Genealogy category: 715 books
by Laura Rose
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2014
Poppys with Honour is about an originally wealthy family living from 1762 1960, who are ancestors to the Author. There are ten individuals with their own chapters, achievements and struggles as they project their own way though their social, economic, and political times. Included is the history of...
by Kevin D. Brady
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2015
This book is a complete summary of various ghost experiences that have occurred in my life as I moved from one place to another. Starting in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, where I was born, moonlighting in Brooklet, Georgia for a year and a half, and then winding up in Statesboro, Georgia, where I live...
It Runs in the Family
Understanding More About Your Ancestors
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2013
Why didn't my ancestors smile for the camera? Was my great-aunt unusual to have several children in her 40s? Should great-grandma really have married her cousin?Drawing on evidence from social history, women's history, and the histories of photography and fashion, to name but a few, this book looks...
Snaps, Scraps & Snippets of the Past and Present
How to Retrieve the Lost Pictures of Your Past
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
This nonfiction, how-to-memoir, encourages readers as well as writers to pick up their pens and share their own stories. Using a brand new set of writer's tools, seasoned as well as beginning writers learn how to show, not tell, their stories in any genre they choose and, just as crucial, how to...
Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet
A Guide for Family Historians
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2013
Ireland has probably experienced more tragedy when it comes to the preservation of resources for family historians than any other region of the British Isles. Many of the nations primary records were lost during the civil war in 1922 and through other equally tragic means. But in this new book Chris...
by Margaret Radisich Sleasman
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2013
The Pacific Northwest Croatian was a monthly newsletter that ran for seven years. We are hoping to make most of the issues available on-line through Digital Publishing. These stories were donated by Croatians from the Canadian border all the way to the Mexican Border with a couple stories from back...
Tracing Your Ancestors Through Family Photographs
A Complete Guide for Family and Local Historians
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2014
Jayne Shrimpton's complete guide to dating, analysing and understanding family photographs is essential reading and reference for anyone undertaking genealogical and local history research. Using over 150 old photographs as examples, she shows how such images can give a direct insight into the past...
A Genealogist's Guide to Greek Names
A Reference for First Names from Greece
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2012
Genealogists understand the value of a name and all the family history information names can provide. Now you can learn more about the Greek names in your family tree with this comprehensive guide. Discover the meaning of popular Greek names.
You’ll also find:
Greek naming patterns and traditions
Greek emigration patterns
A pronunciation guide
A Genealogist's Guide to African Names
A Reference for First Names from Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2012
Genealogists understand the value of a name and all the family history information names can provide. Now you can learn more about the African names in your family tree with this comprehensive guide. Discover the meaning of more than 1,000 African names from Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria,...
A Genealogist's Guide to Russian Names
A Reference for First Names from Russia
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2012
Genealogists understand the value of a name and all the family history information names can provide. Now you can learn more about the Russian names in your family tree with this comprehensive guide. Discover the meaning of popular Russian names.
You’ll also find:
Russian naming patterns and traditions
Russian emigration patterns
A pronunciation guide
A Genealogist's Guide to Indian Names
A Reference for First Names from India
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2012
Genealogists understand the value of a name and all the family history information names can provide. Now you can learn more about the Indian names in your family tree with this comprehensive guide. Discover the meaning of popular Indian names.
You’ll also find:
Indian naming patterns and traditions
Indian emigration patterns
A pronunciation guide
London’s East End
A Guide for Family and Local Historians
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2018
The East End is one of the most famous parts of London and it has had its own distinctive identity since the district was first settled in medieval times. It is best known for extremes of poverty and deprivation, for strong political and social movements, and for the extraordinary mix of immigrants...
Tracing Villains and Their Victims
A Guide to Criminal Ancestors for Family Historians
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2017
In this practical handbook Jonathan Oates introduces the fascinating subject of criminal history and he gives readers all the information they need to investigate the life stories of criminals and their victims. He traces the development of the justice system and policing, and gives an insight into...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2010
The Oxford Companion to Family and Local History is the most authoritative guide available to all things associated with the family and local history of the British Isles. It provides practical and contextual information for anyone enquiring into their English, Irish, Scottish, or Welsh origins and for...