Author : Stephen Friar
Publisher : B. T. Batsford Limited
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 48,49 MB
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN :
An encyclopedic A-Z of British local history, archaeology, architecture and topography, covering every aspect of our heritage. This book should prove of interest to amateur historians, ramblers, browsers and professional historians. Stephen Friar is a writer and former head teacher who specializes in the topics of heraldry and local history. He is also the author of A New Dictionary of Heraldry.
Author : David Hey
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 1060 pages
File Size : 47,59 MB
Release : 2010-02-25
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0191044938
The Oxford Companion to Family and Local History is the most authoritative guide available to all things associated with the family and local history of the British Isles. It provides practical and contextual information for anyone enquiring into their English, Irish, Scottish, or Welsh origins and for anyone working in genealogical research, or the social history of the British Isles. This fully revised and updated edition contains over 2,000 entries from adoption to World War records. Recommended web links for many entries are accessed and updated via the Family and Local History companion website. This edition provides guidance on how to research your family tree using the internet and details the full range of online resources available. Newly structured for ease of use, thematic articles are followed by the A-Z dictionary and detailed appendices, which includefurther reading. New articles for this edition are: A Guide for Beginners, Links between British and American Families, Black and Asian Family History, and an extended feature on Names. With handy research tips, a full background to the social history of communities and individuals, and an updated appendix listing all national and local record offices with their contact details, this is an essential reference work for anyone wanting advice on how to approach genealogical research, as well as a fascinating read for anyone interested in the past.
Author : Mary K. Mannix
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 44,50 MB
Release : 2015-01-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0838912958
Profiling more than 1400 print and electronic sources, this book helps connect librarians and researchers to the most relevant sources of information in genealogy and biography.
Author : Sharon W. Propas
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 45,27 MB
Release : 2016-06-17
Category : History
ISBN : 1317216482
First published in 2006, this work is a valuable guide for the researcher in Victorian Studies. Updated to include electronic resources, this book provides guides to catalogs, archives, museums, collections and databases containing material on the Victorian period. It organises the vast array of reference sources by discipline to help researchers tailor their investigations.
Author : Michael Aston
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 15,38 MB
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 113474630X
Most places in Britain have had a local history written about them. Up until this century these histories have addressed more parochial issues, such as the life of the manor, rather than explaining the features and changes in the landscape in a factual manner. Much of what is visible today in Britain's landscape is the result of a chain of social and natural processes, and can be interpreted through fieldwork as well as from old maps and documents. Michael Aston uses a wide range of source material to study the complex and dynamic history of the countryside, illustrating his points with aerial photographs, maps, plans and charts. He shows how to understand the surviving remains as well as offering his own explanations for how our landscape has evolved.
Author : Stuart A Raymond
Publisher : Pen and Sword Family History
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 14,43 MB
Release : 2022-09-08
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1526779455
How has the place we live in changed, developed, and grown over the centuries? That is the basic question local historians seek to answer. The answer is to be found in the sources of information that previous generations have left us. The records of parish, county, and diocesan administration, of the courts, of the national government, and of private estates, all have something to tell us about the history of the locality we are interested in. So do old newspapers and other publications. All of these sources are readily available, but many have been little used. Local historians come from a wide diversity of backgrounds. But whether you are a student researching a dissertation, a family historian interested in the wider background history of your family, a teacher, a librarian, an archivist, an academic, or are merely interested in the history of your own area, this book is for you. If you want to research local history, you need a detailed account of the myriad sources readily available. This book provides a comprehensive overview of those sources, and its guidance will enable you to explore and exploit their vast range. It poses the questions which local historians ask, and identifies the specific sources likely to answer those questions.
Author : Albert John Walford
Publisher : London : Library Association Publishing
Page : 1168 pages
File Size : 16,64 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Reference
ISBN :
This new edition of Volume II (last published in 1994) has been extensively expanded and revised in all areas. Fully updated, the new edition includes major changes and covers a span of topics from archaeology through medieval history to statistics. It includes philosophy, psychology, religion, social sciences, geography, biology and history. All areas have been completely updated with additional material in economics, business and management.
Author : Helen Wallis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 35,46 MB
Release : 1995-04-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521551526
Great Britain and Ireland enjoy a rich cartographic heritage, yet historians have not made full use of early maps in their writings and research. This is partly due to a lack of information about exactly which maps are available. With the publication of this volume from the Royal Historical Society, we now have a comprehensive guide to the early maps of Great Britain. The book is divided into two parts: part one describes the history and purpose of maps in a series of short essays on the early mapping of the British Isles; part two comprises a guide to the collections, national and regional. Now available from Cambridge University Press, this volume provides an essential reference tool for anyone requiring to access maps of the British Isles dating back to the medieval period and beyond.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 21,80 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Great Britain
ISBN :
Issues for autumn 1961- include the Standing Conference for Local History Bulletin.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 46,26 MB
Release : 1918
Category : History
ISBN :
