Symes, R. A.
Tracing Your Ancestors Through Letters and Personal Writings: a Guide for Family Historians
(Pen and Sword, 2016).
Could your ancestors write their own names or did they mark official documents with a cross? Why did great-grandfather write so cryptically on a postcard home during the First World War? Why did great-grandmother copy all the letters she wrote into letter-books? How unusual was it that great-uncle sat down and wrote a poem, or a memoir? Researching Family History Through Ancestors' Personal Writings looks at the kinds of (mainly unpublished) writing that could turn up amongst family papers from the Victorian period onwards - a time during which writing became crucial for holding families together and managing their collective affairs. With industrialisation, improved education, and far more geographical mobility, British people of all classes were writing for new purposes, with new implements, in new styles, using new modes of expression and new methods of communication (e.g. telegrams and postcards). Our ancestors had an itch for scribbling from the most basic marks (initials, signatures and graffiti on objects as varied as trees, rafters and window ledges), through more emotionally-charged kinds of writing such as letters and diaries, to more creative works such as poetry and even fiction. This book shows family historians how to get the most out of documents written by their ancestors and, therefore, how better to understand the people behind the words. Paperback. New book, fine. ix + 270pp. Order No. NSBK-A15529
Keywords: 9781473855434, family, geneaology, family trees, geneaological, diaries, social history, family historians, ancestors, literacy, correspondence, journals, autobiographies, signatures, commonplace books
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Sand, George.
My Life: George Sand
(Harper and Row, 1979).
Translated and Adapted by Dan Hofstadter. Hardback. Very good in slightly chipped dustwrapper. viii + 246pp. Order No. NSBK-C5967
Keywords: 0060137665, Mme Dudevant, George Sand, women writers, socialism, France, French, history, autobiographies, autobiography, autobiographical, life history, life histories, socialists, socialist, feminist, feminists, feminism
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Watson, Mrs Sydney.
A Village Maiden's Career: Life Story of Mrs Sydney Watson
(S. W. Partridge, second edit. n.d).
Authoress of 'Old Home on the Hill', 'Hubert Grantham's Atonement,' 'Kenneth St Clair,' etc., etc. Hardback. Lacks fly leaf, blue cloth rubbed along edges, gilt titles, pages browned, otherwise a good working copy. 392pp. Order No. NSBK-C7509
Keywords: Mrs Sydney Watson, nineteenth century, 19th, woman writer, women writers, Britain, British, England, English, history, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, lives, life history, life histories, memoirs, novelists, literature, novels, fiction, Wiltshire, religion, religious
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Cooper, Thomas.
The Life of Thomas Cooper:
(Leicester UP, 1971).
With an introduction by John Saville. Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. 400pp. Order No. NSBK-A8323
Keywords: 0718550161, Thomas Cooper, autobiography, autobiographical, autobiographies, lives, life histories, life history, memoir, working, man, Chartists, Chartism, nineteenth century, 19th, Leicester, Leicestershire, working class, working-class, classes, Victorian, political, politics, John Saville
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John, Augustus.
Finishing Touches:
(Readers Union, 1966).
With black and white photographs. Edited and introduced by Daniel George. Hardback. Spine ends slightly soiled, otherwise good. 156pp. Order No. NSBK-A12128
Keywords: B0000CMCW9, Augustus John, Finishing Touches, art, artists, painters, paintings, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, twentieth century, 20th, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, life history, life histories, lives, life, memoirs. self history, self histories
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Ward, W. R.
The Early Correspondence of Jabez Bunting, 1820-1829:
(Royal Historical Society, 1972).
Camden Fourth Series, Vol II. Hardback. Covers soiled, otherwise good. 240pp. Order No. NSBK-A12021
Keywords: 0901050091, Jabez Bunting, Wesleyan, Methodism, Methodists, nonconformity, nonconformists, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, life history, life histories, lives, life, memoirs. self history, self histories, letters, epistles, epistolary, Jabez Bunting, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th
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Carter, Mark Bonham and Pottle, Mark.
Lantern Slides: The Diaries and Letters of Violet Bonham Carter
(Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1996).
Hardback. Fine in dustwrapper. xiii + 461pp. Order No. NSBK-C12987
Keywords: 0297816497, Violet Bonham Carter, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, politics, political, politicians, government, letters, diaries, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, life history, life histories, lives, life, memoirs. self history, self histories, diary, epistles, epistolary
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Cookson, Catherine.
My Land of the North: Memories of a Northern Childhood
(Headline, 1999).
Hardback. Ex library with minimal library stamps, otherwise a very good copy in dustwrapper. 224pp. Order No. NSBK-C10761
Keywords: 0747274444, Catherine Cookson, North-East, women, woman, women writers, women's writing, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, lives, North, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, twentieth century, 20th, East Jarrow, Jarrow, South Shields
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Abbs, Peter.
Autobiography in Education:
(Heinemann Educational Books, 1974).
Hardback. Ex library with traces of usual library stamps and stickers. viii + 182pp. Order No. NSBK-A13700
Keywords: 0435800116, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, life history, life histories, lives, life, memoirs, self history, self histories, schools, schooling, education, educational, teachers, teaching, pupils, students
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Moss, Les.
Live and Learn: A Life and Struggle for Progress
(QueenSpark Books, 1979).
Paperback. Good. 137pp. Order No. NSBK-A12911
Keywords: 0904733068, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, life history, life histories, lives, life, memoirs. self history, self histories, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Les Moss, Queenspark
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