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Orange County, North Carolina - State Land Grants, 1778-1790. (Volume #1) (Paperback): William Bennett Orange County, North Carolina - State Land Grants, 1778-1790. (Volume #1) (Paperback)
William Bennett
R810 Discovery Miles 8 100 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Orange County, North Carolina - State Land Grants, 1778-1790. (Volume #2) (Paperback): William D Bennett Orange County, North Carolina - State Land Grants, 1778-1790. (Volume #2) (Paperback)
William D Bennett
R805 Discovery Miles 8 050 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Kings and Lords in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem (Hardcover, New Ed): Hans Eberhard Mayer Kings and Lords in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem (Hardcover, New Ed)
Hans Eberhard Mayer
R3,921 Discovery Miles 39 210 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In the present volume, the third selection of his articles to be published, Professor Mayer deals with questions of royal authority and power in the Crusader kingdom of Jerusalem. He first examines the relationship between the monarchy and the Church, questions of royal succession, and aspects of the royal chancery, but is also concerned to trace the king's efforts to create a new clientele of loyal vassals. The second group of studies reverses the perspective, and looks at the origins and development of the lordships of the kingdom, notably at the important county of Jaffa and at the role of the Ibelin, the most significant family in the land.

Tracing Your Trade and Craftsmen Ancestors (Paperback): Adele Emm Tracing Your Trade and Craftsmen Ancestors (Paperback)
Adele Emm
R470 R387 Discovery Miles 3 870 Save R83 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Almost all of us have a tradesman or craftsman - a butcher, baker or candlestick maker - somewhere in our ancestry, and Adele Emm's handbook is the perfect guide to finding out about them - about their lives, their work and the world they lived in. She introduces the many trades and crafts, looks at their practices and long traditions, and identifies and explains the many sources you can go to in order to discover more about them and their families. Chapters cover the guilds, the merchants, shopkeepers, builders, smiths and metalworkers, cordwainers and shoemakers, tailors and dressmakers, coopers, wheelwrights and carriage-makers, and a long list of other trades and crafts. The training and apprenticeships of individuals who worked in these trades and crafts are described, as are their skills and working conditions and the genealogical resources that preserve their history and give an insight into their lives. A chapter covers the general sources that researchers can turn to - the National Archives, the census, newspapers, wills, and websites - and gives advice on how to use them.Adele Emm's introduction will be fascinating reading for anyone who is researching the social or family history of trades and crafts.

Virginia Settlers in Missouri. (Paperback): Dorothy Ford Wulfeck, A. Maxim Coppage Virginia Settlers in Missouri. (Paperback)
Dorothy Ford Wulfeck, A. Maxim Coppage
R541 Discovery Miles 5 410 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Japanese Design Motifs - 4,260 Illustrations of Japanese Crests (Paperback, New edition): Matsuya Company Japanese Design Motifs - 4,260 Illustrations of Japanese Crests (Paperback, New edition)
Matsuya Company
R572 Discovery Miles 5 720 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Definitive catalogue of Japanese heraldic crests featuring almost unlimited variety of plant, animal, bird, and geometric forms-everything from "wild goose" to "folding fan" to "mountain and mist," each with dozens of variations. 4,260 illustrations. "The 4,260 marvelous heraldic emblems of Japan can be translated into embroidery designs...the shapes are delicate, interesting, and perfect."-Lady's Circle Needlework.

Scottish Trade with Colonial Charleston, 1683-1783 (Paperback): David Dobson Scottish Trade with Colonial Charleston, 1683-1783 (Paperback)
David Dobson
R1,189 Discovery Miles 11 890 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
King & Queen County, Virginia Records. (Vol. #7) (Paperback): Beverley Fleet King & Queen County, Virginia Records. (Vol. #7) (Paperback)
Beverley Fleet
R469 Discovery Miles 4 690 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Writing Your Family History (Paperback): Gill Blanchard Writing Your Family History (Paperback)
Gill Blanchard
R395 Discovery Miles 3 950 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Gill Blanchard's practical step-by-step guide to writing a family history is designed for anyone who wants to bring their ancestors' stories to life. She looks at ways of overcoming the particular problems family historians face when writing a family history -- how to deal with gaps in knowledge, how to describe generations of people who did the same jobs or lived in the same area, how to cover the numerous births, marriages and deaths that occur, and when to stop researching and start writing. Her book provides examples to help readers find their own writing style, deal with family stories, missing pieces of information and anomalies. It also offers advice on key aspects of composition, such as adding local and social history context and using secondary material. The focus throughout is on how to develop a story from beginning to end. Exercises are a key feature of the text. There is guidance on the various formats a family history can take and how to choose the appropriate one, with examples of format and layout. Production and publishing are also covered -- books, booklets, newsletters, websites, blogs and ebooks.

Inheritance - A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love (Paperback): Dani Shapiro Inheritance - A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love (Paperback)
Dani Shapiro 1
R315 R260 Discovery Miles 2 600 Save R55 (17%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The New York Times, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times and Indie Bound Bestseller

'Those who like to insist that blood is always thicker than water should read Inheritance, and let their own hearts slowly and gently expand.'-- The Observer

'All my life I had known there was a secret. What I hadn't known: the secret was me.'

In the spring of 2016, through a genealogy website to which she had whimsically submitted her DNA for analysis, Dani Shapiro received the stunning news that her father was not her biological father. Everything she had believed about her identity was a lie.

Shapiro's parents had died when she was in her twenties. With only a handful of figures on a webpage, Shapiro sets out to discover the truth about herself and her history.

Inheritance is a genetic detective story; a memoir that reads like a thriller. It is a book about secrets -secrets within families, kept out of shame or self-protectiveness; secrets we keep from one another in the name of love. It is a book about the extraordinary moment we live in a moment in which science and technology have outpaced not only medical ethics but also the capacities of the human heart to contend with the consequences of what we discover.

Flight from Famine - The Coming of the Irish to Canada (Paperback): Donald MacKay Flight from Famine - The Coming of the Irish to Canada (Paperback)
Donald MacKay
R564 R490 Discovery Miles 4 900 Save R74 (13%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Winner of the 1991 QSPELL Prize for Non-fiction One of Canada's founding peoples, the Irish arrived in the Newfoundland fishing stations as early as the seventeenth century. By the eighteenth century they were establishing farms and settlements from Nova Scotia to the Great Lakes. Then, in the 1840s, came the failures of Ireland's potato crop, which people in the west of Ireland had depended on for survival. "And that," wrote a Sligo countryman, "was the beginning of the great trouble and famine that destroyed Ireland." Flight from Famine is the moving account of a Victorian-era tragedy that has echoes in our own time but seems hardly credible in the light of Ireland's modern prosperity. The famine survivors who helped build Canada in the years that followed Black '47 provide a testament to courage, resilience, and perseverance. By the time of Confederation, the Irish population of Canada was second only to the French, and four million Canadians can claim proud Irish descent.

Essex County, Virginia Will Abstracts 1745-1748 (Paperback): Ruth Sparacio, Sam Sparacio Essex County, Virginia Will Abstracts 1745-1748 (Paperback)
Ruth Sparacio, Sam Sparacio
R662 Discovery Miles 6 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
History of Ware County, Georgia (Paperback): J. L. Walker History of Ware County, Georgia (Paperback)
J. L. Walker
R1,301 Discovery Miles 13 010 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
History of Montgomery, Robertson, Humphries, Stewart, Dickson, Cheatham, and Houston Counties, Tennessee. (Paperback,... History of Montgomery, Robertson, Humphries, Stewart, Dickson, Cheatham, and Houston Counties, Tennessee. (Paperback, illustrated edition)
Goodspeed Publishing Company
R1,570 Discovery Miles 15 700 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Marriages of Orange County, Virginia 1747-1810 (Paperback): Catherine Knorr Marriages of Orange County, Virginia 1747-1810 (Paperback)
Catherine Knorr
R469 Discovery Miles 4 690 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Dynasty: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback): Jeroen Duindam Dynasty: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
Jeroen Duindam
R269 R217 Discovery Miles 2 170 Save R52 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

For thousands of years bloodlines have been held as virtually unassailable credentials for leadership, with supreme political power perceived as a family affair across the globe and throughout history. At the heart of royal dynasties, kings were inflated to superhuman proportions, yet their status came at a price: whilst they may have reigned, they were very often ruled by others who sheltered behind the ruler's proclaimed omnipotence. Descent through the female line also occurred, subverting our common view of dynasty as built on father-son succession. Everywhere, women were important as mothers of boy-kings, and could even rule in their own right in some places. In this Very Short Introduction Jeroen Duindam connects the earliest history of kings and queens to contemporary examples of family-based leadership. His sweeping overview of five millennia of dynastic rule brings to light recurring predicaments of families on the throne. Examining persistent family conflict and the dilemmas of leadership, he shows how the challenge of governing the family was balanced by the necessity of family scions, close or distant, for the survival of dynasties. Tensions between ageing fathers and eager sons can be found among ancient kings as well as in modern business empires. Guidebooks for rulers throughout history provided counsel that will appear strikingly familiar to contemporary leaders. The thoughts and confessions of rulers added a more personal touch to these rules of thumb. Throughout, Duindam sheds light not only on similarities, but also on divergence and change in dynastic practice. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

The Book of Dow - Part 1 - Genealogical Memoirs of the Descendants of Henry Dow 1637, Thomas Dow 1639 and Others of the Name,... The Book of Dow - Part 1 - Genealogical Memoirs of the Descendants of Henry Dow 1637, Thomas Dow 1639 and Others of the Name, Immigrants to America During Colonial Times. Also the Allied Family of Nudd (Paperback)
Robert Piercy Dow
R933 Discovery Miles 9 330 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Monarchy: The History of an Idea (Hardcover, Illustrated Ed): Brenda Ralph Lewis Monarchy: The History of an Idea (Hardcover, Illustrated Ed)
Brenda Ralph Lewis
R614 R505 Discovery Miles 5 050 Save R109 (18%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Brenda Ralph Lewis presents an informative overview of how kings and queens came about and of the many forces that have shaped the identity of monarchy and in many cases caused its downfall.

Abstracts of Early East Texas Newspaper, 1839--1856. (Paperback): Linda Cheves Nicklas Abstracts of Early East Texas Newspaper, 1839--1856. (Paperback)
Linda Cheves Nicklas
R604 Discovery Miles 6 040 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Effingham County, Georgia, Records Of. (Paperback): Silas Emmett Lucas, Judge Folks Huxford, Caroline Wilson Effingham County, Georgia, Records Of. (Paperback)
Silas Emmett Lucas, Judge Folks Huxford, Caroline Wilson
R1,068 Discovery Miles 10 680 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
New Genealogical Atlas of Ireland Seond Edition - Second Edition (Hardcover): Brian Mitchell New Genealogical Atlas of Ireland Seond Edition - Second Edition (Hardcover)
Brian Mitchell
R997 Discovery Miles 9 970 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Magna Charta Barons and Their American Descendants (Paperback): Charles H. Browning The Magna Charta Barons and Their American Descendants (Paperback)
Charles H. Browning
R1,115 Discovery Miles 11 150 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Seals and Society - Medieval Wales, the Welsh Marches and their English Border Region (Hardcover): Phillipp Schofield,... Seals and Society - Medieval Wales, the Welsh Marches and their English Border Region (Hardcover)
Phillipp Schofield, Elizabeth New, Sue Johns, J. A. McEwan
R1,934 R1,759 Discovery Miles 17 590 Save R175 (9%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Seals and Society arises from a major project investigating seals and their use in medieval Wales, the Welsh March and neighbouring counties in England. The first major study of seals in the context of one part of medieval Western European society, the volume also offers a new perspective on the history of medieval Wales and its periphery by addressing a variety of themes in terms of the insight that seals can offer the historian. Though the present study suggests important regional distinctions in the take-up of seals in medieval Wales, it is also clear that seal usage increased from the later twelfth century and spread widely in Welsh society, especially in those parts of Wales neighbouring England or where there had been an early English incursion. Through a series of chapters, the authors examine the ways in which seals can shed light on the legal, administrative, social and economic history of the period in Wales and its border region. Seals provide unique insights into the choices individuals, men and women, made in representing themselves to the wider world, and this issue is examined closely. Supported by almost 100 images gathered by the project team, the volume is of great interest to those working on seals, their motifs, their use and developments in their usage over the high and later Middle Ages.

(Old) Ninety-Six and Abbeville District, South Carolina Wills and Bonds, Vol. #2. (Paperback): Larry Pursley (Old) Ninety-Six and Abbeville District, South Carolina Wills and Bonds, Vol. #2. (Paperback)
Larry Pursley
R852 Discovery Miles 8 520 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Tattoo Coloring Book - black page Modern and Neo-Traditional Tattoo Designs Including Sugar Skulls, Mandalas and More (Tattoo... Tattoo Coloring Book - black page Modern and Neo-Traditional Tattoo Designs Including Sugar Skulls, Mandalas and More (Tattoo Coloring Books for Adults) (Paperback)
Devil Team
R226 Discovery Miles 2 260 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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