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 Researching Family History Through Ancestors' Personal Writings looks at the kinds of (mainly unpublished) writing that could turn up amongst family papers from the Victorian period onwards - a time during which writing became crucial for holding families together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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Carlton, Grace.
Spade-Work: the Story of Thomas Greenwood
(Hutchinson & Co, 1949).
Hardback. Ex library with minimal library stamps. Very good in soiled, edge-worn, chipped dustwrapper. 176pp. Order No. NSBK-A14437
Keywords: B0000CHBRK, public libraries, library, Thomas Greenwood, Library Movement, librarians, history, books, biography, biographies, free libraries, Library Association, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Victorian, nineteenth century
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Campbell, Rod.
Henry's Ball:
(Campbell Books, 1994).
Hardback. Good. pp. Order No. NSBK-A14254
Keywords: 185292196X, children's books, dogs, dog, Henry
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Wangerin, Walter.
The Bedtime Rhyme:
(Augsburg Fortress, 1998).
Illustrated by Benrei Huang. Hardback. Very good and bright in slightly scratched dustwrapper. 32pp. Order No. NSBK-A14223
Keywords: 0806637013, children's books, Benrei Huang, United States, American poetry, Walter Wangerin, bedtime stories
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Melmoth, Jenny, ed.
Dear, Dear Mary: Letters from Amber
(Alfresco Books, 2005).
Illustrated by Jo Berriman. Paperback. Fine. 128pp. Order No. NSBK-A14038
Keywords: 1873727216, Jo Berriman, Jenny Melmoth, Alfresco Books, cats, cat lovers, books for cat lovers, letters, pets, Britain, British, England, English, United Kingdom, UK
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Campbell, R. H and Wilson, R. G.
Entrepreneurship in Britain, 1750-1939:
(Adam & Charles Black, 1975).
Documents in Economic History. Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, minor pencil annotation not affecting legibility, otherwise very good. 155pp. Order No. NSBK-A10577
Keywords: 0713615249, Britain, British, England, English, history, entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship, economy, economic, industry, businesses, firms, accounts, wages-books
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Lie, Suzanne Stiver; Malik, Lynda & Harris, D.
World Year Book of Education 1994: The Gender Gap in Higher Education
(Kogan Page, 1994).
World Yearbook of Education Series. Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. x + 250pp. Order No. NSBK-A14835
Keywords: 0749410795, gender, higher education, education, yearbooks, 1994, women, academic
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Boyd, Carole.
Lynda Snell's Heritage of Ambridge:
(Virgin Publishing, 1997).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. 160pp. Order No. NSBK-C7747
Keywords: 1852276584, The Archers, Ambridge, radio, villages, country, countryside, heritage, Britain, British, England, English, history, Lynda Snell, Borsetshire, guidebooks
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Osborne, Margaret.
Collies:
(W. & G. Foyle, 1961).
Foyles Handbooks Series. Hardback. Back board soiled, corners worn, otherwise a good copy. 92pp. Order No. NSBK-A8694
Keywords: B0000CL2PK, collie, collies, dogs, dog-owning, puppy, puppies, Foyles Handbooks Series, Foyles Handbook, training collies, showing collies, breeding, dog breeding
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Hinton, David A. & Insole, Dr A. N.
Hampshire and the Isle of Wight:
(George Philip, 1988).
Ordnance Survey Historical Guides. Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. 159pp. Order No. NSBK-A6021
Keywords: 0540011371, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Britain, British, England, English, history, guides, guidebooks, maps, gazetteers, geographical, geography, Ordnance Survey, geological, nineteenth century, Victorian, twentieth century, landranger, cartography, cartography
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