A superb reference tool which helps to explain the mysteries of old handwriting, abbreviations in documents and their proper meanings.

There are dozens illustrations of old handwriting styles and each letter or symbol has its true meaning presented beside it.

An invaluable aid to those who may sometimes struggle to decipher old documents and a must for any serious historian or genealogist. 


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An excellent text book which is a useful study in the use and origins of surnames. Essential reading for any serious genealogist. 


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An index of people named in Chancery Proceedings documents held by the Public Record Office. Published in two volumes by The Harleian Society who kindly loaned them to the Project for scanning. 


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Compiled from the archives at Arundel castle this includes dated and undated civil cases referred to the Earl Marshall, records of correspondence with the College of Arms and much more. 


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Merchants used 'marks' from at least as early as the thirteenth century and continued to use them for the next four or five hundred years.

In medieval times the risk of piracy or shipwreck was ever-present and it became customary for merchants to divide consignments of goods between several vessels, rather than risk a full cargo in one ship. For this reason adequate marking of goods was essential to avoid confusion and a mark on a bale established legal evidence as to ownership.

Marks were also used by craftsmen such as masons, armourers and goldsmiths. Ownership marks can be found on items such as furniture and there are even 'Swan' marks indicating ownership of swans!

This book details the collection of Toby Elmhirst who owned possibly the largest private collection of marks ever known.

Kindly loaned to the Project by The Harleian Society. 


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Written by J. B. Whitmore and published in four volumes by The Harleian Society.

This was originally intended to be a supplement to Dr Marshall's 1903 book of the same name, but grew into a major revision of the earlier work which documents sources of pedigrees published in books, biographies, topographical works and many other sources.

It should be noted that this book does NOT contain those pedigrees but it is invaluable as a finding aid.

Kindly loaned to the Project by The Harleian Society. 


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A superb resource and reference book for the family historian.

This book details just about all of the sources where you can glean information for your genealogy studies. Many of them are greatly neglected by the average family historian - because they don't know that those records and resources even exist. With this book, you can know. 


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W. P. W. Phillimore was the great authority on family history, and author and publisher of the Phillimore's Parish Registers series.

An excellent account of how to undertake your family history research, types of records and where they can be found. It covers many of the more unusual sources, which can still be found at county record offices and the Public Record Office in London. 


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A comprehensive study of genealogy resources. 


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A really good reference book for genealogists. Discusses types of records, their uses, and how to go about searching them.

 


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An Outline Guide to Topographical Records, Manuscripts and Books by J Charles Cox. 4th edition much enlarged and rewritten. Published in London by Bemrose & Sons Ltd. in 1895. 12.5 cm x 19.5 cm. Prefaces to 1st and 4th edition. Table of Contents: Etymology and Maps, Prehistoric Remains, Anglo-Saxon Remains, The Norseman and the Dane, History of the Manor, Civil or Domestic Architecture, Personal History, Parochial Records, History of the Church, Religious Houses and General Topics.  


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