Tracing Your Leeds Ancestors

2015-10-30 Reference

Author : Rachel Bellerby
Release : 2015-10-30
Genre : Reference
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Tracing Your Leeds Ancestors by : Rachel Bellerby

Download or read book Tracing Your Leeds Ancestors written by Rachel Bellerby. This book was released on 2015-10-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the lives of your ancestors in the 'city of 1,000 trades' in this family and local history guide, dedicated to the city of Leeds. Learn how to find out more about the streets where your ancestors lived, where they would have gone to school and church and chapel, how they'd have spent their leisure time, what life would have been like for immigrants in the city, and discover more about the different trades in which your family members were involved.Leeds is home to many different archives and collections, from records of major companies such as Joshua Tetley & Sons, Burtons Tailors and Marks & Spencers, to street plans, photo collections and records of theatres and football clubs. Rachel Bellerby's handbook shows you how to get started with your research, building up an intriguing and colourful record of the city that your ancestors called home. It is an essential guide for anyone living in Leeds or with family connections to the city.

Tracing Your Leeds Ancestors

2015-10-30 Reference

Author : Rachel Bellerby
Release : 2015-10-30
Genre : Reference
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 007/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Tracing Your Leeds Ancestors by : Rachel Bellerby

Download or read book Tracing Your Leeds Ancestors written by Rachel Bellerby. This book was released on 2015-10-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the lives of your ancestors in the 'city of 1,000 trades' in this family and local history guide, dedicated to the city of Leeds. Learn how to find out more about the streets where your ancestors lived, where they would have gone to school and church and chapel, how they'd have spent their leisure time, what life would have been like for immigrants in the city, and discover more about the different trades in which your family members were involved. Leeds is home to many different archives and collections, from records of major companies such as Joshua Tetley & Sons, Burtons Tailors and Marks & Spencers, to street plans, photo collections and records of theatres and football clubs. Rachel Bellerby's handbook shows you how to get started with your research, building up an intriguing and colourful record of the city that your ancestors called home. It is an essential guide for anyone living in Leeds or with family connections to the city.

Tracing Your Twentieth-Century Ancestors

2016-10-30 Reference

Author : Karen Bali
Release : 2016-10-30
Genre : Reference
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Download or read book Tracing Your Twentieth-Century Ancestors written by Karen Bali. This book was released on 2016-10-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The recent past is so often neglected when people research their family history, yet it can be one of the most rewarding periods to explore, and so much fascinating evidence is available. The rush of events over the last century and the rapid changes that have taken place in every aspect of life have been dramatic, and the lives of family members of only a generation or two ago may already appear remote. That is why Karen Balis informative and accessible guide to investigating your immediate ancestors is essential reading, and a handy reference for anyone who is trying to trace them or discover the background to their lives. In a sequence of concise, fact-filled chapters she looks back over the key events of the twentieth century and identifies the sources that can give researchers an insight into the personal stories of individuals who lived through it. She explains census and civil records, particularly those of the early twentieth century, and advises readers on the best way to get relevant information from directories and registers as well as wills and other personal documents. Chapters also cover newspapers which often provide personal details and offer a vivid impression of the world of the time professional and property records and records of migration and naturalization. This practical handbook is rounded off with sections on tracing living relatives and likely future developments in the field.

Tracing Your Boer War Ancestors

2016-11-30 Reference

Author : Jane Marchese Robinson
Release : 2016-11-30
Genre : Reference
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Download or read book Tracing Your Boer War Ancestors written by Jane Marchese Robinson. This book was released on 2016-11-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Boer War took place between 1899 and 1902, just 15 years before the start of the First World War. Some 180,00 Britons , mainly volunteers , traveled 6,000 miles to fight and die in boiling conditions on the veld and atop ‘kopjes’. Of the over 20,000 who died more than half suffered enteric, an illness consequent on insanitary water. This book will act as an informative research guide for those seeking to discover and uncover the stories of the men who fought and the families they left behind. It will look in particular at the kind of support the men received if they were war injured and that offered to the families of the bereaved. Some pensions were available to regular soldiers and the Patriotic Fund, a charitable organization , had been resurrected at the beginning of the conflict. However for those who did not fit these categories the Poor Law was the only support available at the time. The book will explore a variety of research materials such as: contemporary national and local newspapers; military records via websites and directly through regimental archives; census, electoral, marriage and death records; records at the National Archives including the Book of Wounds from the Boer War, the Transvaal Widows’ Fund and others.

Tracing Your British and Irish Ancestors

2016-10-31 Reference

Author : Jonathan Scott
Release : 2016-10-31
Genre : Reference
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 302/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Tracing Your British and Irish Ancestors by : Jonathan Scott

Download or read book Tracing Your British and Irish Ancestors written by Jonathan Scott. This book was released on 2016-10-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jonathan Scott is a freelance writer specializing in family history. He is a former deputy editor of Family History Monthly and has penned the ‘Best Websites’ column for Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine since 2007. He also writes the magazine’s monthly ‘Around Britain’ feature and compiles the end-of-year look-ahead at developments online. In addition to his work in family history, he has compiled Collecting Children’s Books and Rare Book Price Guide

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