Britain's industrial revolution depended on canals for the cheap movement of materials & goods
- until the coming of the railways.
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East Enders are a very special breed & tracing your East End ancestry is going to be tremendous fun. Everyone has got some East End ancestors
- & if they havent they invent them rollicking chaps larky & resourceful talking a funny language to keep them" guessing eating at eel & pie shops shouting out their wares in clattering colourful markets. Their wives & masters (" er in doors") are brazen lassies smart as paint tough as their men folk presiding over an undoubted matriarchal society where Mum rules OK? The good tales are of bright little kids unshod & street-wise rising above their origins & making a mint. The bad ones are of indescribable horror
- children dying in diseased heaps infant sex for sale & gangs of armed bandits terrorising the neighbourhood. As author Jane Cox writes in the preface the East End of our great grandparents days was another world & her fascinating & accessible guide to East End ancestry will help you find out about it. She takes readers through the maze of courts & alleys that was the home of their ancestors bringing to life that vibrant polyglot society & describing the many sources researchers can consult
- archives records books the internet
- in order to discover the lives of individuals who lived in the area or passed through it."



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Researching your family tree is a fascinating & fulfilling project but where do you begin? & where should you go if you get stuck? TRACING YOUR FAMILY HISTORY MADE EASY takes you through the entire process from recording the information you already know to finding the information you dont. This easy-to-follow guide packed with top tips & step-by-step instructions explains how to search historical records & online resources how to keep track of your findings & how to build your family tree on your home computer including: checking censuses & official records; interpreting documents; investigating occupations such as military personnel the medical professions & much more. This title

Includes:: a CD-Rom of family tree software Family Historian Starter Edition 4.1: so you can add up to 80 people to your tree. Whether you are 70 or 20 discover your familys past & bring it to life with TRACING YOUR FAMILY HISTORY MADE EASY.

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Anyone who wants to find out about the history of their house
- of their home
- needs to read this compact practical handbook.

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Between the sixteenth & eighteenth centuries many thousands of Protestants fled religious persecution in France & the Low Countries. They became one of the most influential immigrant communities in the countries where they settled & many families in modern-day Britain will find a Huguenot connection in their past. Kathy Chaters authoritative handbook offers an accessible introduction to Huguenot history & to the many sources that researchers can use to uncover the Huguenot ancestry they may not have realized they had. She traces the history of the Huguenots; their experience of persecution & their flight to Britain North America the West Indies & South Africa concentrating on the Huguenot communities that settled in England Ireland Scotland & the Channel Islands. Her work is also an invaluable guide to the various sources researchers can turn to in order to track their Huguenot ancestors for she describes the wide range of records that is available in local regional & national archives as well as through the internet & overseas. Her expert overview is essential reading for anyone studying their Huguenot ancestry or immigrant history in Britain. ...

If you want to find out about Lancashires history & particularly if you have family links to the area & your ancestors lived or worked in the county then this is the ideal book for you. As well as helping you to trace when & where your ancestors were born married & died it gives you an insight into the world they knew & a chance to explore their lives at work & at home. Sue Wilkess accessible & informative handbook outlines Lancashires history & describes the origins of its major industries
- cotton coal transport engineering shipbuilding & others. She looks at the stories of important Lancashire families such as the Stanleys Peels & Egertons & famous entrepreneurs such as Richard Arkwright in order to illustrate aspects of Lancashire life & to show how the many sources available for family & local history research can be used. Relevant documents specialist archives & libraries background reading & other sources are recommended throughout this practical book. Also included is a directory of Lancashire archives libraries & academic repositories as well as databases of family history societies useful genealogy websites & places to visit which bring Lancashires past to life. Sue Wilkess book is the essential companion for anyone who wants to discover their Lancashire roots.
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Tracing Your Liverpool Ancestors provides a fascinating insight into everyday life in the Liverpool area over the past four centuries. Mike Royden introduces readers to the wealth of material available on the citys history & its people. In a series of short informative chapters he describes Liverpools history through shipping manufacturing & trade from the original fishing village to the present cosmopolitan metropolis of today. In each chapter he provides the history of a subject including relevant case studies & any further research he has. He then tells the reader the best places to visit to find information for themselves. The subjects that Mike covers in the chapters include the living conditions of people including poverty & the labouring poor health & the ravages of disease the influence of religion & migration education & the traumatic experience of war. He also shows how the lives of Liverpudlians changed over the centuries & how this is reflected in the records that have survived. Mike Royden is a leading authority of the history of Liverpool. He has been researching & writing for over 30 years & is a popular lecturer on the subject. Mike runs many family history websites & is author of a number of titles such as: Liverpool: Caring for Women babies in Liverpool- A History of Mill Road Hospital; A History of Liverpool Maternity Hospital The Womens Hospital Liverpool & a biography of Edward Rushton. ...

London is a key site for family historians. Many researchers seeking to trace their ancestry back through the generations will find their trail leads to London or through it. Yet despite the burgeoning interest in genealogy & the importance of London in so many life stories few previous books have explored the citys history or provided guidance on the research resources family historians can use to discover the life of a London ancestor. This is the purpose of Jonathan Oatess invaluable handbook. In a series of short information-packed chapters he describes the principal record offices archives libraries & other sources researchers can go to & shows how Londoners can be tracked through censuses registers & directories over the last 500 years. Then he explores key aspects of Londons history from a family historians point of view. Crime religion & education
- & the body of evidence associated with them
- are covered as is the historical trail left by taxation health welfare work & business. He looks also at the military & wartime records available in the city & at the records of immigrant communities who have had such a notable impact on the development of the capital. Each section introduces the reader to the relevant sources indicates where they can be found & offers essential advice on how this information can be used to piece together the lives of distant & not-so-distant relatives.

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What was a merchant seamans life like in the past what experiences would he have had what were the ships like that he sailed in & what risks did he run? Was he shipwrecked rewarded for bravery or punished? & how can you find out about an ancestor who was a member of the long British maritime tradition? Simon Willss concise & informative historical guide takes the reader & researcher through the fascinating story of Britains merchant service & he shows you how to trace individual men & women & gain an insight into their lives. In a series of short information-packed chapters he explains the expansion of Britains global maritime trade & the fleets of merchant ships that sustained it in peace & war. He describes the lives duties & tribulations of the generations of crews who sailed in these ships whether as ordinary seamen or as officers stewards engineers & a myriad of other roles. & he identifies the websites you can explore the archives records & books you can read & the places you can visit in order to gain an understanding of what your seagoing ancestor did & the world he knew. Simon Willss practical handbook will be essential reading & reference for anyone who is keen to discover for themselves the secrets of our maritime past & of the crewmembers & ships that were part of it. ...

Many family historians will come across direct links to ancestors who were affected by poverty. Yet despite the burgeoning interest in genealogy the history of pauperism & of poor relief has rarely been written about & no previous book has provided a guide to documents & records that family researchers can use to their trace their pauper ancestors. In this accessible & informative introduction Robert Burlison gives a vivid account of poverty & the poor. He identifies relevant records indicates where they can be found & offers essential advice on how this information can be used to piece together the lives of distant & not so distant relatives. ...