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See also England, Isle of Man, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales."1881 British Census and National Index." Church of Latter Day Saints, 1999. Most important census detail for 1881 in Great Britain (England, Scotland, wales, Channel Isles, Isle of Man and Royal Navy). CM6, CW5, JG10, VG
"Agrarian landscape terms; a glossary for historical geography." I. H. Adams, Institute of British Geographers, London, 1976. A glossary of all terms describing rural occupations, settlements, farming systems, agricultural tools, crops etc. Very useful to explain terms in wills - e.g.'yeoman', 'Free tenant', 'Hearth Tax' etc. DW5
"Armorial Families; A dictionary of Gentlemen of Coat-Armour," (Sixth Edition). Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, TC and EC Jack, 1910. A list of those (mostly men) who are entitled to bear heraldic arms at the date of publication. A brief lineage of at most two generations is given. Full descriptions of arms are also given. This copy is in a fragile state so please do not ask for a lookup unless you are certain your ancestor was entitled to bear arms at this date. JM12
"Britannia's Children, Emigration from England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland Since 1600", by Eric Richards, 2004. Published by Hambledon and London. Highlights major migrations from the British Isles to America and the British Empire, focusin on the reasons why these emigrations occurred. NF2
"British Kings and Queens." by Mike Ashley, published by Barnes & Noble, Inc. - 2000. Biographical Encyclopedia of the Kings and Queens of Great Britain starting from Pre-Roman Conquest to Princes William and Henry. There is some conjecture as to a few of the earliest entries and these will be noted as such. The history of uniting Great Britain also covers Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Danish and Norse invasions and has many of these ancient rulers listed also. LC1, M23
"British Vital Records." LDS Church. CM6
"Burke's Dictionary of Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland." Sir Bernard Burke, John Russell Smith, 1844. A list of Baronetcies which were extinct or dormant (latter means there was considered to be a possibility that an heir would be discovered) in the year of publication. Baronetcies which became extinct after that date are not included. JM12
"Burke's Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland." Sir Bernard Burke, Harrison, 1863. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland,Fourth Edition. Both Volumes. Covers the entire United Kingdom including Southern Ireland. NB. Very few Catholics in Southern Ireland came under the heading Landed Gentry. Lineages submitted by the families concerned and thus in some cases incomplete or even incorrect. Concentrates on the lines whereby property was passed on so little information given for younger sons and daughters unless they inherited houses or land. JM12
"Burke's Landed Gentry." Sir Bernard Burke, Harrison, 1871. A list of "gentlemen" holding land in the British Isles, with some genealogical information about their forebears and their immediate family. MK3
"Burke's Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland," VOLUME 2 (L-Z) only. Sir Bernard Burke, Harrison and Sons, 1894. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, Eighth Edition. VOLUME 2 (Lacon - Yuille) ONLY. Covers the entire United Kingdom including Southern Ireland. NB. Very few Catholics in Southern Ireland came under the heading Landed Gentry. Lineages submitted by the families concerned and thus in some cases incomplete or even incorrect. Concentrates on the lines whereby property was passed on so little information given for younger sons and daughters unless they inherited houses or land. JM12
"Burke's Peerage and Baronetage." Sir Bernard Burke, Harrison and Sons, 1902. Dictionary of peers, baronets, members of the Privy Council, Knights and Companions to the various orders (the Bath, the Star of India, St Michael & St George, the Indian Empire, the Royal Victorian), Archbishops and Bishops at date of publication. JM12
"A Genealogical Study of An Asian Indian." Dr. D. K. Desai, Hindustan Publishing House, Mumbai, India, 1997. DKD
"A History of the Peninsular War Vol. VIII, The Biographical Dictionary of British Officers Killed and Wounded, 1808-1814." John A. Hall; Greenhill Books, 1998. As the title indicates, there is information about officers only, and then only about those who were killed or wounded in the Peninsular Wars 1808-1814. For the date-challenged
"Honour The Light Brigade." William M. Limmis & Kenneth G. Wynn; J. B. Hayward & Son; 1973. List, alphabetical by regiment, of officers and men of the 5 calavry regiments which made up the Light Brigade at Balaclava. Provides some biographical detail, and attempts to determine whether the man participated in the famous "Charge." Lookups are time-consuming, as under each regiment, one must search through each category of rank. The more info provided for a lookup, the better. PD2
"The Inns of Court Register for 1878." "The Inns of Court", 1878. This contains the names and very brief details of 11,000 British (and Empire) barristers. RBC
"Local Newspapers 1750-1920, England & Wales, Channel Islands, Isle
of Man - a select location list." J. Gibson. RW2
"Rand McNally Road Atlas of Britain." N.a. Edinburgh, Scotland, UK: Bartholomew, a Division of HarperCollins Publishers, Comprehensively indexed road atlas of England, Scotland and Wales, 144 pages. Atlas uses new county scheme introduced in 1970's, but owners can usually identify what jurisdiction a village, town or city lay within in the old scheme. MPR
Titanic Passenger List. MB3
"Unpublished Personal Name Indexes in Record Offices and Libraries." compiled by Jeremy Gibson. This is a guide to finding new sources of genealogical classes of records for the United Kingdom and Ireland. Lookup's will require a brief summary of the information being sought in addition to a geographic location, trade, religous denomination, etc. KR
"Vicissitudes of Families," (VOLUME 1 ONLY). Sir Bernard Burke, Longmans Green Reader and Dyer, 1869. A collection of stories and anecdotes on titled and/or landed families and people of the past. Those mentioned PERCY, NEVILLE, CROMWELL, Dukes of BUCKINGHAM, STAFFORD and VILLIERS, Royal STUARTS, the House of ALBANY, Earls of STRATHERN and MENTEITH, STEWART of Craigiehall, the O'NEILLS, De Vere Earl of OXFORD, the Earls MARISCHAL, MACKENZIE of Seaforth, MACKWORTH of Normanton, "King Tom" (Thomas Wakefield MP), DODDINGTONS of Dodington, LINDSAY of Edzell, Philip D'AUVERGNE, Thomas WARD (born 1809, York, England, became a Baron and the Prime Minister of the Italian state of Lucca, dying in 1859), John ROBINSON of Appleby, Cumberland, born c 1727, CONYERS, MARTIN of Connemara, MYTTON of Halston, CHESLYN, William WRAY of Ards, BAIRD of Gartsherrie Ironworks, MAGUIRE of Tempo, co Fermanagh, OGLANDER of Nunwell and Normandy. JM12
"Vital Records Index British Isles." LDS Second Edition. Partial collection of 10.4 million marriages, births and christenings taken from British Isle records 1538 - 1906. JS18
"Whitaker's Almanack for 1913." Joseph Whitaker London, 1913. "Containing an account of the astronomical and other phenomena, a vast amount of Information respecting the government, finances, population, commerce and general statistics of the various nations of the world with special reference to the British Empire and the United States." There is NO surname index in this reference book. You must be able to tell me that your ancestor was, for example, a baronet, a knight, an MP, a Civil Servant, worked in a Naval Dockyard, was an officer in the Army or Navy or held a position of some importance in a public school, religion, or national organisation if I am to be able to find him. DW5
"Who's Who 1947." no author, Black, 1947. Biographical details of prominent people alive in 1947. Each entry is the work of its subject. MK3
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