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 Researching Family History Through Ancestors' Personal Writings looks at the kinds of (mainly unpublished) writing that could turn up amongst family papers from the Victorian period onwards - a time during which writing became crucial for holding families together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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Westall, Oliver M., ed.
Windermere in the Nineteenth Century:
(CentreNW Regional Studies, Lancaster Uni, new and revised edition, 1991).
Paperback. New book, fine. 62pp. Order No. NSBK-A4730
Keywords: 0901272884, Windermere, Britain, British, England, English, social history, Lakes, Lake District, Cumbria, nineteenth century, Victorian, tourism, tourist, tourists, holidays, day-trips, outings, outing, tourist trade, rural society, Lancaster University, Centre for North West Regional Studies, Lakeland, the lakes, Cumbrian
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Collis, Maurice.
Nancy Astor: an Informal Biography
(Faber & Faber, 1960).
Hardback. Cloth worn especially at corners and edges, otherwise good. 235pp. Order No. NSBK-C1258
Keywords: B0000CKKMP, Nancy Astor, politics, politician, M. P., women and politics, Plymouth Sutton, Conservative party, Tory, party politics, House of Commons, Houses of Parliament, Britain, British, history, England, English, biography, women's history, twentieth century
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Sheridan, Dorothy, ed.
Wartime Women: A Mass-Observation Anthology
(Heinemann, 1990).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. xiv + 267pp. Order No. NSBK-C1657
Keywords: 0434695319, war, Second World War, World War II, mass-observation, mass observation, people, class, Britain, British, England, English, history, women's history
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Hufton, Olwen.
The Prospect Before Her: A History of Women in Western Europe. Volume I: 1500-1800
(HarperCollins, 1995).
Hardback. Very good in slightly chipped dustwrapper. xiv + 654pp. Order No. NSBK-C7202
Keywords: 0002551209, women, Europe, history, women's history, Olwen Hufton, European, Europeans
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Corporation of Nottingham, .
Records of the Borough of Nottingham: Being a Series of Extracts from the Archives of the Corporation of Nottingham. Vol IX. 1836 - 1900
(Corporation of Nottingham, 1956).
Hardback. Light mottling to cloth, otherwise very good in chipped, slightly worn, lightly soiled dustwrapper. 462pp. Order No. NSBK-A14074
Keywords: B001M5CF0U, records, volume nine, 9, IX, Nottingham, borough, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Nottinghamshire, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th century, social history, housing, town, urban, urbanisation, towns, markets, Nottinghamshire, schools, public health, sewers, police, buildings, Midlands
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English Tourist Board, Planning and Research Services Branch.
Scarborough District Tourism Study:
(English Tourist Board, 1981).
With statistical diagrams. Ringbound booklet. Ex library with minimal library stamps and stickers, otherwise good. 59pp. Order No. NSBK-A8355
Keywords: Scarborough, tourists, Yorkshire, tourism, history, coast, Yorkshire coast, leisure, holidays, holiday, social history, Britain, British, England, English, towns, English Tourist Board
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Sandys, Celia.
The Young Churchill: The Early Years of Winston Churchill
(Dutton, rpt., 1995).
Hardback. Fine in dustwrapper. 224pp. Order No. NSBK-A12522
Keywords: 0525940480, Winston Churchill, politics, political, politicians, government, Prime Ministers, biography, biographies, biographical, lives, life, life histories, life history, children, childhood, infancy, twentieth century, 20th
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Arnold, Eleanor, ed.
Voices of American Homemakers:
(Indiana UP, 1985).
Paperback. Very good. 295pp. Order No. NSBK-C11859
Keywords: 0253207991, US, USA, United States, United States of America, America, American, The States, women's history, woman, women, women's studies, female, females, feminine, gender, oral history, States, homemakers, family, families, family values, rural, oral histories, education, courtship, marriage, child rearing, farms, farming, farmers, agricultural, land, agrarian, agriculture, country, countryside, rural
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Ward, J.T.
Chartism:
(B. T. Batsford, 1973).
Paperback. Page edges and covers soiled, spine creased, a good working copy. 286pp. Order No. NSBK-A9633
Keywords: 0713413840, Chartism, Chartists, Victorian, radical, left, politics, political, working classes, working-class, working-class, Britain, British, England, English, history, Chartist movement
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