Genealogy, heraldry, names and honours Books
Debrett's Ltd Debrett's Handbook, Coronation Edition
Book SynopsisCorrect Form Formal Address Professions Letters after the Name Formal Events Dress Codes Rites of Passage Births Christenings Coming of Age Engagements Weddings Divorce Death Modern Manners Correspondence Social Graces Table Manners At Home: How to Entertain Guests Public Manners Appendix Sample Letters The British Social Season Wearing Orders and Decorations Order of Precedence Surname Pronunciation
£31.50
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC World Football Club Crests
Book SynopsisAn illustrated exploration of the design, meaning and symbolism of world football club crests.Why is there a devil shown on the crest of Manchester United? Which club's crest motto is To Dare Is To Do'? And whose emblem depicts a bear and a strawberry tree?From the seahorses of Newcastle United to the royal crown of Real Madrid, via the riveting hammers of West Ham United, Valencia's famous bat design and German club St Pauli's unofficial skull-and-crossbones emblem, there is a story behind every crest, a tale of identity.Covering more than 200 clubs from 20 different leagues, World Football Club Crests explores the design, meaning and symbolism of the game's most famous club crests to reveal why the badges look as they do.This carefully curated collection charts the continuing evolution of the designs and describes the changing styles, varied influences and remarkable controversies that have shaped football's most iconic crests. These important symbols of football heraldTrade ReviewExplores the meaning behind the badges of 200 clubs from across the world. * Daily Mail *Uncovers badges through the ages of football teams from around the world. * Daily Star *This is lovely -- Miguel Delaney * The Independent *a masterpiece for people interested in design and who are passionate about football... [a] must for football and design lovers. * SvD (Swedish Newspaper) *One of the best sports books of the year... A nerdy book made with a lot of love and knowledge * SVT 1 (Swedish television) *Table of ContentsForeword Introduction England Scotland Spain Italy Germany France Sweden Australia USA Rest of the World
£17.00
Penguin Books Ltd The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici
Book SynopsisAt its height Renaissance Florence was a centre of enormous wealth, power and influence. A republican city-state funded by trade and banking, its often bloody political scene was dominated by rich mercantile families, the most famous of which were the Medici. This enthralling book charts the family's huge influence on the political, economic and cultural history of Florence. Beginning in the early 1430s with the rise of the dynasty under the near-legendary Cosimo de Medici, it moves through their golden era as patrons of some of the most remarkable artists and architects of the Renaissance, to the era of the Medici Popes and Grand Dukes, Florence's slide into decay and bankruptcy, and the end, in 1737, of the Medici line.
£12.34
HarperCollins Publishers Irish Baby Names
Book Synopsis Collins Gem Babies Names is number one in the best-selling stakes. Meet its Irish cousin! This detailed guide to more than 2,000 of the most popular Irish first names is the ideal gift for anyone wishing to choose an Irish name for their child, or interested in finding out a bit more about their own name. Irish names are spreading across the world. As well as being more common in Ireland, they now feature in most English-speaking countries of the world. The reason for this spread is not hard to find. Massive emigration, especially during the 19th century famines, left many people of Irish descent in Britain, the U. S., Canada, and Australia. These emigrants often had to give up the Irish language in favor of English, but they took their names with them, gave them to their children, and spread them in the new countries. Indeed some, such as Brian, are now so well-established that they are no longer considered Irish. Others have developed strong associations with their new countries, so that Oscar is sometimes thought of as Scandinavian, Barry and Sheila are associated with Australia, and for most people Darren is American. What then is an Irish name? In this book a very broad view is taken, with special attention paid to what has happened to names after they left Ireland. The names come from Gaelic (and are given in Gaelic and in an anglicized form), from translations from Irish forms of non-Irish names and from Irish surnames and words.
£6.99
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc Our Family Tree: A Generational History
Book SynopsisOrganize your ancestry research while creating a beautiful keepsake to pass on to future generations with Our Family Tree. Find your way through your family history and record your results with this beautiful keepsake. Whether as a gift to a relative or for yourself, this modern family tree allows for multi-generations and their activities to be included. Customizable and inclusive, make this truly your own through: this charming guide to your ancestry includes: Ancestral charts for you, your partner, and your family members Records for citizenship and immigration Places to record your and your families' favorite things A place for chosen family, including pets Blank pages for pasting in photographs and mementos And more! An introduction from renowned genealogist and author of Finding your Family Tree Sharon Leslie Morgan helps guide you on your journey with helpful tips and a research checklist to set you on your course of discovery. No matter how thorny your family tree may be, discovering your ancestry can connect you to an essential part of your identity. Get this easy-to-use, beautifully illustrated keepsake to remember your family history and try your hand at genealogy.
£13.49
HarperCollins Publishers Gentry Six Hundred Years of a Peculiarly English
Book SynopsisAdam Nicolson tells the story of England through the history of fourteen gentry families from the 15th century to the present day. This sparkling work of history reads like a real-life Downton Abbey, as the loves, hatreds and many times of grief of his chosen cast illuminate the grand events of history.We may well be a nation of shopkeepers', but for generations England was a country dominated by its middling families, rooted on their land, in their locality, with a healthy interest in turning a profit from their property and a deep distrust of the centralised state. The virtues we may all believe to be part of the English culture honesty, affability, courtesy, liberality each of these has their source in gentry life cultivated over five hundred years. These folk were the backbone of England.Adam Nicolson's riveting new book concentrates on fourteen families, from 1400 to the present day. From the medieval gung-ho of the Plumpton family to the high-seas adventures of the Lascelles iTrade Review“Dazzling…..there is an exhilarating narrative sweep that takes the story across the centuries, but above all there is a unity of theme and place that roots it in English history and the English landscape….This is an enviably good book” THE SPECTATOR “Clever, moving and put together with expert craftsmanship, THE GENTRY is the most enjoyable book I’ve read this year” FINANCIAL TIMES “Masterly….. a wonderfully evocative work of historical rehabilitation” SUNDAY TELEGRAPH “A consummate writer and keen-eyed reader of landscape, Nicolson gives us mouth-watering descriptions…a fantastic book”. TIME OUT “[Nicolson] paints a fascinating picture of forced marriages, violent deaths, corruption, loyalties, betrayals and, ultimately, a lost way of life… the book has flashes of insight and empathy to remind us that each family had its own individual dramas as well as being symbols of their time.” DAILY MAIL “Nicolson’s fascinating and brilliantly written examination of the gentry across seven centuries….creates a vivid portrait gallery of a class at the heart of English society …..wonderfully readable” SUNDAY TIMES
£12.34
Gill Tracing Your Irish Ancestors
Book SynopsisThe fifth edition of Tracing Your Irish Ancestors
£22.94
Anness Publishing The Story and Language of Heraldry The
Book SynopsisSee 9780754834601 for the updated 256-page new edition. A fascinating guide to the medieval world and to understanding and interpreting the ancient sign system of heraldry, richly illustrated throughout.
£8.54
Paul Holberton Publishing Ltd The Honour and Grandeur: Regalia, Gold and Silver at the Mansion House
Book SynopsisThe greatest treasure of the City of London has been, until now, the least known. The unique Crystal Sceptre of c.1420 - seen only at the inauguration of the Lord Mayor and at coronations, and never photographed before - is here presented with as much as is known of its history, its materials and their origins and its first recorded outing, to the coronation of Catherine of Valois, the wife of King Henry V, in 1421 at Westminster Abbey. Timed to coinicide with the first ever public exhibition of the Crystal Sceptre, which opens on the occasion of the 600-year anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt, this new book will present the Sceptre and over 80 of the finest and most historic pieces in the plate collection at Mansion House - the home, office and centre of entertainment for the Lord Mayor of the City of London. The regalia includes several famous items, notably the 16th-century gold and enamel Chain of Esses, the great Mace of 1735-36 and the Pearl Sword of the 1570s, carried by the Lord Mayor before the Sovereign on visits to the City. The silver-gilt and silver, used constantly during the year, includes pieces by some of the greatest names of English silversmithing - Paul de Lamerie and Paul Storr, for example - but also rare ones by more modern masters - Latino Movio and Omar Ramsden - including masterpieces previously completely unknown to silver historians. An inscription on a silver-gilt cup presented to the Lord Mayor in 1741 records that the intention of the gift was to increas - the Honour and Grandeur - of the City of London. It is just one piece of a vast, eclectic and exceptional collection of plate, which is constantly in use at the Guildhall and Mansion House today to uphold that honour and in the grandest way possible - a rare survival of medieval practices of display. The quality and quantity of the 19th- and 20th-century pieces in particular is extraordinary. This volume is the third in the series on the treasures of Mansion House, following The Harold Samuel Collection of Dutch and Flemish Paintings (2012) and Magnificent Marble Statutes: A Guide to the Sculpture at the Mansion House (2013). Intended to introduce to a broad audience the plate collection - as well as the history of the Lord Mayors, the City guilds and Mansion House itself, and the formation of the collection, it will also be of interest to specialists in silver, who will discover many masterpieces of style and technique.
£15.00
Brewin Books Saga Trees
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£12.85
Lang Syne Publishers Ltd O'Brien: The Origins of the O'Brien Family and
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£5.71
The History Press Ltd Teach Yourself Palaeography
Book SynopsisIf you want to learn to read and know about old handwriting, this is the only book you will need.Trade Review“This educational guide will help you master the reading of old handwriting from the 19th Century back to the court hands of the 16th. It covers the terminology used when transcribing, but the main emphasis is on practical learning in order to decipher old documents, on the importance of ‘having a go’ and persisting." * Family Tree magazine *
£16.19
Lang Syne Publishers Ltd The Munro: The Origins of the Clan Munro and
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£5.71
Lang Syne Publishers Ltd Maxwell: The Origins of the Clan Maxwell and
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£5.71
Hodder & Stoughton 10000 Baby Names
Book SynopsisSo you''re expecting a baby - congratulations! Now comes one of the most enjoyable, yet difficult, decisions you''ll have to make as new parents: choosing a name for your baby. We guide you through what you need to consider when making this important decision, as well as a generous helping of funny and unfortunate real names, so you know what NOT to name your baby. If your surname is WHITE don''t call your child ISLA; Check that your baby''s initials don''t spell GBH or RAT; What are the top 10 boys and girls names? With over 10,000 names, their origin and meaning, we''ll provide the inspiration and advice you need to make a choice you and your baby are happy with for life.
£11.07
Transworld Publishers Ltd Blood of the Isles
Book SynopsisBryan Sykes, the world''s first genetic archaeologist, takes us on a journey around the family tree of Britain and Ireland, to reveal how our tribal history still colours the country today.In 54BC Julius Caesar launched the first Roman invasion of Britain. His was the first detailed account of the Celtic tribes that inhabited the Isles. But where had they come from and how long had they been there? When the Romans eventually left five hundred years later, they were succeeded by invasions of Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and Normans. Did these successive invasions obliterate the genetic legacy of the Celts, or have very little effect?After two decades tracing the genetic origins of peoples from all over the world, Bryan Sykes has now turned the spotlight on his own back yard. In a major research programme, the first of its kind, he set out to test the DNA of over 10,000 volunteers from across Britain and Ireland with the specific aim of answering this very question: what is oTrade ReviewThe science is explained with an infectious zest. His book is so revealing that the new... as well as the old should read it -- Boyd Tonkin * Independent *Syke's scientific presentation is chatty and readable * The Sunday Times *Professor Sykes has an admirably free and easy style for an academic * Daily Mail *A fascinating overview of genealogical patterns and tribal heritage... [with] a stong narrative drive, pushed on by Sykes's energetic search for answers * Telegraph Review *Fascinating reading. This book has all the tension of a good detective story but is actually science at its most accessible * Sunday Express *
£10.79
John Wiley & Sons Inc Family Tree Maker for Dummies For Dummies S
Book SynopsisFamily Tree Maker has the largest genealogy community in the world and provides access to over 1 billion names. This text demonstrates how to simplify the often-complex genealogy adventure by using this software/online resource to maximize the effectiveness of a search.Table of ContentsIntroduction. PART I: Putting Your House in Order. Chapter 1: Getting Started. Chapter 2: Starting with the One You Know Best -- You. Chapter 3: Giving the Lowdown on Others. Chapter 4: Say Cheese! (Using the Scrapbook Feature). Chapter 5: Deleting Undesirables (And Other Ways to Fix Data). PART II: Your Handy-Dandy Research Partner. Chapter 6: Mandatory Chapter on Citing Sources. Chapter 7: Tools to Make Your (Research) Life Easier. Chapter 8: Hit the Web at the Click of a Button. PART III: Share and Share Alike. Chapter 9: Trees, Trees Everywhere. Chapter 10: News, Get Your News Here. Chapter 11: Writing Your Own Book. Chapter 12: Exporting Relatives With Your Computer. PART IV: The Part of Tens. Chapter 13: Ten Things You Can Do to Reduce Stress. Chapter 14: Ten Bonuses in the Deluxe Package. Chapter 15: Ten Things That Can Save You Time. Chapter 16: Ten Ways to Avoid Calling Tech Support. PART V: Appendixes. Appendix A: Installing the Program. Appendix B: What Does This Mean? (A Glossary of Terms). Index. Book Registration Information.
£20.39
Batsford Ltd The Royal Line of Succession
Book SynopsisQueen Elizabeth II is descended from King Egbert through 12 centuries of monarchs. Showcasing all the family trees, from the Anglo-Saxons to the Windsors, this useful guidebook explains the fascinating process on how power transferred from one monarch to the next.
£6.00
Birlinn General Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors
Book SynopsisThis is a new edition of the bestselling guide to this increasingly popular pursuit. Scotland has the best-maintained records and facilities of any country in the world for undertaking family research, and now that the National Records of Scotland are available online they can be consulted by anyone from whatever country. Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors is the National Records' official guide and is written in an accessible style from the unique perspective of a custodian of the records. It details all the latest internet developments, including a chapter on family history on the web. It also points to more traditional resources, explaining step by step how to research records of births, marriages and wills.Trade Review'Includes the sort of online sources that have transformed the field since its first publication in 1990, this guide is indispensable for the serious investigator' * The Scotsman *'Excellent help with every phase of genealogical research ... This book will be a valuable finding aid for many people using the Scottish Record Office, and by no means only for the family historian' * Books in Scotland *
£12.99
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Tracing Your Ancestors Through Family
Book SynopsisJayne Shrimpton's complete guide to dating, analysing and understanding family photographs is essential reading and reference for anyone undertaking genealogical and local history research. Using over 150 old photographs as examples, she shows how such images can give a direct insight into the past and into the lives of the individuals who are portrayed in them. Almost every family and local historian works with photographs, but often the fascinating historical and personal information that can be gained from them is not fully understood. They are one of the most vivid and memorable ways into the past. This concise but comprehensive guide describes the various types of photograph and explains how they can be dated. It analyses what the clothes and style of dress can tell us about the people in the photographs, their circumstances and background. Sections look at photographs of special occasions - baptisms, weddings, funerals - and at photographs taken in wartime, on holiday and at work. There is advice on how to identify the individuals shown and how to find more family photographs through personal connections, archives and the internet - and how to preserve them for future generations. Jayne Shrimpton's handbook is an authoritative, accessible guide to old photographs that no family or local historian can be without.
£14.24
The History Press Ltd How to Research your Second World War Ancestors
Book SynopsisAs the last veterans of the Second World War pass on, more people than ever are researching their stories and seeing what their family did during the Second World War, whether it was just four years peeling potatoes or landing on the D-Day beaches. This comprehensive and easy to use book will set you on the right road.
£17.00
Anness Publishing Tracing Your Family History How to Get Started
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£6.23
Lang Syne Publishers Ltd The Elliots: The Origins of the Elliot Family and
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£999.99
Lang Syne Publishers Ltd Doran: The Origins of the Doran Family and Their
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£5.71
Lang Syne Publishers Ltd Singh: The Origins of the Singh Family and Their
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£5.71
Lang Syne Publishers Ltd Khan: The Origins of the Khan Family and Their
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£5.71
Llanerch Press Northanhymbre Saga: History of the Anglo-Saxon
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£11.40
Warners Group Publications Start Your Family Tree
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£14.24
Fircone Books Ltd The Ludlow Castle Heraldic Roll
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£12.30
The History Press Ltd The Phillimore Atlas and Index of Parish
Book SynopsisIf you are trying to find yours ancestors, especially before 1837, then this book is a vital source. The first section has a detailed topographical map together with a map showing the parishes for each county in alphabetical order. The second section gives details of the parish registers and indexes available for each parish and where they can be located. It may seem expensive but it can save many hours of research. The third edition of this index features the addition of a map of the whole UK that shows the county boundaries before 1830 and a shift to reliance on census indexes rather than marriage indexes, which are now summarized in a paragraph.
£37.50
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Great British Family Names and Their History:
Book SynopsisFor better or worse, what we are is often determined by our family; the events that occurred many years before we were born, and the choices that were made by our forebears are our inheritance - we are the inexorable product of family history. So it is with nations. The history of Great Britain has been largely defined by powerful and influential families, many of whose names have come down to us from Celtic, Danish, Saxon or Norman ancestors. Their family names fill the pages of our history books; they are indelibly written into the events which we learned about at school. Iconic family names like Wellington, Nelson, Shakespeare, Cromwell, Constable, De Montfort and Montgomery... there are innumerable others. They reflect the long chequered history of Britain, and demonstrate the assimilation of the many cultures and languages which have migrated to these islands over the centuries, and which have resulted in the emergence of our language. This book is a snapshot of several hundred such family names and delves into their beginnings and derivations, making extensive use of old sources, including translations of The Domesday Book and The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, as well as tracing many through the centuries to the present day.
£16.99
Oxford University Press Dynasty
Book SynopsisFor thousands of years bloodlines have been held as virtually unassailable credentials for leadership, with supreme political power perceived as a family affair across the globe and throughout history. At the heart of royal dynasties, kings were inflated to superhuman proportions, yet their status came at a price: whilst they may have reigned, they were very often ruled by others who sheltered behind the ruler''s proclaimed omnipotence. Descent through the female line also occurred, subverting our common view of dynasty as built on father-son succession. Everywhere, women were important as mothers of boy-kings, and could even rule in their own right in some places.In this Very Short Introduction Jeroen Duindam connects the earliest history of kings and queens to contemporary examples of family-based leadership. His sweeping overview of five millennia of dynastic rule brings to light recurring predicaments of families on the throne. Examining persistent family conflict and the dilemmas of leadership, he shows how the challenge of governing the family was balanced by the necessity of family scions, close or distant, for the survival of dynasties. Tensions between ageing fathers and eager sons can be found among ancient kings as well as in modern business empires. Guidebooks for rulers throughout history provided counsel that will appear strikingly familiar to contemporary leaders. The thoughts and confessions of rulers added a more personal touch to these rules of thumb. Throughout, Duindam sheds light not only on similarities, but also on divergence and change in dynastic practice. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.Table of Contents1: Dynasties past and present 2: Shaping the family 3: Paterfamilias: its hard to be the boss 4: Women and dynastic power 5: Embedding the family 6: Persistence and change 7: The dynastic impulse in the modern world 8: Epilogue All in the family: conclusions Further reading Index
£9.49
Yale University Press The Fabrication of Louis XIV Paper
Book SynopsisThe money spent by the French government on the public image of Louis XIV was extensive and succeeded in making him into a god like figure. In this book the author gives an account of the contemporary representations of Louis XIV and illustrates the relationship between art and power.Table of ContentsIntroducing Louis XIV; persuasion; sunrise; the construction of the system; self-assertion; the years of victory; the reconstruction of the system; sunset; the crisis of representations; the reverse of the medal; the reception of Louis XIV; Louis in perspective.
£18.16
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Discovering Heraldry Discovering Books 250
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£8.21
The History Press Ltd The Surnames Handbook
Book SynopsisEvery surname has its own story to tell, and a surname study is a natural complement to family history research. The Surnames Handbook provides a comprehensive guide to researching your surname using genealogical methods in conjunction with the latest advances in DNA testing and surname mapping.Trade ReviewI believe this handbook, which is a significant contribution to our understanding in this field, deserves not only our admiration and gratitude, but also a place on our bookshelves. -- Derek A. Palgrave
£999.99
Anness Publishing Great Composers The Illustrated History of
Book SynopsisA beautifully illustrated guide to the most influential composers of classical music, from medieval to modern times.
£13.50
Headline Publishing Group Potty Fartwell and Knob
Book SynopsisRussell Ash has trawled parish registers and censuses going back 900 years to compile the first ever complete book of breathtakingly unlikely-but-true British names. It features an incredible and diverse range of totally genuine names, evoking everything from body parts (Dick Brain), sex (Matilda Suckcock), illness (Barbaray Headache) and toilet functions (Peter Piddle) to food (Hazel Nutt), animals (Minty Badger) and places (Phila Delphia). Every single one has been checked for authenticity and its source is given, as well as extra notes where further fascinating illumination is possible. The book provides a rigorously researched yet laugh-out-loud overview of Britain''s eccentricity through the ages. And in this fully revised, expanded and enhanced paperback edition, it is no exaggeration to say that it''s Pottier, Fartier and Knobbier than ever before.Trade Review'Sometimes it can feel as though so much of what we love about the British character has been stamped out by the joyless indifference of the Call Centre mob. You know the ones: 'Your call is Held in a Queue, You Will be Answered Shortly.' They have sapped our will to live, but, even worse, they have sapped our will to laugh. So let me recommend a hilarious new book called Potty, Fartwell And Knob: Extraordinary Names of True People. Some of the names it has traced are not suitable for a family newspaper. But all of them make you happy to belong to a people who believe it is their patiortic duty not to take themselves too seriously.' * Allison Pearson, >Daily Mail *'Hilarious... [the names] make you happy to belong to a people who believe it is their patriotic duty not to take themselves too seriously' * Allison Pearson, Daily Mail *
£10.44
LIGHTNING SOURCE UK LTD Genealogical History of the Call Family in the
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£22.75
Legare Street Press The Wallace Family in America
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£21.80
Legare Street Press The Attwood Family With Historic Notes Pedigrees
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£25.60
Legare Street Press The Brockway Family Some Records of Wolston
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£23.70
Legare Street Press Materials for a Genealogy of the Sparhawk Family
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£12.30
Legare Street Press A Pedigree of the Family of Winthrop Lords of the
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£21.80
Legare Street Press A Family Record of the Descendants of John
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£22.75
Legare Street Press A Genealogical and Biographical Account of the
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£22.75
Legare Street Press Lineage and Biographies of the Norris Family in
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£26.96
Legare Street Press A History of the Ide Family in the United States
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£21.80
Legare Street Press Schell or Researches After the Descendants of
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