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Author : Standing Conference for Local History
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 8 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (783 download)
Download or read book Local History Societies in England and Wales written by Standing Conference for Local History and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : W. B. Stephens
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521282130
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (821 download)
Download or read book Sources for English Local History written by W. B. Stephens and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1981-09-10 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: English local and regional history has attracted widespread attention in the last twenty-five to thirty years. Its study has expanded at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in universities, polytechnics, and at other institutions of higher education, and it has long retained its popularity as a subject for adult education classes. In schools the teaching of local history in its own right, and as an ingredient of general history, environmental studies, and local and social studies, is well established, and commonly involves the use of original sources. The expansion of genealogical studies into the wider area of family history has involved many individuals and groups in the investigation of the local conditions, which existed where former generations lived and, in this pursuit, increasing use of local records has been made. Many who seek to involve themselves in this work, however, find that they are ill-equipped in the knowledge of what sources exist, where they are to be found, or what techniques are suitable in making the best use of them.
Author : Stuart A Raymond
Publisher : Pen and Sword Family History
ISBN 13 : 1526779455
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)
Download or read book Researching Local History written by Stuart A Raymond and published by Pen and Sword Family History. This book was released on 2022-09-08 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Kate Tiller
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1783275243
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (832 download)
Download or read book English Local History written by Kate Tiller and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2020-08-21 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic guide to exploring English local history, brought up to date and expanded.
Author : William Page
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 678 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (118 download)
Download or read book The Victoria History of the Counties of England written by William Page and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Beckett
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1847795137
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (477 download)
Download or read book Writing local history written by John Beckett and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-19 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating book looks at how local history developed from the antiquarian county studies of the sixteenth century through the growth of 'professional' history in the nineteenth century, to the recent past. Concentrating on the past sixty years, it looks at the opening of archive offices, the invigorating influence of family history, the impact of adult education and other forms of lifelong learning. The author considers the debates generated by academics, including the divergence of views over local and regional issues, and the importance of standards set by the Victoria County History (VCH). Also discussed is the fragmentation of the subject. The antiquarian tradition included various subject areas that are now separate disciplines, among them industrial archaeology, name studies, family, landscape and urban history. This is an authoritative account of how local history has come to be one of the most popular and productive intellectual pastimes in our modern society. Written by a practitioner who has spent more than twenty years teaching local history to undergraduates and M.A. students, as well as lecturing to local history societies, John Beckett is currently Director of the VCH. A remarkable book that will be of great interest to students and scholars of local history as well as amateur and professional genealogists.
Author : Philip Riden
Publisher : B. T. Batsford Limited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Record Sources for Local History written by Philip Riden and published by B. T. Batsford Limited. This book was released on 1987 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Hey
Publisher : Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN 13 : 9781474262545
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (625 download)
Download or read book The Grass Roots of English History written by David Hey and published by Bloomsbury Academic. This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In medieval and early modern Britain, people would refer to their local district as their 'country, ' a term now largely forgotten but still used up until the First World War. Core groups of families that remained rooted in these 'countries, ' often bearing distinctive surnames still in use today, shaped local culture and passed on their traditions. In The Grass Roots of English History, David Hey examines the differing nature of the various local societies that were found throughout England in these periods. The book provides an update on the progress that has been made in recent years in our understanding of the history of ordinary people living in different types of local societies throughout England, and demonstrates the value of studying the varied landscapes of England, from towns to villages, farmsteads, fields and woods to highways and lanes, and historic buildings from cathedrals to cottages. With its broad coverage from the medieval period up to the Industrial Revolution, the book shows how England's socio-economic landscape had changed over time, employing evidence provided by archaeology, architecture, botany, cultural studies, linguistics and historical demography. The Grass Roots of English History provides an up-to-date account of the present state of knowledge about ordinary people in local societies throughout England written by an authority in the field, and as such will be of great value to all scholars of local and family history.
Author : Chris Paton
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1844687228
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (446 download)
Download or read book Tracing Your Family History on the Internet written by Chris Paton and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2011-06-13 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A genealogist’s practical guide to researching family history online while avoiding inaccurate, incomplete, or misleading information. The internet has revolutionized family history research—every day new records and resources are placed online and new methods of sharing research and communicating become available. Never before has it been so easy to research family history and to gain a better understanding of who we are and where we came from. But, as British genealogist Chris Paton demonstrates in this straightforward, practical guide, while the internet is an enormous asset, it is also something to be wary of. Researchers need to take a cautious approach to the information they acquire on the web. Where did the original material come from? Has it been accurately reproduced? Why was it put online? What has been left out and what is still to come? As he leads researchers through the multitude of resources that are now accessible online with an emphasis on UK and Ireland sites, Chris Paton helps to answer these questions. He shows what the internet can and cannot do—and he warns against the various traps researchers can fall into along the way.
Author : Alan Kidd
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526107589
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (261 download)
Download or read book People, places and identities written by Alan Kidd and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2017-03-24 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book of essays on British social and cultural history since the eighteenth century draws attention to relatively neglected topics including personal and collective identities, the meanings of place, especially locality, and the significance of cultures of association. Themes range from rural England in the eighteenth century to the urbanizing society of the nineteenth century; from the Home Front in the First World War to voluntary action in the welfare state; from post 1945 civic culture to the advice columns of teenage magazines and the national press. Various aspects of civil society connect these themes notably: the different identities of place, locality and association that emerged with the growth of an urban environment during the nineteenth century and the shifting landscape of twentieth-century public discourse on social welfare and personal morality. It is of interest that several of the essays take Manchester or Lancashire as their focus.
Author : David Hey
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191044938
Total Pages : 1060 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Oxford Companion to Family and Local History written by David Hey and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2010-02-25 with total page 1060 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Brian Short
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521570350
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (73 download)
Download or read book Land and Society in Edwardian Britain written by Brian Short and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-04-07 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 1997 book is a standard reference to the 1910 'New Domesday' data; essential for historians of Edwardian Britain.
Download or read book Ancestry magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 2001-07 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ancestry magazine focuses on genealogy for today’s family historian, with tips for using Ancestry.com, advice from family history experts, and success stories from genealogists across the globe. Regular features include “Found!” by Megan Smolenyak, reader-submitted heritage recipes, Howard Wolinsky’s tech-driven “NextGen,” feature articles, a timeline, how-to tips for Family Tree Maker, and insider insight to new tools and records at Ancestry.com. Ancestry magazine is published 6 times yearly by Ancestry Inc., parent company of Ancestry.com.
Author : W. B. Stephens
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719005053
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Sources for English Local History written by W. B. Stephens and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1973 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jonathan Oates
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473880580
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)
Download or read book Tracing Your Ancestors Through Local History Records written by Jonathan Oates and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2016-02-29 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Family history should reveal more than facts and dates, lists of names and places it should bring ancestors alive in the context of their times and the surroundings they knew and research into local history records is one of the most rewarding ways of gaining this kind of insight into their world. That is why Jonathan Oatess detailed introduction to these records is such a useful tool for anyone who is trying to piece together a portrait of family members from the past. In a series of concise and informative chapters he looks at the origins and importance of local history from the sixteenth century onwards and at the principal archives national and local, those kept by government, councils, boroughs, museums, parishes, schools and clubs. He also explains how books, photographs and other illustrations, newspapers, maps, directories, and a range of other resources can be accessed and interpreted and how they can help to fill a gap in your knowledge. As well as describing how these records were compiled, he highlights their limitations and the possible pitfalls of using them, and he suggests how they can be combined to build up a picture of an individual, a family and the place and time in which they lived.
Author : Lionel M. Munby
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780953774289
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (742 download)
Download or read book Local History Since 1945 written by Lionel M. Munby and published by . This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Pamela Brooks
Publisher : Robinson
ISBN 13 : 1472142071
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (721 download)
Download or read book How To Research Your House written by Pamela Brooks and published by Robinson. This book was released on 2017-12-14 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you want to know more about the history of your house, find out about the lives of former inhabitants, and discover more about the local community in which your house stands? Pamela Brooks, author of "How to Research Local History" will help you get started. She'll take you step by step along a fascinating trail of discovery, starting with the building itself and progressing to who lived there. Contents: 1. Introduction; 2. Preparing to research; 3. Secondary sources; 4. The Architecture of Your House - External Features; 5. The Architecture of Your House - Internal Features; 6. The building itself: Maps, Photographs and Sketches; 7. The Building Itself: Other Documents; 8. Who Lived There? Deeds and Taxation Records; 9. Who lived there? Personal Records; 10. Other sources; Appendices; Index.
