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England/Wales maps My Ancestor... series | Index to Tallis's London Street Views Gibson guides Record Offices. How to Find Them
Ninth edition (2002) by Jeremy Gibson and Pamela Peskett. The hundred maps in this guide are designed to help you reach the vicinity of the record office and park your car or to find your way from bus or railway station Covers England, Wales, Isle of Man and Edinburgh. C$9.00Poor Law Union Records
Volume three covers South-West England and the Marches and Wales. C$12.50.Volume four is a gazetteer of England and Wales. C$13.00 McLaughlin guides The Agricultural Labourer
By Eve Mclaughlin. 52 page softcover guide. Includes bibliography. A guide to researching the agricultural labourer with sections from "The Medieval Background" to "Depression Years 1920s-30s." $8.50Craftsmen and Tradesmen
Tracing skilled workers; Livery Company records, apprenticeships, area directories, books, trade directories, mentions in local records, newspapers, photos, etc. C$7.00Old Occupations and Descriptions
Alphabetical list of old, obsolete and mediaeval terms for occupations and unusual descriptions of people found in researches. Latin versions included. C$7.50Professionals and Gentlemen
Sections on: The Gentry; Family Coat of Arms; Tracing Clergymen; Medical Men (and some women); Lawyers; Military Men; East India Company; Teachers; General Official Listings; Unofficial Sources; and more. C$7.00Parish Registers
Origins and development of parish registers from 1538; Commonwealth;
Hardwicke Act for marriages; Rose Act registers; dissenters; location;
parish fees; Bishops' Transcripts, marriage licences, alternative access.
C$7.00Twentieth Century Research
2000, 36 pages. A straightforward booklet focused on 20th century records
and more complex lifestyles with tips to fill those family research gaps.
C$7.00The Victorian Censuses: Use and Interpretation
Ninth edition. Expanded and updated 2008. 40 pages. C$7.001901 Census and How To Tackle It
A guide to the 1901 census, available online at the Public Record Office web site. C$7.00The Poor Are Always With Us
Carries on from 1834 the story of how the poor were treated under the New Poor Law. Also explains what job opportunities were available to your ancestors, which led them to leave the country for the towns, and even to emigrate overseas. C$7.00Nonconformist Ancestors
Helpful explanations of different denominations, laws affecting those outside the Church of England, and the records. C$7.00Manorial Records
Easy-to-read introduction to the topic, removes much of the confusion. C$7.00Illegitimacy
The best guide to the records of the parish which recorded the birth and support for base-born children. C$7.00Quarter Sessions
All about your ancestors and the law. C$7.00Annals of the Poor
Succinct yet vivid account of the system of poor relief prior to 1834, with plenty of useful information about the records and what is to be found. C$7.00XE.com Personal Currency Assistant |