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Books > History > History of specific subjects > Genealogy, heraldry, names and honours > Family history
'Brilliant read. Wonderful characters that draw you into Harpers
world. Thoroughly enjoyable.' Kitty NealeThe beginning of a brand
new series from #1 bestselling author Rosie Clarke, Welcome to
Harpers of Oxford Street. London 1911 When Sally, Beth, Margaret
and Rachel meet at a job interview for the wonderful new store in
Oxford Street, they have no idea they will become lifelong friends.
When all four girls are lucky enough to be selected as sales staff
their exciting new adventure begins. Join them as they overcome
heartbreak and grief, find love and happiness and remain united in
their friendship, whatever life throws at them. A heart-warming
saga following the lives, loves and losses of the Harpers Girls.
Perfect for fans of Nadine Dorries, Pam Howes and Dilly Court. What
readers are saying about The Shop Girls of Harpers:'A lovely book
to read and the first of a new series with characters that blend so
well and a great story of friendship, family and love. Well worth
5*' 'A lovely read first in a new series, looking forward to the
next. English saga writing at its best: wonderful characters,
emotional, warm, lovely, highly recommend' 'Heart Warming,
Compelling and Authentic, that features strong friendships, trials
and tribulations of each woman, strong, relatable female
characters, and a wonderfully enchanting location ' 'This book is
brilliantly written and the descriptions are so well done that you
feel like you are there in the book as a character. ' 'I got sucked
in immediately and could not put it down!' 'I can 100% guarantee
that I will be reading more of Rosie's work in the future'
'A powerful account of Teege's struggle for resolution and
redemption.' Independent An international bestseller, this is the
extraordinary and moving memoir of a woman who learns that her
grandfather was Amon Goeth, the brutal Nazi commandant depicted in
Schindler's List. When Jennifer Teege, a German-Nigerian woman,
happened to pluck a library book from the shelf, she had no idea
that her life would be irrevocably altered. Recognising photos of
her mother and grandmother in the book, she discovers a horrifying
fact: Her grandfather was Amon Goeth, the vicious Nazi commandant
chillingly depicted by Ralph Fiennes in Schindler's List - a man
known and reviled the world over. Although raised in an orphanage
and eventually adopted, Teege had some contact with her biological
mother and grandmother as a child. Yet neither revealed that
Teege's grandfather was the Nazi "butcher of Plaszow," executed for
crimes against humanity in 1946. The more Teege reads about Amon
Goeth, the more certain she becomes: If her grandfather had met
her-a black woman-he would have killed her. Teege's discovery sends
her, at age 38, into a severe depression-and on a quest to unearth
and fully comprehend her family's haunted history. Her research
takes her to Krakow - to the sites of the Jewish ghetto her
grandfather 'cleared' in 1943 and the Plaszow concentration camp he
then commanded - and back to Israel, where she herself once
attended college, learned fluent Hebrew, and formed lasting
friendships. Teege struggles to reconnect with her estranged mother
Monika, and to accept that her beloved grandmother once lived in
luxury as Amon Goeth's mistress at Plaszow. Teege's story is
co-written by award-winning journalist Nikola Sellmair, who also
contributes a second, interwoven narrative that draws on original
interviews with Teege's family and friends and adds historical
context. Ultimately, Teege's resolute search for the truth leads
her, step by step, to the possibility of her own liberation.
'A triumphant family memoir' Hallie Rubenhold 'Powerfully told...an
impressive work' The Times 'Gives a voice to the voiceless'
Australian Book Review In this remarkable book, Carmen Callil
discovers the story of her British ancestors, beginning with her
great-great grandmother Sary Lacey, born in 1808, an impoverished
stocking frame worker. Through detailed research, we follow Sary
from slum to tenement and from pregnancy to pregnancy. We also meet
George Conquest, a canal worker and the father of one of Sary's
children. George was sentenced - for a minor theft - to seven
years' transportation to Australia, where he faced the
extraordinary brutality of convict life. But for George, as for so
many disenfranchised British people like him, Australia turned out
to be his Happy Day. He survived, prospered and eventually returned
to England, where he met Sary again, after nearly thirty years. He
brought her out to Australia, and they were never parted again. A
miracle of research and fuelled by righteous anger, Oh Happy Day is
a story of Empire, migration and the inequality and injustice of
nineteenth-century England. 'A remarkable tale...drawing chilling
parallels to the inequalities of our times' Observer
'Who am I? What are my roots?' These are questions that people ask
at sometime in their lives.In "My Father's People" the author tells
of his search for his Luxton ancestors. He writes about the origins
of the Luxtons in fifteenth and sixteenth century Winkleigh and
Brushford in Devon before tracing his own branch of the family at
Frogpit Moor, Petton, Bampton from the early eighteenth century.
His search took him to the beautiful sylvan villages of Clayhanger,
Petton, Morebath, Skilgate,Raddington and Chipstaple and Upton in
the foothills of Exmoor on the Devon and Somerset border. They are
places he had never heard of and would never have visited if it had
not been for the fact he was bitten by the family tree bug! He
says,"The journey has taught me a great deal about my ancestors and
I have learnt a lot about myself in the process. It's a journey I
think we all need to make."
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!
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.
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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 research and
communicating across cyberspace become available, and his handbook
is the perfect introduction to them. He has checked and updated all
the links and other sources, added new ones, written a new
introduction and substantially expanded the social networking
section. Never before has it been so easy to research family
history using the internet, but he demonstrates that researchers
need to take a cautious approach to the information they gain from
it. They need to ask, where did the original material come from and
has it been accurately reproduced, why was it put online, what has
been left out and what is still to come? As he leads the researcher
through the multitude of resources that are now accessible online,
he helps to answer these questions. He shows what the internet can
and cannot do, and he warns against the various traps researchers
can fall into along the way.
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.
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