Pen And Sword Family History imprint: 42 books
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...
In Search of Our Ancient Ancestors
From the Big Bang to Modern Britain in Science and Myth
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
What a fine long pedigree you have given the human race. – Charles Darwin to Charles Lyell, 1863.
How is the Royal Family descended from fish? How distantly are we related to dinosaurs? How much of your DNA came from Neanderthals? How are the builders of Stonehenge connected to great-grandpa?
According...
Tracing Your Ancestors Through the Equity Courts
A Guide for Family and Local Historians
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
The records of the Courts of Equity, which dealt with cases of fairness rather than law, are among the most detailed, extensive and revealing of all the legal documents historians can consult, yet they are often neglected. Susan Moore's expert introduction to them opens up this fascinating source...
Tracing Your Roman Catholic Ancestors
A Guide for Family and Local Historians
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2018
Tracing Your Roman Catholic Ancestors is the ideal handbook for readers and researchers who are keen to find out about their Roman Catholic ancestors and for anyone who wants an introduction to Roman Catholic history in general. Stuart Raymond provides a brief historical account covering the Roman...
Tracing Your Army Ancestors, Third Edition
A Guide for Family Historians
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
‘This well-known author has produced yet another excellent guide for researching ancestors who have served in the Army. The book is an ideal text for reference when investigating army personnel.’ Military Archive Research.com
‘A splendid publication with a great deal of valuable information.’...
Tracing Your Great War Ancestors: The Gallipoli Campaign
A Guide for Family Historians
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2015
Do you have an ancestor who served in the Gallipoli campaign in the First World War? Perhaps you have thought of visiting the battlefields in Turkey and the monuments that commemorate them, and want to find out exactly where and when your ancestor served and what part he played in the landings and...
Tracing Your Insolvent Ancestors
A Guide for Family Historians
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2019
Debtors’ prisons are infamous but very little has been written about the records of those confined within them in London or elsewhere in the country. Even less has been written about the trials of those who were often incarcerated following misfortune or mismanagement rather than criminal intent....
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...
Tracing Your Ancestors in County Records
A Guide for Family and Local Historians
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
For over 500 years, between the fourteenth and nineteenth centuries, the Justices of the Peace were the embodiment of government for most of our ancestors. The records they and other county officials kept are invaluable sources for local and family historians, and Stuart Raymond's handbook is the...
Tracing Your Seafaring Ancestors
A Guide to Maritime Photographs for Family Historians
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2016
Photographs of your seafaring ancestors may tell you more about their lives than you realize, and Simon Wills’s helpful and practical guide shows you how to identify and interpret the evidence caught on camera. Since maritime roles have been so vital to Britain’s prosperity and military might,...
Tracing Your Great War Ancestors: The Egypt and Palestine Campaigns
A Guide for Family Historians
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
Tracing Your Great War Ancestors: The Egypt and Palestine Campaigns is the first book explicitly aimed at helping the descendants of those who fought in this part of the Middle East find out more about their ancestor’s actions, experiences and achievements. Their wartime lives were very different...
Tracing Your Ancestors: Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk
A Guide For Family Historians
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2018
Gill Blanchard's practical and informative handbook will help you to trace your ancestors in the traditional counties of East Anglia Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Essex and it will give you an insight into their lives. As well as guiding the researcher to historical records held in all the...
by Phil Tomaselli
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2007
Whether you are interested in the career of an individual air-man or woman, researching medals awarded to a pilot or crew member or just want to know more about a particular squadron or operation, this book will point you in the right direction. Assuming that the reader has no prior knowledge of the...
by Simon Wills
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2014
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...