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Little, Brown Book Group trackdownyourancestorshowtoresearchyourfamilyhisto
Book SynopsisSince its first publication, twenty years ago, Track Down Your Ancestors has helped thousands of readers to take the first steps on their journey into their family''s past. Now totally revised and updated in 2010, to include the latest on-line resources on the Internet, the 1911 Census and changes at the National Archives.Delving into the past and discovering who your ancestors were, where they lived and what their occupations were is a fascinating hobby that more and more people are choosing to take up. Over the years Track Down Your Ancestors has built up a fine reputation as the perfect place to get started - now this new, fully rewritten edition includes updated advice on using birth, death and marriage certificates, probate records, census returns, parish registers, old newspapers, The National Archives and many other sources to build up a picture of your family''s past. The Internet has revolutionised family history research. Estelle now also incl
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Gill Tracing Your Irish Ancestors
Book SynopsisThe fifth edition of Tracing Your Irish Ancestors
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Women of the Twelfth Century
Book SynopsisIn this volume, one of the greatest medieval historians of our time continues his rich and illuminating enquiry into the lives of twelfth-century women. Georges Duby bases his account here on a twelfth-century genre which commemorated the virtues of noblewomen who had died, and the roles they had played in the history of their lineage.Trade Review"It is difficult to think of any other historian who has been surrounded by so much respect and esteem." Douglas Johnson, The Guardian "Elegantly written and elegantly translated, Duby's book distils what can be found about the lives of six elite women from the meagre records of the twelfth century. It leads him to revise his earlier opinions and see the recognition of the spirituality of women in that century as leading Europe to rate the values of love more highly. And all this is done with his customary scholarship and sensitivity." Professor Jack Goody, St John's College, Cambridge "Georges Duby was a grand master among medieval social historians, and this is true vintage: subtle, perceptive, penetrating, sympatheic, and - helped by Jean Birrell's translation - highly readable. Women's history is of special interest today, and the book will provide for many a refreshing entry to a fascinating world." Professor Christopher Brooke, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge "An illuminating insight into the experience of womanhood in twelfth-century Europe." History Today "Fascinating insight ... thought-provoking and inspirational." Journal of Gender Studies "This study is Duby's last work, written just before he died in 1997, and it is his most personal and intimate testimony as a historian; he is in the foreground of his own narrative throughout. On that account it is a direct and touching book. As translated (with outstanding skill) by Jean Birrell, it is also very readable." Times Literary Supplement "There is much in Women of the Twelfth Century to enjoy ... well-informed and thought-provoking ... this book has a lot to offer." History TodayTable of ContentsIntroduction. Part I: Serving the Dead:. 1. The dead with the house. 2. Women and the dead. 3. Writing about the dead. 4. Remembering women. Part II: Wives and concubines: . 1. The genealogy of a eulogy. 2. The trouble with women. 3. Wives. 4. Mistresses. 5. Arlette. >Part 3: The Power of Women. 1. The context. 2. The witness. 3. Mother goddesses. 4. The couple. 5. Widows. Genealogies.
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Edinburgh University Press Geneses Genealogies Genres and Genius
Book SynopsisORIGINAL TEXT BY DERRIDA TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH FOR THE FIRST TIME. In this book Derrida responds to the work, Dream I Tell You, by Helene Cixous.Trade Review"'No one has ever managed to get French more joyously drunk, giving philosophy the full measure of its greatness once and for all, its tragic, its comic spell.' - Helene Cixous"
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Edinburgh University Press The Alids
Book SynopsisThe ''Alids are the descendants of the Prophet Muhammad, the elite family of Islam. The respect and veneration they are accorded is unparalleled in Islamic society, regardless of political or religious affiliation. They have played a major role in Islamic history: famous early rebels and founders of major Islamic sects, and many rulers - such as the 10th-century Fatimids in Egypt, the current kings of Jordan and Morocco, Ayatollah Khomeini and the Aga Khan - all claimed ''Alid descent.This first in-depth study of the ''Alids focuses on the crucial formative period from the Abbasid Revolution to the Saljuq period, 750-1100. Exploring the rise of the ''Alids as a social phenomenon, the author asks how this family attained and extended its status over the centuries.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. The 'Alids from the 'Abbasid Revolution to the Seljuqs; 2. To Be or Not to Be: Genealogy, Money, and the Drawing of Boundaries; 3. Kinship and Social Hierarchy: Marriage Patterns; 4. The Headship of the 'Alid Family; 5. The 'Alids as Local Nobility; 6. 'Alid Dynasties; Conclusion.
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The History Press Ltd The Betrayal of Richard III
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The History Press Ltd A Viking in the Family
Book SynopsisGenealogist Keith Gregson takes the reader on a whistle-stop tour of quirky family stories and strange ancestors rooted out by amateur and professional family historians. Each lively entry tells the story behind each discovery and then offers a brief insight into how the researcher found and then followed up their leads, revealing a range of chance encounters and the detective qualities required of a family historian. For example, one researcher discovered that his great-great-grandfather, as a child, was carried across the main street of West Hartlepool on the back of the famous tightrope walker Blondin. The Victorian newspaper report said that the rope had been tied between two chimney pots. Research into the author's own family revealed that one of his nineteenth-century ancestors lost his leg in a Midlands coal-mining accident, and that the amputated leg was buried in the local cemetery to be joined by the rest of him on his final demise. A Viking in the Family is full of similar
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The History Press Ltd Worcestershire Family History Guidebook
Book SynopsisMany of us have a curiosity about our family history, and may even have dabbled in research online or through our own family network. But for those of us who want to know what our ancestors were really like, how they lived and what their daily struggles and experiences were, the key often lies in our own county.In Worcestershire: A Family History Guidebook, professional local genealogist Vanessa Morgan takes us on a fascinating and easy-to-follow journey from deciding to research your Worcestershire ancestors right through to discovering more about how they lived and worked. What influence did industry have in their lives? Who were their employers? What historical events would have affected them? Family history isn't just about names and dates; this book will help you to put the flesh on bones.
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The History Press Ltd It Runs in the Family
Book SynopsisIn the quest to uncover our family history, we turn to written records, the family album and even heirlooms.
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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.
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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 *
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Politics and Government in Byzantium The Rise and
Book SynopsisJonathan Shea is Associate Curator of Coins and Seals at Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, and Dean's Distinguished Lecturer in the Humanities at The George Washington University. He received his PhD from the University of Birmingham and has published in peer-reviewed articles and edited collectionsTrade ReviewThis is a useful and refreshing contribution to the complex history of eleventh-century Byzantium and offers an approach that differs from those that place emphasis chiefly on fiscal problems on the one hand or military collapse on the other. * Speculum *[A]n important contribution to the study of Byzantine government and society. Given its rich and sometimes complex detail it will serve as a useful reference work. Further, in conjunction with other recent studies of Byzantium in the tenth and eleventh centuries...it will enable greater understanding of this crucial period of Byzantine history. * Early Medieval Europe *Table of ContentsPart 1 Byzantium at the Turning Point · Part 1.2 Byzantium in the Eleventh Century · Part 1.2 Seals, Coins, and Lists Part 2 The Byzantine Bureaucrat Part 3 The Rise of the Civilians · Part 3.1 Changing with the Times: The Logothesia and the Treasuries · Part 3.2 Slipping Backwards: The Imperial Chancery · Part 3.3 Governing the Capital · Part 3.4 A New Bureucratic Elite: The Judiciary Part 4 The Collapse of Civilian Government · Reform and Consolidation: The Logothesia and the Treasuries p. 116 · The Chancery: A Part of the Imperial Household? · The Administration of Constantinople: A Steady Decline · Falling From Grace: The Judiciary · The End of Civilian Government Part 5 Changing Priorities and an Evolving Government Appendix Chartoularioi, Notarioi, and Logariastai Bibliography
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Politics and Government in Byzantium
Book SynopsisJonathan Shea is Associate Curator of Coins and Seals at Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, and Dean's Distinguished Lecturer in the Humanities at The George Washington University. He received his PhD from the University of Birmingham and has published in peer-reviewed articles and edited collectionsTrade ReviewThis is a useful and refreshing contribution to the complex history of eleventh-century Byzantium and offers an approach that differs from those that place emphasis chiefly on fiscal problems on the one hand or military collapse on the other. * Speculum *[A]n important contribution to the study of Byzantine government and society. Given its rich and sometimes complex detail it will serve as a useful reference work. Further, in conjunction with other recent studies of Byzantium in the tenth and eleventh centuries...it will enable greater understanding of this crucial period of Byzantine history. * Early Medieval Europe *Table of ContentsPart 1 Byzantium at the Turning Point · Part 1.2 Byzantium in the Eleventh Century · Part 1.2 Seals, Coins, and Lists Part 2 The Byzantine Bureaucrat Part 3 The Rise of the Civilians · Part 3.1 Changing with the Times: The Logothesia and the Treasuries · Part 3.2 Slipping Backwards: The Imperial Chancery · Part 3.3 Governing the Capital · Part 3.4 A New Bureucratic Elite: The Judiciary Part 4 The Collapse of Civilian Government · Reform and Consolidation: The Logothesia and the Treasuries p. 116 · The Chancery: A Part of the Imperial Household? · The Administration of Constantinople: A Steady Decline · Falling From Grace: The Judiciary · The End of Civilian Government Part 5 Changing Priorities and an Evolving Government Appendix Chartoularioi, Notarioi, and Logariastai Bibliography
£28.80
Running Press,U.S. Family Secrets Journal
Book SynopsisUncover the hidden histories and record the timeless tales of your loved ones in the Family Secrets Journal. Dig deep into what makes your family''s story unique with this deluxe hardcover guided journal. Filled with dozens of prompts for amateur genealogists, this thoughtful keepsake guides you through the journey of recording the colorful details of your lineage. From immigration tales and treasured recipes to laugh-out-loud jokes and special celebrations, the Family Secrets Journal opens up a world of conversations with your loved ones, as you capture important memories. A perfect companion to family trees and genealogy results, the Family Secrets Journal lets you uncover the heart and soul of your family''s story.
£14.73
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Submarine Badges and Insignia of the World An
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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.
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Heritage Books John Freeman of Norfolk County Virginia His Descendants in North Carolina and Virginia
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Heritage Books Descendants of Reuben Phillips
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Heritage Books The Cram Sourcebook Volume Three
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Heritage Books falconerofhalkerton
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Heritage Books A F Carl Wiese Descendants
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Heritage Books Descendants of John Witt the Virginia Immigrant
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Heritage Books History of Marshall County West Virginia
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Heritage Books Smyth County Virginia History and Traditions
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Heritage Books Harford County Maryland Marriage References and
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Heritage Books Our Maryland Heritage Book 12 Browning Families
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Heritage Books Fitch Gazetteer of Washington County New York Volume 2
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Heritage Books Hurley Families in America Volume Two Revised
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Heritage Books Seven Hundred Years of the Beville Family
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Heritage Books Ackermann Biographical Dictionary Volume 1
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Heritge Books Cheseldine and Gerard Families of Maryland
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Heritage Books A Genealogy of the Family of Richard Howell of Mattituck Southold Town Long Island New York to Seven Generations
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Heritage Books The Original Lists of Persons of Quality
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Heritage Books The Huguenot Settlements in Ireland
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Heritage Books The Cemeteries of Northern Richland County South Carolina
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Heritage Books Lee of Virginia 16421892 Biographical and Genealogical Sketches of the Descendants of Colonel Richard Lee
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Heritage Books Extract Of The Rejected Applications Of The Guion Miller Roll Of The Eastern Cherokee Volume 2
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Heritage Books Deaths in Central Texas 19451954
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Heritage Books The Duvall Families Our Maryland Heritage
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Heritage Books French and Native North American Marriages 16001800
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