Genealogy & Heraldry

'The past is a foreign country, they do things differently there.' L. P. Hartley. (The Go Between) This is the story of 'Jefferyland' : the story of the Jeffery family of Derbyshire who have farmed in the Dove Valley area between Ashbourne, Derby and...

How can you trace forebears who were patients in lunatic asylums and find out about their lives? What sources can you consult to discover their personal histories and gain an insight into their experiences? In this concise, accessible handbook, Michelle...

For readers with family ties to Manchester and Salford, and researchers delving into the rich history of these cities, this informative, accessible guide will be essential reading and a fascinating source of reference. Sue Wilkes outlines the social and...

Despite its Union with England and Wales in 1707, Scotland remained virtually independent from its partners in many ways, retaining its own legal system, its own state church, and its own education system. In Tracing Scottish Ancestry Through Church and...

Part encyclopedia, part dictionary, part almanac - Jonathan Scott's Dictionary of Family History doesn't claim to be exhaustive, but it is practical, easy to use, entertaining and genuinely informative. It is the kind of book you can dip into or use as...

The census is an essential survey of our population, and it is a source of basic information for local and national government and for various organizations dealing with education, housing, health and transport. Providing the researcher with a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781852171131Author Iain GrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Lang Syne Publishers LtdPublisher Lang Syne Publishers Ltd

Family history should reveal more than facts and dates, lists of names and places - it should bring ancestors alive in the context of their times and the surroundings they knew - and research into local history records is one of the most rewarding ways...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781852174118Author Iain GrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Lang Syne Publishers LtdPublisher Lang Syne Publishers Ltd

A.J. Jacobs has received some strange emails over the years, but this note was perhaps the strangest: "You don't know me, but I'm your eighth cousin. And we have over 80,000 relatives of yours in our database." And so begins A.J. Jacobs's quest to...

We all have Nonconformist ancestors. In the mid-nineteenth century almost half of the English population were Nonconformists. And there were very few villages where there was not at least one Nonconformist chapel. Local and family historians need to be...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956510600Author William LewisFormat HardbackPage Count 188Imprint Brazen Head PublishingPublisher Brazen Head PublishingWeight(grams) 434g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806310626Author Samuel LewisFormat PaperbackPage Count 742Imprint ClearfieldPublisher ClearfieldWeight(grams) 975g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781852177560Author Iain GrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Lang Syne Publishers LtdPublisher Lang Syne Publishers Ltd

The astonishing true story of a young woman's adventures, and misadventures, in the dangerous world of Nazi-occupied France.For Priscilla, pre-war Paris was an exciting carousel of suitors, soirees and heartbreak, and eventually a lavish wedding to a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781852170400Author A.C. McKerracherFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Lang Syne Publishers LtdPublisher Lang Syne Publishers Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781852173203Author Murray OgilvieFormat PaperbackImprint Lang Syne Publishers LtdPublisher Lang Syne Publishers Ltd

This is a practical, user-friendly guide to researching your family history in Scotland. Its aim is to provide sign-posts to the past and to solve problems faced by those seeking to discover their ancestors and explore their lives. It shows how to make...

The very heart of the Confederate fighting unit was its flag, which came in a variety of designs and colours. The flag was the rallying point on the field of battle and it marked the unit headquarters in camp. In 1865, at the war's conclusion, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781852170943Author Harry ConroyFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Lang Syne Publishers LtdPublisher Lang Syne Publishers Ltd

For better or worse, what we are is often determined by our family; the events that occurred many years before we were born, and the choices that were made by our forebears are our inheritance - we are the inexorable product of family history. So it is...

This fully revised second edition of Chris Paton's best-selling guide is essential reading if you want to make effective use of the internet in your family history research. Every day new records and resources are placed online and new methods of sharing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647186081Author Leeanne R HayFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint Booklocker.comPublisher Booklocker.comWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Welsh genealogy is usually included with its English cousin, but there are significant differences between the two, and anyone wishing to trace their Welsh ancestry will encounter peculiarities that are not covered by books on English family history...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646116089Author Brian SheffeyFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint Rockridge PressPublisher Rockridge PressWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 213mm...

In January 1870, Johnny Arkwright was the largest landowner in Herefordshire. From the processions and balls which celebrated his coming of age, to facing financial ruin at his own sons birthday and the eventual sale of the estate, this book shows,...

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 an insight into their lives. As well as guiding the...

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 an insight into their lives. As well as guiding the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806359168Author Joseph F O CallaghanFormat PaperbackPage Count 302Imprint ClearfieldPublisher ClearfieldWeight(grams) 216g

Finding Your Irish Ancestors: A Beginner's Guide is the ultimate resource to help you learn if the luck of the Irish is in your blood or not. This easy-to-use guide will teach you to make use of the many Irish family history records that have become...

Fatherhood is the debut novel from award-winning poet Caleb Klaces, combining prose and poetry in an experimental work of verse fiction. Following the birth of their first child, a couple move out of the capital to the northern countryside, where they...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781440345036Author Drew SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Family Tree BooksPublisher F&W Publications Inc

This is the most complete guide to Irish place-names published in modern times. It explains the origin and derivation of the names of over 3,000 cities, towns, villages and physical features. The book is in two parts. The first is a list of root or...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781852170806Author James GracieFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Lang Syne Publishers LtdPublisher Lang Syne Publishers LtdDimensions(mm) 150mm * 140mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781852170776Author Kenneth LairdFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Lang Syne Publishers LtdPublisher Lang Syne Publishers Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781852170776Author Kenneth LairdFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Lang Syne Publishers LtdPublisher Lang Syne Publishers Ltd

Following the partitioning of Poland by Germany and the Soviet Union in 1939, Matthew Kelly's great grandmother and her two daughters were deported to the East. Thus began an extraordinary ordeal that took them, and many thousands like them, on a journey...

Dabbling in family history is a pastime anyone of any age can enjoy, but the massive proliferation of websites, magazines and books in recent years can baffle the would-be genealogist to a standstill. This is an ideal introduction to the tools and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780788408694Author Wesley PippengerFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint Heritage BooksPublisher Heritage BooksWeight(grams) 440g

When James VI of Scotland succeeded Elizabeth as James I on the throne of England in 1603, the Stuarts became the first dynasty to rule Britain as a whole. The problems that James and his successors encountered in reconciling their kingdoms led to...