Genealogy & Heraldry

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

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781852170950Author Harry ConroyFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Lang Syne Publishers LtdPublisher Lang Syne Publishers LtdWeight(grams) 100g

Genealogically and historically, Kent is an important maritime county which has played a prime defensive role in English history. It is large and diverse and replete with great houses, castles and other family homes, many with their own archives. It is...

What does it mean to be of Irish descent? What does Irish descent stand for in Ireland? In Northern Ireland? In the United States? How are the categories of "native" and "settler" and accounts of ethnic origin being refigured through popular genealogy...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806346861Author David DobsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Genealogical Publishing CompanyPublisher Genealogical Publishing CompanyWeight(grams)...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646115662Author Brian SheffeyFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint Rockridge PressPublisher Rockridge PressWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 216mm...

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...

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 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...

Caerlaverock Castle - in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland - is the ancestral home of the Maxwell family. Reproduced here in facsimile, with half-tone lithographs and black-and-white illustrations, this first volume of 'The Book of Caerlaverock2 includes...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806356914Author Brian MichellFormat PaperbackPage Count 34Imprint Genealogical Publishing CompanyPublisher Genealogical Publishing CompanyWeight(grams)...

Genealogists and other historical researchers have valued the first two editions of this work, often referred to as the genealogist's bible."" The new edition continues that tradition. Intended as a handbook and a guide to selecting, locating, and using...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806355405Author David DobsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 178Imprint Genealogical Publishing CompanyPublisher Genealogical Publishing CompanyWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781440300745Author Marsha Hoffman RisingFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Family Tree BooksPublisher F&W Publications Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780788424519Author Mary Edd MortonFormat PaperbackPage Count 334Imprint Heritage BooksPublisher Heritage BooksWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781852170707Author Jim HewitsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Lang Syne Publishers LtdPublisher Lang Syne Publishers Ltd

Louis XIV was a man like any other, but the money and attention lavished on his public image by the French government transformed him into a godlike figure. In this engrossing book, an internationally respected historian gives an account of contemporary...

Alex Ombler's handbook is the first practical guide for family historians who wish to find out about family members who worked in British docks. In a series of concise, informative chapters he takes readers through the history of British ports and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781440343278Author Lisa AlzoFormat 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 9780806316208Author John RowlandsFormat PaperbackPage Count 338Imprint Genealogical Publishing CompanyPublisher Genealogical Publishing CompanyWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910375648Author Thomas BradshawFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint Books UlsterPublisher Books UlsterWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781852172855Author Murray OgilvieFormat PaperbackPage Count 31Imprint Lang Syne Publishers LtdPublisher Lang Syne Publishers Ltd

An essential guide to present practice and policy concerning issues in heritage management, Heritage Interpretation draws on the accumulated expertise and international reputation for excellence of the UK heritage industry to describe and analyze best...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806320663Author Val D GreenwoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 796Imprint Genealogical Publishing CompanyPublisher Genealogical Publishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781852170981Author George ForbesFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Lang Syne Publishers LtdPublisher Lang Syne Publishers Ltd

In the tradition of Simone de Beauvoir and Julia Kristeva, Luce Irigaray is one of France's most versatile feminist critics. Sexes and Genealogies, a collection of lectures delivered throughout Canada and Europe, introduces her writing to a wider...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806359083Author Brian MitchellFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint ClearfieldPublisher ClearfieldWeight(grams) 227g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781852170745Author Stephen AldhouseFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Lang Syne Publishers LtdPublisher Lang Syne Publishers LtdDimensions(mm) 150mm *...

Early modern heraldry was far from a nostalgic remnant from a feudal past. From the Reformation to the French Revolution, aspiring men seized on these signs to position themselves in a changing society, imbuing heraldic tradition with fresh meaning...

From the author of The Family Tree Detective, this guide provides the amateur genealogist or family historian with the skills to research the distribution and history of a surname. Colin Rogers uses a sample of 100 names, many of them common, to follow...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789558524Author James M IrvineFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint New Generation PublishingPublisher New Generation PublishingWeight(grams) 776g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781852177645Author 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 9780880824484Author Robert Charles AndersonFormat HardbackPage Count 540Imprint New England Historic Genealogical Society(NEHGS)Publisher New England...

Old photographs without names. Family heirlooms with unknown origins. Objects whispering stories lost to time. In this fascinating journey of historical detective work, experienced genealogist Simon Wills pieces together the mysteries behind everyday...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853185901Author Richard GanFormat PaperbackPage Count 178Imprint Lewis MasonicPublisher Lewis Masonic

The world's population negotiates a multiplicity of naming systems. Some are compatible with the "normative" system of the world of passports and identity cards but a great many are not. This is particularly true in Asia, a region with some of the most...