Symes, Ruth A.
Family First: Tracing Relationships in the Past
(Pen and Sword, 2015).
Husbands, wives, fathers, mothers, children, siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents - these are the relationships that structure the family tree and fascinate the family historian. But how much do we really know about how our ancestors lived out these multiple roles? Buffeted this way and that by economic developments, legal changes, medical advances, Two World Wars, the rise of the Welfare State, women's emancipation and many other factors, relationships between members of our family in the past were subtly different to those of today and continually transforming. This book is both a social history of the period 1800-1950 and a practical guide on how to set about tracing and better understanding the relationships between members of your own family. What did it mean to be a father in this period, but also, how might you discover the father of an ancestor if his name is not mentioned on the birth certificate? What common ideas were held about the role of wives and mothers, but also, how were multiple births, stillbirths, abortions and infanticides dealt with in the records? What factors might have influenced the size of your ancestor's family, but also why were its children named as they were? Did pecking order in a family matter, but also, was it legal to marry a cousin, or the sister of a deceased wife? How long could people expect to live, but also what records can tell you more about the circumstances of your ancestors' last years? A final chapter considers relationships with neighbours, friends and club associates. Hardback. New book, fine in dustwrapper. 223pp. Order No. NSBK-C15530
Keywords: 9781473833883, family relationships, family trees, geneaology, geneaological, social history, ancestors, tracing ancestors, fathers, mothers, siblings, cousins, women, welfare state, infants, clubs, grandparents
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Foot, Michael.
The Pen and the Sword: a Year in the Life of Jonathan Swift
(Macgibbon and Kee, third impression,1966).
Paperback. A little browning to covers, otherwise very good. 387pp. Order No. NSBK-A15906
Keywords: Jonathan Swift, Michael Foot, history, the Press, 18th century, eighteenth century
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Corrigan, John.
The Prism of Piety: Catholick Congregational Clergy at the Beginning of the Enlightenment
(OUP, 1991).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. x + 197pp. Order No. NSBK-A4278
Keywords: 0195067584, piety, catholics, catholicism, catholic, eighteenth century, religion, religious, Enlightenment, America, United States, USA, American, New England, congregational, congregationalism, clergy, Boston, history, Catholick
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Richardson, Michael F.
Around Durham:
(Sutton Publishing, 1998).
Britain in Old Photographs. Paperback. Good. 128pp. Order No. NSBK-A15060
Keywords: 0750920734, pictures, Durham, history, photographs, rural, villages, County Durham
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Thwaite, Ann.
Waiting for the Party: the Life of Frances Hodgson Burnett, 1849-1924
(Secker & Warburg, 1974).
Hardback. Ex library, lacks fly leaf, usual lib stamps & stickers, some white speckling to boards, otherwise good in dw. xii + 274pp. Order No. NSBK-C757
Keywords: 436521504, Frances Hodgson Burnett, children's writing, woman writer, women writers, literature, Secret Garden, The Little Princess, Britain, British, England, English, history, biography, biographies
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Kennard, Mrs A.
Mrs Siddons, 1755 - 1831:
(Gibbings and Company, 2nd edition, 1909).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and markings. Light rubbing and wear to edges, otherwise good+. vi + 276pp. Order No. NSBK-C14908
Keywords: B0014NNH9I, Mrs Siddons, Sarah Siddons, acting, actress, actresses, stage, theatre, drama, women, 18th century, eighteenth century, history
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Sutcliffe, David.
The Keys of Heaven: the Life of Revd Charles Marson, Socialist Priest & Folk Song Collector
(Cockasnook Books, 2010).
Paperback. Good. 323pp. Order No. NSBK-A15969
Keywords: 9780955746079, Charles Marson, socialism, socialist, history, folk music, Fabians, Fabianism, Victorian, Christian socialism, socialists
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Grant, Neil.
The Savage Trade:
(Kestrel Books, 1980).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. 144pp. Order No. NSBK-A3806
Keywords: 0722654898, slave, slavery, history, Atlantic slave trade, slaves, William Wilberforce, West Africa, West Indies, trading, economic, New World
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Rhodes, Mary.
Ideas for Canvas Work:
(Jarrold and Sons, 1970).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, board edges rubbed, otherwise good in worn dw. 192pp. Order No. NSBK-G13087
Keywords: 0713426349, canvas work, crafts, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK
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Anderson, Mosa.
Henry Joseph Wilson: Fighter for Freedom, 1833 - 1914
(James Clarke, 1953).
Foreword by Lord Pethick-Lawrence. Hardback. Ex library with minimal library markings. A little wear to edges, otherwise very good. 86pp. Order No. NSBK-A13638
Keywords: B000W6QBW8, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, biographies, biography, Henry Joseph Wilson, Josephine Butler, reformers, social reform, Holmfirth, social welfare, Ireland, Opium Commission, Home Rule, Contagious Diseases Acts, Lord Pethick-Lawrence, politics, political, Victorian, Edwardian, 19th century, nineteenth century
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