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Books > History > History of specific subjects > Genealogy, heraldry, names and honours
Names are a hallmark of our heritage, reflections of both the ethnic and religious roots of our past and our dreams for our children's future. This A-to-Z guide includes more than 10,000 names, ranging from African names to contemporary names to traditonal Muslim names and more. Also featured is advice on alternative spellings, information on origins and meanings, and tips on choosing a name that will help parents reflect the treasure of the child who owns it.
The first of a four-volume Ordinary covering the period before
1530, an invaluable reference for historians, antiquaries,
archaeologists, genealogists and those dealing in and collecting
medieval objects. Listed in this volume areentries from Anchor to
Bend. This book is designed to enable those with a working
knowledge of heraldry to identify medieval British coats of arms.
An Ordinary, in this context, is a collection of arms arranged
alphabetically according to their designs, as opposed to an armory
which is arranged alphabetically by surname. Listed in this volume
are entries from Anchor to Bend. This present work is the first of
a four-volume Ordinary covering the period before 1530, which is
the point at which heraldic visitations for the purpose of
collecting information about arms began, and which marks the
appearance of the modern heraldic system. Its publication will mean
that the wide range of people interested in medieval arms -
historians, antiquaries, archaeologists, genealogist and those
dealing in and collecting medieval objects - will be able to
identify accurately the arms that occur in a medieval context. Arms
were widely displayed in the middle ages and can be found not only
on tombs, monuments and seals, but also on textiles, manuscripts,
metalwork, glass, wall paintings and other medieval artefacts. The
index acts as an armory, and allows the reader to discover the
blazons of arms recorded for particular surnames in the medieval
period. It will thus be a key tool for anyone researching medieval
families and their history, and represents a remarkable achievement
on the part of the manyexperts who have contributed to it.
A beautifully illustrated companion to the Royal family throughout
history Spanning ten dynasties of England's monarchs, The Kings and
Queens of England presents portraits and potted biographies of
England's monarchs. Spanning from the Normans through to the House
of Windsor, this exquisite little book captures the personalities
behind the crowns and records the landmarks, traditions and events
of each reign.
This is the most comprehensive guide ever compiled and comprises
over 2,000 Welsh first names. This third edition contains over 100
additional names. Welsh is a Celtic language and is spoken by over
a million people world-wide. It is the oldest living language in
Europe and has a rich, diverse and distinctive collection of
personal names, of which several, such as Dylan, Megan, Arthur and
Sian, are internationally recognised. More and more parents are
making a positive choice and giving a Welsh name to their children
and in doing so handing down their Welsh heritage to the next
generation. This book is the complete guide to making that choice.
Names are arranged according to the English alphabet and, in many
instances, an explanation of the name's meaning and a brief word
about illustrious bearers of the name are also provided. For those
not familiar with the Welsh language, the book also has a section
on pronunciation.
The Alberta Order of Excellence is the highest honour the Province
of Alberta can bestow on a citizen. Members of The Alberta Order of
Excellence come from all walks of life. Their careers range from
medicine, science, engineering, law, and business to politics,
education, agriculture, and the arts. The one thing all members
have in common is that they have made an outstanding provincial,
national, or international service contribution.
This comprehensive guide to the flags of the world, now available
in a completely updated edition, provides concise, accurate
coverage of every country in the world, giving the history,
meaning, and symbolism of national flags, together with large-scale
and smaller locator maps. It includes the history of flags; color
flags of over 220 countries and territories; flags of international
organizations; large-scale and detailed locator maps for easy
reference; up-to-date data and statistics for all countries;
information about the history and symbolism of each flag; a section
on de facto and emerging states; and a full index.
This illuminating guide to discovering your Scottish family history
has been fully revised and updated to take account of changes to
resources and methods for researching your Scottish ancestry over
the last few years. Accessible in style and comprehensive in
coverage, this new edition stresses the importance of traditional
methods of family history research while also embracing the
exciting possibilities afforded by new technologies, sources and
developments in genetic science. Indispensable to both the
fledgling researcher and the more experienced family history
specialist in Scotland or elsewhere, this book provides a guide to
the very latest resources available to assist with research.
Covering Scottish primary and secondary sources in full detail,
this book also provides illustrative case studies of family history
research, lists of useful websites and archives, and family history
organisations and societies. Highlights of this new edition: *An
updated chapter dedicated to aspects of recording, scanning and
storing information *New insight into accessing English, Irish,
emigrant and immigrant records *An update on developments in DNA
genetics of relevance to the genealogist *A substantial and
broad-ranging bibliography essential for those who want to take
their research even further.
An unputdownable tale of one man's quest to recover his family's
property, plundered by the Nazis. Menachem Kaiser's brilliantly
told story is set in motion when the author takes up his
Holocaust-survivor grandfather's former battle to reclaim the
family's property in Sosnowiec, Poland. Here, he meets a Polish
lawyer known as 'The Killer' who agrees to take his case and
becomes involved with a band of Silesian treasure-seekers, all the
while piecing together his family's complex history. Propelled by
rich, original research, Kaiser immerses readers in profound
questions that reach far beyond his personal quest. What does it
mean to seize your own legacy? Can reclaimed property repair rifts
among the living? Plunder is both a deeply immersive adventure
story and an irreverent, daring interrogation of inheritance -
material, spiritual, familial, and emotional.
This collection of essays commemorates the Parnells of Avondale and
simultaneously uses the theme of commemoration to provide an
insight into the shifting relationship between history and memory
in the case of Charles Stewart Parnell and his family. The essays
by two leading Irish historians have an elegiac tone. The authors
show an elegant and sympathetic appreciation of Parnell's career
and of how he has been viewed in Irish history since his death in
1891. Parnell's nationalism is explored and his political speeches,
the significance of his sojourn in Kilmainham, his American
connections, his funeral and the rise and decline of 'Ivy day' and
other commemorations after his death. The authors also look at the
careers of the Parnell women: his mother Delia and his sisters Anna
and Fanny who were both political activists and involved in the
Ladies' Land League; and his relationship with Katharine O'Shea,
later his wife. There is also an essay on his brother and
biographer, John Howard Parnell. The essays throw new light on the
Parnell family and their place in Irish history. They will be
valuable reading for students of nineteenth-century Ireland, the
Parnell family and the debate on 'commemoration history'.
This unusual book stands out in a crowded field. â It provides
practical, expert, insider-knowledge. It includes a full guide to
current websites. It offers many tips, short-cuts and helps to
access the evidence you need. And to understandings of what this
means. It is rooted in the many years of day-to-day enquiries in
family history by the noted international expert Lady Teviot. It
will be invaluable to the beginner and of great value to the more
knowledgeable. It will help you rapidly to become `street-wise' in
what will be a complex but fascinating personal endeavour.
A ceremonial journey to reconnect with the essence of indigenous
spirituality and awaken to its beauty, power and potential in
contemporary society. In this book, Apela Colorado, the
inspirational authority on indigenous wisdom, shares her lifelong
journey of connecting with the essence of indigenous spirituality
and culture. From China to Alaska, Benin to France, Apela recounts
her passionate work to communicate, conserve, and celebrate sacred
indigenous ways, all while reawakening to the wisdom of her Native
American and French Gaul ancestors and reclaiming her own truth,
healing, and story. With gentle grace and generous insight, this
book lovingly teaches us to honor the power, beauty, and potential
of indigenous wisdom, and explores how it continues to resonate in
modern life. Apela's experiences form a ceremony of remembrance and
renewal, a spiritual guide to help you reconnect to the wisdom of
your ancestors, apply sacred ways of knowing and being to your
life, and reclaim your own Creation Story.
A record of crests of Suffolk and Norfolk families arranged by
charge or object, covering 600 years and c.8,000 names. This volume
offers a comprehensive guide to the heraldry of Suffolk over more
than six centuries, covering around 8,000 names and acting as a
companion to the earlier Dictionary of Suffolk Arms(1965). It is
the first attempt to produce an Ordinary of crests, a
classification by charge or object using standardised groupings,
arranged in such a manner that they may be readily identified when
the name of the bearer is unknown; the usual arrangement
isalphabetical by name, an Armory. Although it relates specifically
to Suffolk, many crests relating to Norfolk families are given, the
two counties having always been closely connected heraldically and
genealogically. The book willbe of interest for all those
interested in heraldry and, on a wider level, act as a handbook for
the identification of crests when borne alone, on artefacts ranging
from signet rings and silverware to pub signs and school
uniformcrests. JOAN CORDER, the author of a Dictionary of Suffolk
Arms, is an independent scholar and recognised authority on East
Anglian heraldry.
Annette Kuhn has a reputation as a theorist of culture, dissecting
film and other images in books like "Women's Pictures" and "The
Power of the Image". In this book, she turns her attention to the
deconstruction of pictures closer to home - photographs from her
own childhood and images from her shared ethnographic past - to
trace a trajectory from personal to collective acts of memory. This
new edition features a new introduction and an additional chapter.
Illustrated guide to Scottish medieval heraldry, the first to link
heraldry to major events in Scottish history and to the families
that took part in them. Winner of the Saltire Society's 2007
History Book Award Scottish heraldry can be said to begin in the
mid-twelfth century, when material of Scottish interest first
appears in a number of English and Continental rolls-of-arms, and
as the years passed it developed an increasing complexity and
sophistication, establishing itself as a subject in its own right
in the seventeenth century with the appearance of the Lyon
register. This volume is the first to link heraldry to major events
in Scottish history and to the families that took part in them. It
uses a wide range of sources to chart its growth, some of which
have been rarely explored previously, thus bringing much new
material into the corpus of Scottish heraldry. It also covers the
major families and clans - Stewarts, Douglas, Murrays, Hamiltons,
Gordons and MacDonalds - and examines a host of other issues, both
technical and historical. Throughout it is richly illustrated with
some two hundred chart pedigrees and fully-coloured coats-of-arms.
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