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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Chazal, E. L. de.
Guide Elementaire D'Hygiene Infantile: a L'Usage des Infirmieres et des Meres de Famille
(Port Louis, P. G. Bumstead, 2nd edition, 1924).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers. Front cover loose, otherwise good in firm, slightly marked library binding. 150pp. Order No. NSBK-A13886
Keywords: B001A6JL6W, child welfare, interwar, inter-war, inter war, family, medicine, hygiene, France, French, children, childhood, health, enfants, mothers, motherhood, history, 1920s, illnesses, childhood illnesses, ailments, remedies, infant mortality, medical
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Parsons, The Rev. Martin.
Your Marriage:
(Hodder and Stoughton, 2nd impress., 1960).
The Christian Commitment Series. Paperback. Spine creased, ink annotation to inside back cover, otherwise good. 112pp. Order No. NSBK-A10275
Keywords: 0340020024, The Reverend Martin Parsons, marriage, weddings, husbands, wives, wife, marital, mothers, fathers, emn, women, Christians, Christianity
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Sterling, Dorothy.
Black Foremothers: Three Lives
(Feminist Press, 1988).
Paperback. Very good. xliii + 174pp. Order No. NSBK-C15709
Keywords: 9780935312898, black women, American women, suffragettes, slavery, civil rights movement, USA, America
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Exley, Richard and Helen.
Grandmas and Grandpas: A Gift Book Written by Grandchildren for their Grandparents
(Exley, rpt., 1985).
Hardback. Good. 64pp. Order No. NSBK-A5011
Keywords: grandparents, grandfathers, grandmothers, parents, children, humour, Britain, British, England, English, history, twentieth century
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