beginner or advanced) through the entire process of tracing British heritage, from obtaining information from living relatives to drawing family trees and starting research in the birth, marriage, death, or census records. Later chapters guide researchers to records that are more difficult to find and use, such as wills, parish registers, civil and ecclesiastical court records, poll books, and property records. Written for practitioners by a practitioner (Herber is a member of the Society of Genealogists in London), this complete, current, and beautiful guide ultimately helps the researcher focus on how the ancestral trail begins and how to form a coherent picture of past generations and their links to the present. 2005 Paperback. 874 pages. C$50.00Second Edition - Fully Updated and Revised Your English Ancestry: A Guide for North Americans
1998 edition. By Sherry Irvine. Specifically written to help researchers in Canada or the US make the most of resources close at hand, especially those of LDS Family History Centers; each chapter ends with a clear summary of steps to access the records described. C$30.00My Ancestor Was a Bastard
By Ruth Paley. 2004. A family historian's guide to sources for illegitimacy in England and Wales. This book is designed to help you uncover the information your ancestors did not want you to know. It provides an introduction to the world of the
unmarried mother and her child and discusses how best to formulate a search
strategy. It then goes on to describe the available sources: where to find
them, how to use them and what information they contain.
For those who want to learn more it includes a list of books for further
reading, a directory of useful websites and a glossary of some of the weird
and wonderful synonyms for bastardy that you are likely to encounter in the
course of your research. Finally there is a step by step guide that will
help you draw up a research plan tailored to your own needs. 90 pages. C$15.00Registration Districts
An alphabetical list of over 650 districts with details of counties, sub-districts and adjacent districts. By Ray Wiggins. Third edition 2001. 56 page softcover book. Out of print, but we have a few copies left in stock. C$12.75Births, Marriages and Deaths on the Web
By Stuart A. Raymond. 2002. A rapidly increasing number of transcripts and indexes of birth, marriage and death records are now available on the internet, and it is the purpose of this directory to identify the many web-pages, and to indicate where they, and various introductory information, can be found. Pages rather than sites are listed, as one site can include pages for numerous different places. 74 page softcover book. C$15.00Part 1: General, Southern England, The Marches and Wales Births, Marriages and Deaths on the Web
By Stuart A. Raymond. 2002. A rapidly increasing number of transcripts and indexes of birth, marriage and death records are now available on the internet, and it is the purpose of this directory to identify the many web-pages, and to indicate where they, and various introductory information, can be found. Pages rather than sites are listed, as one site can include pages for numerous different places. 74 page softcover book. C$15.00Part 2: The Midlands, Northern England and East Anglia Atlas and Index of Parish Registers
By Phillimore. The revised 3rd edition now available. This guide to parish registers covering England, Scotland and Wales, is a vital, time-saving tool that has become universally known as 'the genealogist's bible'. The Atlas includes the famous county 'parish' maps, which show pre-1832 parochial boundaries, colour-coded probate jurisdictions, starting dates of surviving registers, and churches and chapels, where relevant. Also topographical maps face each 'parish' map, and show the contemporary road system and other local features, to help deduce the likely movement of people beyond the searcher's starting point. The Index lists the parishes, with grid references to the county maps. It indicates the present whereabouts of original registers and copies, and whether a parish is included in other indexes. It also gives registration districts and census information. Thus, in this invaluable guide, the user may quickly find answers to such questions as: Have the registers been deposited? Where may they be found? What outside dates do they cover? Have they been copied or indexed and by whom? The Atlas has now been digitised, and is therefore much better printed. The Index has been updated to 2003 (from 1994). The Index has 'lost' two columns of obscure indexes, in place of which are now included details of census indexes and registration districts. Hardcover. C$139.95A Comedy of Errors, Act 2
By Michael Whitfield Foster. This 2002 edition adds further insights into the errors and omissions that pervade the registration records of England and Wales. It explains more of the structures and workings of the system. It is a companion volume to the author's earlier book "A Comedy of Errors" published in 1998. 312 page softcover book. C$28.95or The Marriage Records of England and Wales 1837-1899 GENUKI: U.K. & Ireland Genealogy on Internet
By David Hawgood. This book covers ways of using GENUKI; abstracts and
indexes available; information about counties, towns and parishes; sharing, collaboration, and surname searching; and information available from Family History Societies. More than 50 extracts from web pages within GENUKI or linked from it. C$8.50Topographical Dictionary of Wales
Two volumes by Samuel Lewis (1842) now available on CD-ROM. C$25.00The Parish Chest
W.E. Tate's classic study of parochial administration in England. Essential to understanding parish life, administration and archives. C$59.95Births, Marriages and Deaths on the Web Part 1
By Stuart A. Raymond. Southern England, The Marches and Wales. (Second Edition, 2001). 128 pages. Paperback. C$15.00Births, Marriages and Deaths on the Web Part 2
By Stuart A. Raymond. The Midlands, Northern England and East Anglia. (Second Edition, 2001). 108 pages. Paperback. C$15.00Londoners' Occupations
A Genealogical Guide. Second Edition. Compiled by Stuart A. Raymond. A considerable amount of occupational information on Londoners is available in print. These include biographical dictionaries, record publications, guild histories, archival guides, trade directories, and regimental histories. This bibliography is intended to draw these publications to the attention of the genealogist, and the term 'occupation' is interpreted broadly to include titles concerning insurance policy holders, victims, diners, etc. For the purposes of this work, London comprises the area within the historic boundaries of the City of London and the County of Middlesex. Paperback, 72 pages. $12.00Basic Facts About Using Death and Burial Records for Family Historians
By Lilian Gibbens. Second Edition. Paperback, 16 pages. $6.00Basic Facts About Using Marriage Records for Family Historians
By Pauline M. Litton with Colin R. Chapman. Paperback, 16 pages. $6.00Basic Facts About Archives
By Susan B. Lumas. Paperback, 16 pages. $6.00Basic Facts About Using Baptism Records for Family Historians
By Pauline M. Litton. Paperback, 16 pages. $6.00The Victorian Policeman
By Simon Dell. 2004. Details the demise of the old policing systems and the development of Sir Robert Peel's 'New Police'. Gives a vivid account of what it was like to be one of these revolutionary new officers and why a policeman's lot was not always a happy one. C$8.25Looms and Weaving
By Anna Benson and Neil Warburton. 2002. Describes the development of the loom from a crude wooden frame to a sophisticated electronic weaving machine. C$8.25The Victorian Public House
By Richard Tames. 2003. The Victorian public house evolved out of the traditional tavern and the humble beerhouse and became a central feature of working-class life. Pubs gave birth to the music-hall and provided a first home for many trade unions, friendly socieites, sports teams and hobby clubs. They also frequently served as nuclei for suburban development and provided a focal point for the growth of stable community life in an era of rapid population growth and mobility. C$10.00County Sources at the Society of Genealogists
The City of London and Middlesex
Paris Registers, Nonconformist Registers, Marriage Licences, Monumental Inscriptions. 2002. One of a series of guides to materials in the Society's collections. 36 pages. C$9.00County Sources - Wales
A guide to material in the Society of Genealogy collections. Contains references to Parish Registers, Nonconformist Registers, Monumental Inscriptions and Marriage Licences in Wales. Editor Neville Taylor, 56 pages, pub. September 2003. C$12.00County Sources - Yorkshire
Editor N.G.Taylor, FSG. 56 pages. Included in this volume of resources at the Society of Genealogy library, Parish registers, Non-conformist registers, marriage licences and Monumental inscriptions. C$12.00Nuts and Bolts
Family history problem solving through family reconstruction techniques
By Andrew Todd. Revised and Enlarged Second Edition. Describes how you can research wide - ie look for brothers, sisters, cousins and the many networks to which your ancestors belonged. As well as helping you to understand their lives more fully, these little known techniques help to progress the direct line. 64 page softcover book. C$10.00An Introduction to Using Computers for Genealogy
Third Edition by David Hawgood. Five sections: Using a Computer; Typing Documents, Letters and Email Messages; Personal Family History; Family Research; Addresses, Bibliography and Help. 54 page softcover book. C$11.00Monumental Inscriptions on the Web
(England and Wales)
By Stuart A. Raymond. 2002. A rapidly increasing number of web sites are devoted to monumental inscriptions, and it is the purpose of this directory to identify them, and to indicate where they may be found. Pages rather than sites are listed, since one site may contain many pages devoted to different places. 90 page softcover book. C$15.00The Kentish Census Returns 1801-1901
By David Wright. 2003. The historical county of Kent was covered by 29 registration districts, used for both the census returns and civil registration. These are listed in Public Record Office sequence with their parishes and a parish map, the registrars, population and geographical statistics, and the present location of their registers of births, marriages and deaths. There are many street and surname indexes for the county - this book lists them all and where they can be consulted. 94 page softcover guide. C$20.00Origins, Location, Registration Districts and Indexes Was Your Grandfather a Railwayman
Fourth Edition 2002. By Tom Richards. This expanded fourth edition of the guide includes a comprehensive listing of records and documents for railway companies in Great Britain and overseas, showing what information they contain and where they can be found. There is also a detailed introduction to the railways and the records they generated, and a guide to ordering records at the Public Record Office, and details of railway memorials in the UK and Ireland. This book should be invaluable for anyone wanting to find out details about their ancestors who worked on the railway. 132 page softcover edition. C$19.00A Directory of Railway Archive Sources for Family Historians Basic Approach to ...
By Philip J. Chapman. A Federation guide. Have you considered illuminating
your family memorabilia with examples of the work of early photographers
and artists produced in postcard form? This book describes this nteresting
way of enhancing your family history. Guidance is given on what to collect, where to look, including what to look for at collectors' fairs. Advice is also given on keeping records. C$5.00Illuminating Your Family History With Postcards An Introduction to Church Registers
By Lilian Gibbens. Churches of all denominations keep, and have kept
throughout their individual histories, registers appertaining to their
church membership. The number and nature of registers varies according to
the denomination and its governing rules. Family historians have an almost
overwhelming interest in registers of births or baptisms, marriages, banns
or burials. But there are lesser well-known church records which can be of
use, such as settlement certificates and churchwardens' accounts. This
guide looks at all aspects of parish records in England, Wales, Scotland
and Ireland, for Church of England and Non-Conformist places of worship. 43 pages. C$7.00An Introduction to Friendly Society Records
By Roger Logan. The Friendly Society movement of the 19th century developed in to one of three significant working peoples' institutions. Together with the co-operative societies and trade unions, friendly societies operated on the principle of mutual self help, binding people together with the objective of a common purpose, success being achieved through their own combined efforts. To assist family historians, this book describes the history of the societies, the Affiliated Societies or "Orders" like the Oddfellows and Foresters, and the records available for each English, Welsh and Scottish county. There is also a bibliography including books available from the Foresters Heritage Trust, and a contact for the Friendly Societies Research Group. 46 pages. C$9.50An Introduction to Poor Law Documents Before 1834 (Second Edition)
By Anne Cole. This important area of family history is well covered in this publication. Apart from the usual introduction you will find out where to find Poor Law documents including Settlement Certificates and Examinations, Removal Orders, Apprenticeship Indentures and Bastardy Documents. Also covered are Overseers' and Churchwardens' Accounts, Vestry Minutes, Workhouses and Quarter Session Records. 44 pages. C$9.50An Introduction to Tracing Your German Ancestors Second Edition
By Peter Towey. A newly-updated edition of the guide specifically designed
to help research immigrants from the German-speaking parts of Europe to
England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales or the Isle of Man over more than the
last five centuries. Discover how to trace families in their places of
origin, identify the records, and how to use them to the best advantage.
The techniques outlined should be equally effective in tracing other
European immigrants especially from Eastern and Central Europe. A very
detailed reading list is included. 68 pages. C$10.95First Name Variants
Published by the Federation of Family History Societies. A summary of 8,000 variants linked to 1,300 names. Out of printGreater London Cemeteries and Crematoria
If your ancestor died in London after 1850 you need this guide to burial grounds and their registers; 6th revised edition, 1999. C$12.00General Register Office One-Name Lists in the Library of the Society of Genealogists
Handy if you are researching a name that is not as common as most. C$8.75Basic Facts About Research in London
Part 1: Researching London Ancestors. By Lilian Gibbens. The large area
that most family historians now consider to be London covers parts of the
old counties of Essex, Kent, Surrey, Hertfordshire and Middlesex. Until the early part of the 20th century, the outer parts of this area were entirely rural. Indeed, some parishes closer to the City of London, such as Hackney, were fairly rural until the mid 19th century. Part 1 of this two-volume series is intended to help you find your 'London' ancestors prior to 1900, by guiding you through the complexities of changing boundaries and record offices. Paperback, 16 pages. $6.00Basic Facts About Using the Family Record Centre
Handy little introduction to this new facility. Is a great help to those needing a refresher before a return visit. C$5.00Basic Facts About ... Lunatics in England and Wales for Family Historians
By Pamela Faithfull. C$6.00Basic Facts about ... Quarter Session Records
By Richard Ratcliffe. 2007. C$6.00Family History Research in Yorkshire
Family History Research in Lancashire
Each is a brief outline of all basic records for the county concerned, with location of record offices, any special tips. C$6.00 eachEcclesiastical Courts, Their Officials and Their Records
By Colin R. Chapman. Aid to finding your way through the ecclesiastical courts' documentation. C$15.00Shire Albums
Each one is an excellent source of information - well-written, illustrated, lists of further reading. Titles usually in stock:Looms and Weaving Victorian Chemist Victorian Domestic Servant Victorian Hospital Victorian Ironmonger Victorian Policeman Victorian Printer Victorian Public House Victorian Railway Worker Victorian Schoolroom Victorian Soldier Victorian Undertaker Victorian Workhouse Village Cooper The above are C$8.25 each Also Victorian Public House, $10.00 Cassell's Gazetteer of the British Isles
On CD-ROM. This was originally published in 1899 in six volumes. The CD is a copy of the original publication. Text and maps are clear, and the topographic descriptions are interesting and useful. (Exact location, population, churches, etc.) C$59.95XE.com Personal Currency Assistant |