Genealogy & Heraldry

How can you find out about the lives of ancestors who were involved in the world of theatre: on stage and on film, in the music halls and travelling shows, in the circus and in all sorts of other forms of public performance? Katharine Cockin's handbook...

A six-year collaborative effort of members of the French Canadian/Acadian Genealogical Society, this book provides detailed explanations about the genealogical sources available to those seeking their French-Canadian ancestors.Book InformationISBN...

The 21 censuses that have been conducted in Britain since 1801, have provided an invaluable insight into Britain's social, political and economic history over the past 200 years. From their original purpose to assess how many men were fit for military...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781852170561Author John MackayFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Lang Syne Publishers LtdPublisher Lang Syne Publishers LtdDimensions(mm) 150mm * 100mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781852170622Author Archie 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 9781440348808Author Claire SantryFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Family Tree BooksPublisher F&W Publications Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806308777Author Louise Pledge FoleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Genealogical Publishing CompanyPublisher Genealogical Publishing...

Queen Victoria's son, Prince Leopold, died from haemophilia, but no member of the royal family before his generation had suffered from the condition. Medically, there are only two possibilities: either one of Victoria's parents had a 1 in 50,000 random...

If you want to find out about Lancashire's history, and particularly if you have family links to the area and your ancestors lived or worked in the county, then this is the ideal book for you. As well as helping you to trace when and where your...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916448018Author Paul GorryFormat PaperbackPage Count 246Imprint Gorry ResearchPublisher Gorry Research

Oxfordshire has a proud history as an agricultural county, relying for centuries on the wool trade for its prosperity. It is also famous for the founding of Oxford University in the eleventh century and for the Morris Motors car factory established in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781852173678Author Iain GrayFormat 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 9780062548504Author Smadar S. SidiFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint HarperCollins (USA)Publisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781585498604Author Hubert F BarclayFormat PaperbackPage Count 412Imprint Heritage BooksPublisher Heritage BooksWeight(grams) 549gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781852171025Author George ForbesFormat 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 9780788404580Author Michael A CramFormat PaperbackPage Count 222Imprint Heritage BooksPublisher Heritage BooksWeight(grams) 526gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780788404603Author Michael A CramFormat PaperbackPage Count 164Imprint Heritage BooksPublisher Heritage BooksWeight(grams) 395gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143118916Author Megan SmolenyakFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 208gDimensions(mm) 215mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781852170660Author Jim HewitsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Lang Syne Publishers LtdPublisher Lang Syne Publishers Ltd

Both monastic rule and military manual, the Rule is a unique document and an important historical source. The Order of the Knights Templar, whose original purpose was to protect pilgrims to the Holy Land, was first given its own Rule in 1129,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806320472Author Mark HerberFormat HardbackPage Count 896Imprint Genealogical Publishing CompanyPublisher Genealogical Publishing CompanyWeight(grams)...

Parish records are essential sources for family and local historians, and Stuart Raymond's handbook is an invaluable guide to them. He explores and explains the fascinating and varied historical and personal information they contain. His is the first...

The First World War was perhaps the most traumatic event of the Twentieth Century. Millions of men, women and children were affected by it. And it still has a resonance today more than a hundred years after the Armistice. This guide offers a simple,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781852171148Author Iain GrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Lang Syne Publishers LtdPublisher Lang Syne Publishers Ltd

"It is a rule that no Trevelyan ever sucks up either to the press, or the chiefs, or the "right people". The world has given us money enough to enable us to do what we think is right. We thank it for that and ask no more of it, but to be allowed to serve...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781852170417Author Libby UrquhartFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Lang Syne Publishers LtdPublisher Lang Syne Publishers Ltd

This is a guide to names used in Scotland - Scots, Gaelic, international, ancient, modern, and timeless - and their origins and meanings. These names are either popular in modern Scotland, or are chosen because they have some special significance or...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781852172893Author Murray OgilvieFormat PaperbackImprint Lang Syne Publishers LtdPublisher Lang Syne Publishers Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806318196Author John Frederick DormanFormat PaperbackPage Count 626Imprint Genealogical Publishing CompanyPublisher Genealogical Publishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780954290726Author Marian ReesFormat PaperbackPage Count 113Imprint Chalk Ridge PublicationsPublisher Chalk Ridge Publications

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

Tracing family history has become increasingly popular over the last few decades and the availability of many records online means that those fortunate enough to have Scottish ancestors can easily access many of the sources they need to build their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806352848Author David DobsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Genealogical Publishing CompanyPublisher Genealogical Publishing CompanyWeight(grams)...

This important book examines the motives that drive family historians and explores whether those who research their ancestral pedigrees have distinct personalities, demographics or family characteristics. It describes genealogists' experiences as they...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781852173128Author Iain GrayFormat PaperbackImprint Lang Syne Publishers LtdPublisher Lang Syne Publishers Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806347165Author David DobsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 58Imprint ClearfieldPublisher ClearfieldWeight(grams) 80g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781852172091Author Iain GrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Lang Syne Publishers LtdPublisher Lang Syne Publishers Ltd

Tracing Your Glasgow Ancestors is a volume in the series of city ancestral guides published by Pen & Sword for readers and researchers who want to find out about life in Glasgow in the past and to know where the key sources for its history can be found...

"We can begin with a kiss, though this will not turn out to be a love story, at least not a love story of anything like the usual kind." So begins A Very Queer Family Indeed, which introduces us to the extraordinary Benson family. Edward White Benson...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781870518734Format PaperbackPage Count 133Imprint Hansib Publications LimitedPublisher Hansib Publications LimitedWeight(grams) 169g