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The second edition of Tracing Your Northern Irish Ancestors is an
expert introduction for the family historian to the wealth of
material available to researchers in archives throughout Northern
Ireland. Many records, like the early twentieth-century census
returns and school registers, will be familiar to researchers, but
others are often overlooked by all but the most experienced of
genealogists. An easy-to-use, informative guide to the
comprehensive collections available at the Public Record Office of
Northern Ireland is a key feature of Ian Maxwell's handbook. He
also takes the reader through the records held in many libraries,
museums and heritage centres across the province, and he provides
detailed coverage of records that are available online. Unlike the
rest of the British Isles, which has very extensive civil and
census records, Irish ancestral research is hampered by the
destruction of many of the major collections. Yet Ian Maxwell shows
how family historians can make good use of church records, school
registers and land and valuation records to trace their roots to
the beginning of the nineteenth century and beyond.
Mark Carroll was for over 30 years a biochemistry lecturer at one
of London's premier medical schools. He was introduced to family
history by his sister in 2002. His first major project was to
research his mother's maiden name, Orriss. Little did he know that
it would not be so easy, despite the apparently rare surname. He
also did not realise that he would come up against the
genealogist's worst nightmare: a Smith family from London! In spite
of these challenges he made substantial progress. Along the way he
was helped by archivists and by some distant cousins who had been
researching the shared family for years. With their combined
sleuthing, he and they together took the Orriss line back to a
marriage in Suffolk in 1597. But what to do when you hit a
genealogical 'brick wall'? In recent years DNA analysis has opened
up new possibilities for family historians. With his professional
background in human biochemical genetics, Mark was well placed to
take advantage of this novel technology. In this fascinating and at
times amusing book Mark takes you on a journey to discover the
origins of his mother's family. He describes, in an engaging and
non-technical way, his successes and failures, the research methods
he employed, the skills he developed, and his use of DNA analysis.
He has yet to overcome his greatest genealogical challenge - to
prove whether his mother's Orriss family is descended from King
Alfred the Great!
This fully revised second edition of Ian Maxwell's Tracing Your
Scottish Ancestors is a lively and accessible introduction to
Scotland's long, complex and fascinating story. It is aimed
primarily at family historians who are eager to explore and
understand the world in which their ancestors lived. He guides
readers through the wealth of material available to researchers in
Scotland and abroad. He looks at every aspect of Scottish history
and at all the relevant resources. As well as covering records held
at the National Archives of Scotland, he examines closely the
information held at local archives throughout the country. He also
describes the extensive Scottish records that are now available on
line. His expert and up-to-date survey is a valuable handbook for
anyone who is researching Scottish history because he explains how
the archive material can be used and where it can be found. For
family historians, it is essential reading as it puts their
research into a historical perspective, giving them a better
insight into the part their ancestors played in the past.
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Keeping Chronicles is the latest book by Rosemary Sassoon. It
intends to show the many ways handwritten and other documents from
family archives and other sources are so valuable, not only to the
family concerned, but to local as well as national museums. The
many examples within the book illustrate different categories such
as letters, diaries, travel records, business and legal ones,
personal scrapbooks, school books and cookery books etc. Also
included is practical advice from professionals in the field about
how to preserve such items and present them for safekeeping to
museums. Rosemary discusses her own memorabilia collection and
shows how she has preserved these historical items. After giving
talks on the matter of preserving written items, Rosemary was
saddened to hear that so many people discarded such memorabilia,
destroying family history in a minute, because they were unsure of
how to preserve these items to keep. This book will inspire readers
to start their own memorabilia collection.
What was a merchant seaman's life like in the past, what
experiences would he have had, what were the ships like that he
sailed in, and what risks did he run? Was he shipwrecked, rewarded
for bravery, or punished? And how can you find out about an
ancestor who was a member of the long British maritime tradition?
Simon Wills's concise and informative historical guide takes the
reader and researcher through the fascinating story of Britain's
merchant service, and he shows you how to trace individual men and
women and gain an insight into their lives. In a series of short,
information-packed chapters he explains the expansion of Britain's
global maritime trade and the fleets of merchant ships that
sustained it in peace and war. He describes the lives, duties and
tribulations of the generations of crews who sailed in these ships,
whether as ordinary seamen or as officers, stewards, engineers and
a myriad of other roles. And he identifies the websites you can
explore, the archives, records and books you can read, and the
places you can visit in order to gain an understanding of what your
seagoing ancestor did and the world he knew. Simon Wills's
practical handbook will be essential reading and reference for
anyone who is keen to discover for themselves the secrets of our
maritime past and of the crewmembers and ships that were part of
it.
The Second World War was the defining conflict of the twentieth
century and it is one of the most popular and fascinating areas for
historical research - and for family historians. More records than
ever are available to researchers whose relatives served during the
war. And this new book by Phil Tomaselli is the perfect guide to
how to locate and understand these sources - and get the most out
of them. He explains how, and from where, service records can be
obtained, using real examples showing what they look like and how
to interpret them. He also examines records of the military units
relatives might have served in so their careers can be followed in
graphic detail. The three armed services are covered, along with
the merchant navy, the Home Guard, civilian services, prisoners of
war, gallantry and campaign medals, casualties, women's services
and obscure wartime organizations. Also included are a glossary of
service acronyms, information on useful websites, an introduction
to the National Archives and details of other useful sources.
A reflection, in chapters, on the lives of members of the author's
family, their friends and neighbours who lived in Orleans and
Caledonia counties between the end of the eighteenth and the middle
of the twentieth centuries. Hard-working, God-fearing, and often
clever, these were literate, respectable, and fairly well-off
folks. They were, also, all too human - and certainly not always
'nice' or admirable'. The history that spills out from this archive
- of documents, letters and postcards, diaries, photographs and
oral history - encompasses family tales, curses and scandals; the
working lives of farmers, store-keepers, merchants and railway men;
education, teenage life, and courtship; building homes and becoming
consumers; serving in the militia and in war; early tourism, and
local entertainments; with a discursion on Vermont family names
along the way. It is a fascinating story, generously illustrated
with reproductions of documents and photographs.
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