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A Dictionary of English SurnamesP.H. Reaney
This dictionary of English surnames provides a guide to the origins of English surnames and how they developed over the centuries. A comprehensive survey of this popular subject, it provides advice on 16,000 surnames, giving full sources and dates. Different forms of names are also cross-referenced for ease of use. A historical and linguistic introduction to the subject is included, along with an appendix on how to trace the origin of a family name.
15,000+ Baby NamesBruce Lansky Our Price: £2.95 This is a listing of over 15,000 girls' and boys' names, variations and nicknames, from a wide range of racial, ethnic and religious backgrounds. Origins, meanings and famous namesakes are included, along with a cross-referencing system to lead the reader to related or similar names.
Catherine Rothwell's Lancashire CookbookCatherine Rothwell has been interested in cookery, since, as a toddler, she set up a doll's teaset in her mother's Lancashire kitchen. Here, she watched the preparation of traditional dishes, remedies, drinks, preserves and pickles being prepared for a family of six. Since then she has amassed a huge collection of recipes - including many old, hand-written ones which have been part of the family life for decades. There are 180 recipes in this book, ranging from early simple cookery to more sophisticated contemporary dishes - all arranged in a logical easy-to-use format.
This cookbook is designed to take Lancashire's cookery into the millennium. From early simple cookery to more sophisticated contemporary dishes, the work contains 180 recipes in an easy-to-use format. Features include tips from Lancashire-born chefs and a section on healthy eating.
About the Author;
Catherine Rothwell lives in Poulton-Le-Fylde, Lancashire. She is the author of several regional cookery books and also writes for several magazines, including Lancashire Life and The Lady. She has been a popular broadcaster both on TV and local radio.
Discovery Walks in LancashireThis new 'Discovery Walks' guide contains 30 routes of assorted lengths suitable for all abilities - from the most hardy of walkers to casual family strollers. All walks have a heritage theme and enable you to appreciate both Lancashire's rich historical legacy as well as its ever-changing landscape. The walks visit Roman remains, medieval castles and abbeys, nature reserves, country parks and many monuments to the country's role in the industrial revolution.
All the walks contain information on types of terrain, distance and degree of difficulty, refreshments and public transport. To add to the variety, three urban walks in Lancaster, Liverpool and Manchester are included.
This guide contains 30 routes of varying lengths and terrain, suitable for both seasoned walkers and casual family strollers. They take in Roman remains, medieval castles and abbeys, nature reserves and country parks.
Family Tree Maker for DummiesFamily Tree Maker has the largest genealogy community in the world and provides access to over 1 billion names. This text demonstrates how to simplify the often-complex genealogy adventure by using this software/online resource to maximize the effectiveness of a search.
This addition to the "Britain in Old Photographs" series brings together a collection of black-and-white pictures spanning the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Drawn from family albums, local collections and professional photographers, they show the way things were and how they have changed. Every photograph is captioned, providing names and dates where possible, revealing historical and anecdotal detail and giving life to the scenes and personalities captured through the camera lens. Bringing together all aspects of daily life - celebrations and disasters, work and leisure, people and buildings - the collection should inspire memories, as well as serve as an introduction to visitors.
Family Tree Maker Version 8 Fast & Easy: The Official Guide
The Book of Ulster SurnamesRobert Bell
This volume has over 500 entries of the most common family names of the province of Ulster, with reference to thousands more. It gives a history of each name, its original form, where it came from - Ireland, Scotland, England, Wales or France - and why it changed to what it is today. The book also includes notes on famous bearers of the name and where in Ulster the name is now most common. The result is a reference book packed with often surprising insights into the origins of a complex, turbulent people.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Online GenealogyIf you want to learn more about your family, now's the time to start. With the advent of the Internet, there's more information available than ever before, and it's easier to access now than in the good old days of musty libraries and records halls. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Online Genealogy by Rhonda McClure will have you wired and digging up dirt (or gold) in just an hour or two. Even the most ardent computer-hater will have to admit that the search is simpler, and McClure makes the case clearly. Her charming prose is well-complemented by online images and hint boxes scattered liberally on each page. Specific sites are mentioned as well as general means of searching for family data, so even if one site disappears you can still get what you need. The book covers the basics of both gathering family data and online searches, so if you're not quite up to speed on one or the other, you can quickly figure it out. After you've browsed a bit and started collecting information, the later chapters help you to communicate with other researchers, mining government records, and even publishing your own results online. It's not hard to learn plenty about your family's history; whether you want to get in touch with your roots, glean medical information to improve your own health, or give your kids something to think about, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Online Genealogy is for you.
The Everything Family Tree BookFinding, Charting, and Preserving Your Family History (Everything Series)
Offers advice on exploring and recording family histories, including tips on finding outside resources, soliciting remembrances from family members, and preserving family records.
The Good Web Guide To Genealogy.by Caroline Peacock.
The Internet has opened up family history as a pastime to enormous numbers of people. It is now Britain's fastest growing hobby, but most of the books that deal with it are American. This book contains over 100 in-depth reviews of related websites from a British perspective, although the most important US sites are also reviewed. It is aimed at everyone who is interested in tracing the descent of their family from ancestors to the present or for those who are interested in building a wider picture of their extended family's lives. The Good Web Guide team have assessed the large general genealogy sites, the area websites (for both in and outside the UK) and the one-name sites (useful if you have an unusual surname). The book starts with the basics: how to quiz your family, how to find certificates of births, marriages and deaths, how to find and use census records. You will then be guided in the direction you want to go, both backwards in time and outwards in exploration, covering a vast selection of records including military records, Jewish records, ship's passenger lists, newspaper archives and obituaries from around the world. There is extensive information about tracking down information from archives such as books, maps and old photographs, and reviews of suitable software for storing your records.
The Oxford Guide to Family HistoryDavid Hey
Leading family historian David Hey offers practical guidance on how to trace family origins on the basics of research -- how to get started, where to find records, and how to decipher early styles of handwriting. He also uses social history to suggest where to begin this search: such as in the networks of kinship and inheritance, and the stability or mobility of certain families. Containing more than a hundred black and white illustrations showing family groups, houses, monuments, archive records, and family trees, this book is essential reading for those interested in tracing their lineage. 'remarkable value for its combination of social history, gracefully told, and lucid instruction' Antonia Fraser 'marvellous book' Daily Mail 'a thoughtful and thought-provoking book, finely researched and well written.' Family Tree Magazine 'This book is an invaluable how-to-do-it guide'
The Building of Castle HowardA study of the circumstances which led to the building of Castle Howard. This text includes descriptions of how and why Charles Howard, third earl of Carlisle, decided to build it; how the architect Sir John Vanbrugh received his first commission; and how the building was paid for.
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