Free Download Robert Burlison, "Tracing Your Pauper Ancestors: A Guide for Family Historians by Robert Burlison"
English | 2013 | ASIN: B01FELLAPS | EPUB | pages: 221 | 7.0 mb
Many family historians will come across direct links to ancestors who were affected by poverty. Yet despite the burgeoning interest in genealogy, the history of pauperism and of poor relief has rarely been written about, and no previous book has provided a guide to documents and records that family researchers can use to their trace their pauper ancestors. In this accessible and informative introduction, Robert Burlison gives a vivid account of poverty and the poor. He identifies relevant records, indicates where they can be found, and offers essential advice on how this information can be used to piece together the lives of distant and not so distant relatives.

Free Download Barbara J Starmans, "Tracing Your Ancestors' Lives: A Guide to Social History for Family Historians"
English | 2017 | ISBN: 147387971X | EPUB | pages: 224 | 4.3 mb
Tracing Your Ancestors' Lives is not a comprehensive study of social history but instead an exploration of the various aspects of social history of particular interest to the family historian. It has been written to help researchers to go beyond the names, dates and places in their pedigree back to the time when their ancestors lived. Through the research advice, resources and case studies in the book, researchers can learn about their ancestors, their families and the society they lived in and record their stories for generations to come. Each chapter highlights an important general area of study. Topics covered include the family and society; domestic life; birth life and death; work, wages and economy; community, religion and government. Barbara J. Starmans's handbook encourages family historians to immerse themselves more deeply in their ancestors' time and place. Her work will give researchers a fascinating insight into what their ancestors' lives were like.

Free Download Susan T Moore, "Tracing Your Ancestors Through the Equity Courts: A Guide for Family and Local Historians"
English | 2018 | ISBN: 1473891663 | EPUB | pages: 224 | 5.1 mb
The records of the Courts of Equity, which dealt with cases of fairness rather than law, are among the most detailed, extensive and revealing of all the legal documents historians can consult, yet they are often neglected. Susan Moore's expert introduction to them opens up this fascinating source to researchers who may not be familiar with them and dont know how to take advantage of them. As she traces the purpose, history and organization of the Courts of Equity from around 1500 to 1876, she demonstrates how varied their role was and how valuable their archives are for us today. She covers the Courts of Chancery, Exchequer, Star Chamber, Requests, Palatinates and Duchy of Lancaster in clear detail. Her work shows researchers why their records are worth searching, how to search them and how many jewels of information can be found in them. This introduction will be appreciated by local, social and family historians who are coming to these records for the first time and by those who already know of the records but have found them daunting.

Free Download William Maxwell, "Ancestors: A Family History"
English | 1995 | pages: 324 | ISBN: 0679759298 | EPUB | 2,0 mb
The National Book Award-winning author of So Long, See You Tomorrow offers an astonishing evocation of a vanished world, as he retraces, branch by branch, the history of his family, taking readers into the lives of settlers, itinerant preachers, and small businessmen, examining the way they saw their world and how they imagined the world to come.

Free Download Simon Wills, "Tracing Your Seafaring Ancestors: A Guide to Maritime Photographs for Family Historians"
English | 2016 | ISBN: 1473834333 | EPUB | pages: 192 | 7.4 mb
Photographs of your seafaring ancestors may tell you more about their lives than you realize, and Simon Wills's helpful and practical guide shows you how to identify and interpret the evidence caught on camera. Since maritime roles have been so vital to Britain's prosperity and military might, they are among the commonest professions depicted in photographs of our ancestors, and his handbook is the ideal introduction to them.

Free Download Gill Blanchard, "Tracing Your East Anglian Ancestors: A Guide For Family Historians (Tracing your Ancestors)"
English | 2009 | ISBN: 1844159892 | EPUB | pages: 224 | 1.7 mb
Gill Blanchard's practical and informative handbook will help you to trace your ancestors in the traditional counties of East Anglia - Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Essex - and it will give you a fascinating insight into their lives.

Free Download Rosemary Wenzerul, "Tracing Your Jewish Ancestors: A Guide For Family Historians (Tracing your Ancestors)"
English | 2008 | ISBN: 1473821274 | EPUB | pages: 208 | 1.8 mb
This fully revised second edition of Rosemary Wenzerul's lively and informative guide to researching Jewish history will be absorbing reading for anyone who wants to find out about the life of a Jewish ancestor. In a clear and accessible way she takes readers through the entire process of research. She provides a brief social history of the Jewish presence in Britain and looks at practical issues of research - how to get started, how to organize the work, how to construct a family tree and how to use the information obtained to tell the story of a family. In addition she describes, in practical detail, the many sources that researchers can go to for information on their ancestors, their families and Jewish history.

Free Download Phil Tomaselli, "Tracing Your Air Force Ancestors"
English | 2007 | pages: 192 | ISBN: 1844155730 | EPUB | 8,0 mb
Whether you are interested in the career of an individual air-man or woman, researching medals awarded to a pilot or crew member or just want to know more about a particular squadron or operation, this book will point you in the right direction. Assuming that the reader has no prior knowledge of the air force, its history or organization, Phil Tomaselli explains which records survive, where they can be found and how they can help you in your research. He also recommends resources available online as well as books and memoirs.

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