Symes, R. A.
Tracing Your Ancestors Through Letters and Personal Writings: a Guide for Family Historians
(Pen and Sword, 2016).
Could your ancestors write their own names or did they mark official documents with a cross? Why did great-grandfather write so cryptically on a postcard home during the First World War? Why did great-grandmother copy all the letters she wrote into letter-books? How unusual was it that great-uncle sat down and wrote a poem, or a memoir? Researching Family History Through Ancestors' Personal Writings looks at the kinds of (mainly unpublished) writing that could turn up amongst family papers from the Victorian period onwards - a time during which writing became crucial for holding families together and managing their collective affairs. With industrialisation, improved education, and far more geographical mobility, British people of all classes were writing for new purposes, with new implements, in new styles, using new modes of expression and new methods of communication (e.g. telegrams and postcards). Our ancestors had an itch for scribbling from the most basic marks (initials, signatures and graffiti on objects as varied as trees, rafters and window ledges), through more emotionally-charged kinds of writing such as letters and diaries, to more creative works such as poetry and even fiction. This book shows family historians how to get the most out of documents written by their ancestors and, therefore, how better to understand the people behind the words. Paperback. New book, fine. ix + 270pp. Order No. NSBK-A15529
Keywords: 9781473855434, family, geneaology, family trees, geneaological, diaries, social history, family historians, ancestors, literacy, correspondence, journals, autobiographies, signatures, commonplace books
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Stocqueler, J. H.
A Personal History of The Horse-Guards From 1750 to 1872:
(Hurst and Blackett, 1873).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and markings. Heavy dark staining to red cloth, edges worn, spine cover split. Internally good and solid. x + 292pp. Order No. NSBK-A15148
Keywords: B002NISKJU, horse-guards, army, cavalry, history, military, Duke of York, war, nineteenth century, eighteenth century
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Anon, .
Enumeration and Parish Registers, 1811: Abstract of the Answers and Returns made Pursuant to an Act, Passed in the Fifty-first Year of His Majesty King George III. An Act for Taking Into Account of the Population of Great Britain, and of the Increase or Diminution Thereof
(House of Commons, 1812).
Preliminary Observations, Enumeration Abstract, Parish-Register Abstract. Hardback. Outsized book, front and back boards loose / detached and rather worn / battered (poor), lacking spine cover. A few rear pages loose also. A good working copy. xxxi + 511 + 148pp. Order No. NSBK-A11784
Keywords: B000HC1RTE, enumeration, parish registers, population, demography, demographic, people, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, nineteenth century, census, head count, parish register, legal, laws, census, 1811, Georgian
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Becke, A. F.
History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions: The Regular British Divisions Part 1
(Sherwood Press, 1990).
Based on Official Documents. The Regular British Divisions Part 1. By Direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence. Paperback. Ex library with usual library stamps and markings, a little curling to edges, covers soiled, internally good. ix + 130pp. Order No. NSBK-A14883
Keywords: 0948983019, First World War, World War I, history, battles, army, divisions, British, fighting, Western Front, order of battle
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Courtauld, George.
The Pocket Book of British Patriotism: the History of Great Britain and the World
(Sterling Publishing, 2004).
Hardback. White dustwrapper lightly soiled, otherwise a very good copy. 62pp. Order No. NSBK-A15794
Keywords: 9781402728358, history, patriotism
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Haining, Peter.
The Great English Earthquake:
(Robert Hale, rpt., 2002).
Paperback. Fine. 219pp. Order No. NSBK-H13040
Keywords: 0709043910, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, earthquakes, tremors, Altrincham, Cheshire
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Fawcett, Millicent Garrett.
Women's Suffrage: a Short History of a Great Movement
(Portrayer Publishers, 2002 facs. rpt of 1912 ed).
A well-presented facsimile of a hitherto scarce title. Paperback. New book, fine. 94pp. Order No. NSBK-C5097
Keywords: 0954263243, women's suffrage, Votes for Women, Edwardian, suffragettes, Millicent Fawcett, England, Britain, history, English, British, woman suffrage, enfranchisement, women's history, women's movement, women suffrage, politics, suffragists, anti-suffragists, militant, militancy, Millicent Garrett Fawcett, parliament, Portrayer
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HMSO, .
Documents Concerning German-Polish Relations: and the Outbreak of Hostilities Between Great Britain and Germany on September 3, 1939
(HMSO, 1939).
Miscelleanous No.9 (1939). Paperback. Covers tatty and worn, internally good. xxviii + 195pp. Order No. NSBK-A11258
Keywords: B000HBZTLC, World War Two, World War II, World War 2, Second World War, wars, warfare, twentieth century, 20th Century, German-Polish, Germany, Poland, Europe, European
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Coates, Ken and Topham, Anthony.
Industrial Democracy in Great Britain: A Book of Readings and Witnesses for Workers' Control
(Macgibbon and Kee, 1968).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, otherwise good in slightly worn, slightly marked dustwrapper. xxxvi + 431pp. Order No. NSBK-A14555
Keywords: 0901740888, labour, labor, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, trade unionism, industrial democracy, industrialisation, working classes, trade disputes, wages, pay, Labour Party, shop stewards
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Brown, David.
Blip: A Personal History of Huntingdon Town Council 1995-1999
(David Brown, Huntingdon, 1999).
Paperback. Fine. xv + 214pp. Order No. NSBK-A14343
Keywords: 0953776204, town councils, town council, Huntingdon, history, local politics, local government, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Labour, Cambridgeshire
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