By Jayne Shrimpton.This comprehensive guide, in colour and illustrated with around 220 images, is essential reading for anyone researching their family pictures. This is the first book to cover inherited artworks - paintings and drawings- silhouettes and photographs, spanning the late 18th to mid 20th centuries. The author is a professional dress historian, with over 20 years experience of dating and analysing family pictures.
'Hugely informative, beautifully illustrated and highly recommended' Your Family History magazine
published January 2011


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The latest scientific and technological advances for family history research explained.

The first decade of the new millennium has been an exciting time for the family historian with an explosion of online resources and new scientific and technological developments.




DNA testing can now be used to prove or disprove genealogical connections and will put you in touch with your genetic cousins around the world. It can also take you back beyond the paper trail into your pre-surname history.

Social networking tools can help you to find and stay in touch with friends and relatives, and provide new ways to share and collaborate with other researchers. Many family historians struggle to cope with these new technologies and need guidance on how to use these new tools effectively.


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Family History research has coma a long way in the last few years as the internet makes information easily accessible to all. However the documents and records are still the same, whether viewed electronically, on a mcrofilm or fiche, or in their original form. This practical book focuses on these essential documents in England and Wales and guides you through them clearly and sensibly. It explains where to find them and how to get the most out of them when you do. Written by professional researcher Pam Ross it will answer your questions and help solve your problems before they arise, ensuring that you enjoy the fun and exhilaration of tracing your family history.


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A popular misconception about researching Irish ancestors is that it is a fruitless exercise because so many records were destroyed in a fire in 1922.


Although many records were destroyed in 1922, since then archivists have been gathering records and there are many other records that were not kept in the records office in Dublin in 1922 that have survived.

The Handbook has a comprehensive range of articles all written with Irish research in mind covering everything from beginning your family history to areas of specific research, as well as advice on using the internet, digital technology and military sources.

The back of the book contains the Irish Genealogical Services directory covering Archives, Record Offices, Repsitories, County Genealogy Centres, Libraries, Museums, Family History Societies, Cemeteries & Crematoria and Professional Genealogists.

This book is an excellent handbook for experienced genealogists as well as beginners.




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This is the third edition of what has became an almost indispensible aid for family historians. In compiling the new edition, every single entry from the 2nd e4dition has been meticulously checked for accuracy. Web address and descriptions have been updated and many valuable new genealogical sites have been added.
A5 paperback.


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NOW IN STOCK Friday 11th March

This very popular book now in its 13th edition is packed full of features on family history.

Official publication date May 2011.
We will be shipping orders for this book from 14th March.

‘The ultimate genealogy book’


This issue of the Handbook has newly commissioned articles
comprehensively covering everything from beginning your
family history to areas of specific research, as well as advice
on using the internet, digital technology and military sources.

Listings of over five thousand useful addresses and contacts
are at your fingertips at all times.



Described as ‘The ultimate genealogy book’ the Handbook
is the leading and essential reference for everyone undertaking
research and falls into ‘the must-have category

ISBN - 978 09552399 4 6

‘One of Britain’s most popular family history books.’
Your Family Tree
‘. . . one family history title you will not want to be without.’
Family History Monthly


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A concise A5 booklet of 27 pages with some helpful hints and tips on how to start tracing your Irish Ancestors.


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IF YOU AGREE WITH ANY OF THE STATEMENTS BELOW, YOU NEED THIS BOOK

She was born in 1839 so she must be registered at the GRO.
Of course they were married… .
He was 80 when he died so he was born in ... .
I knew her as Auntie Gladys; she must be my mother’s or father’s sister.
She was called little Cis so she must have been Cicely or Cecilia.
She’s described as his mother-in-law in the 1851 census; she must be his wife’s mother.
They both said they were 21 on their marriage certificate so they were both born in ... .
My name is Blomiley; Blummelie, Brimiley & Bromley are nothing to do with my family.
The minister wrote my ancestor’s name as Amery in the marriage register and he must be correct. What if my ancestor did sign as Emery?
My great grandfather left his son only one shilling in his Will; they must have fallen out.

If your ancestors are proving elusive and the records are not where you expected, or do not contain the information you anticipated, then Pitfalls and Possibilities is the book for you. Based on a series of articles with the same title published in Family Tree Magazine, updated and expanded, it is not a book on ‘how to do your family tree.’ Rather it suggests unexplored avenues and additional sources which you may not have considered. Possible errors and omissions in original records, transcriptions and indexes – often caused by poor handwriting, inconsistent spelling and regional accents are described and illustrated. Family history is like a game of snakes and ladders and this book should help you to reach the final square





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By Stuart A. Raymond (2010) 32 pages.

Records of birth/baptisms, marriages and deaths/burials are vital sources for famiy historians. It is impossible to trace pedigrees without consulting them. Civil and parish registers are particularly important, but are not the only places where you can find relevant information. In this series, the author describes the wide range of resources available, indicating where they can be found, and how they should be used.


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By Stuart A. Raymond (2010) 96 pages.

Researching your Scottish ancestors? There is a huge amount of information on the internet. This directory provides a comprehensive overview of websites for Scottish researchers. Contents include gateways, search engines etc, general introduction to Scottish Genealogy & History, Libraries and Record Offices, Family History Societies, Discussion Groups, County Pages, Surnames, Birth, Marriages & Deaths, The Census, Monumental Inscriptions, other sources, occupational information, gazetteers & maps, miscellaneous sites and professional services, booksellers, etc.


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By Chris Paton (2010) 120 pages.

Researching Scottish Family History is a detailed introductory guide to those wishing to explore their Caledonian roots. This book is packed with a 120 page guide to all areas of Scottish research, with information both on traditional and internet based resources.
The book starts with a basic chapter in getting started, detailing how to get the best out of talking to your relatives, ways and means to record your research and more. The second chapter continues with a guide to the institutional lay of the land, the records repositories that will help with your efforts, including the most detailed guide to the new ScotlandsPeople centre yet committed to print, as well as various other institutions in both Scotland and England that may help with your research. Filled with handy tips throughout, the book also provides many useful contextual asides on various aspects of Scottish history relevant to your ancestral pursuit – why are there no bishops’ transcripts for Scotland, for example, and how do you prove whether your ancestor really was a Jacobite soldier? Completing the book are handy appendices listing the contact details of all Scottish based county archives, family history societies and comainn eachdraidh, making this an absolute essential for your personal genealogical library




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ByCharles Masters (2009). 124 pages

For local historians too, they are of crucial interest; in particular those undertaking research for villages and other histories. Maps help us make sense of how and where our ancestors lived, identifying an individual's location and circumstances within his or her community. The maps in the book are reproduced in colour and there are integrated case studies within each chapter.

From the Flyleaf

Maps are literally a window into the past for both family and local historians. However, older maps are often seen as difficult to use, coming in all shapes and sizes, and using unfamiliar forms of measurement.

In this original new book, map expert Charles Masters writes with authority, covering all the principle types. These include Estate and Manorial maps, Enclosure and Tithe maps, Town maps, Valuation Office survey maps and the National Farm Survey 1941-3. There are also case studies within each chapter.

Maps are an essential tool in the search for places connected with the lives of our ancestors, helping us to make sense of how and where they lived. Houses, farms, businesses, factories, towns, streets, villages and parishes, many of which have been destroyed by urban and industrial development, can be located in time and space. They are also of crucial interest to anyone undertaking research into the history of a particular town or village.

By Karen Bali

Published: 2009
31 pages

This book is a guide to descendant searching that is looking for living relatives. It can be fascinating, rewarding, and potentialy life-changing. Research can lead you not do dead ancestors, but to living, breathing relatives who share your genetic heritage members of your extended family.

Instead of searching for ancestors, descendant searching involves using many of the same research methods to bring a search forward in time rather than working backwards chronologically. Working from a chosen ancestor or family, a researcher can trace living descendants from the same family, and link up to share information.

This booklet:
• Shows you how to get started
• Offers tips and guidance using the major sources for family history
• Includes many worked examples of how to go about descendant searching
• Is written by an experienced researcher

By Anthony Adolph. The definitive and only book on the market designed to help children trace their family trees. How is Prince William descended from Dracula? Do we all come from Africa? Were some of our ancestors really only three feet tall?

This book, teeming with fascinating facts, history, photos and activities will inspire children to dig out their family records to discover their own ancestors and family connections. Using step-by-step activities, readers will be able to trace their histories through existing family records and interviews with members of the family. By the end of the book, children will have created their very own extended family tree, will have understood why we have surnames and how Genghis Khan is related to the British Royal Family. This book is suitable for children aged 9 to 14 years of age and compliments the national Curriculum Key Stage 2 & 3.

Anthony Adolph is a professional genealogist, writer and broadcaster. He is presenter of TV’s Extraordinary Ancestors, Antiques Ghostshow and Ancestor Hunters as well as Radio 4’s Meet the Descendants. He has his own genealogy practice and has helped many clients including celebrities and the royal family to trace their family trees.

Hard back book, 208 pages.

35% Disount. Retail price: £14.99 reduced to £9.75 - My History !!


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The military photographs in family albums stand out as different and distinctive and the sight of an ancestor in uniform stirs thoughts of what he or she did and where they served. Neil Storey offers advice on identifying military uniforms, badges, insignia, ranks, medals and the equipment worn by our military ancestors.



These items can provide a wealth of information about the person or people in the photograph and can lead to many new avenues of research. The book covers our Nation's military history from the 1870's to the 1940's.

A5 (softcover) 192 pages



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