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 Researching Family History Through Ancestors' Personal Writings looks at the kinds of (mainly unpublished) writing that could turn up amongst family papers from the Victorian period onwards - a time during which writing became crucial for holding families together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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Garrett, Richard.
The Search for Prosperity: Emigration from Britain, 1815-1930
(Wayland, 1973).
Illustrated. Hardback. Large, very good in dustwrapper. 127pp. Order No. NSBK-A2850
Keywords: 853403163, emigration, America, USA, Malthus, the colonies, settlers, Australia, coffee table book, emigrants, emigrant, colony, settler, history, British, Britain, English, England
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Watson, Susan.
Women of Derbyshire:
(J.H. Hall and Sons, 1987).
Derbyshire Heritage Series. Booklet. Light soiling to covers, otherwise very good. 54pp. Order No. NSBK-C13349
Keywords: 0946404615, Derby, Derbyshire, history, social history, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Bess of Hardwick, Florence Nightingale, Catherine Booth, Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire, Angela Burdett-Coutts, booklet
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Murphy, Mary.
Mining Cultures: Men, Women, and Leisure in Butte, 1914 - 41
(Illinois Press, 1997).
Paperback. Minor pencil annotation, spine creased, otherwise good+. xviii + 279pp. Order No. NSBK-A14207
Keywords: 0252065697, Butte, US, USA, United States, United States of America, America, American, The States, leisure, mining, consumerism, twentieth century, social history, consumer culture, copper mines, Montana
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Stanko, Elizabeth A.
Intimate Intrusions: Women's Experience of Male Violence
(RKP, 1985).
Paperback. With newspaper reviews pasted to endpapers, otherwise very good. x + 211pp. Order No. NSBK-A14362
Keywords: 0710200692, male violence, rape, sexuality, masculinity, gender relations, incest, wife-battering, power, sexual harassment
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Harrop, Sylvia.
The Merchant Taylors' School for Girls, Crosby: One Hundred Years of Achievement, 1888-1988
(Liverpool UP, 1988).
Hardback. With newspaper article pasted to fly leaf, slight scratching to dustwrapper, otherwise good. 221pp. Order No. NSBK-C12936
Keywords: 0853230560, girls' schools, schools, schooling, education, educational, teachers, teaching, pupils, students, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Liverpool, Crosby, Merchant Taylors' School, centenary, 100 Years
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Larkin, P. J.
European History for Certificate Classes: 1789 - 1970
(Hulton Educational, rpt, 1982).
Paperback. Some light creasing to covers and wear to edges, light soiling to page edges, otherwise good. 350pp. Order No. NSBK-A14194
Keywords: 0717507483, European history, revision, Europe, Napoleon, revolutions, Russia, Italy, France, Germany
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Exley, Richard and Helen.
Grandmas and Grandpas: A Gift Book Written by Grandchildren for their Grandparents
(Exley, rpt., 1985).
Hardback. Good. 64pp. Order No. NSBK-A5011
Keywords: grandparents, grandfathers, grandmothers, parents, children, humour, Britain, British, England, English, history, twentieth century
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Fimo, .
Fimo: Brilliantly Coloured Material for Creative Modelling
(Eberhard Faber, 1982).
Full of brightly coloured illustrations of Fimo models. Booklet. Good. 36pp. Order No. NSBK-G12238
Keywords: Fimo, Eberhard Faber, clay, models, modelling, art, crafts, modelling material, twentieth century, 20th, booklet
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Kelly's, .
Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes for 1919:
(Kelly's Directories, 1919).
45th Annual Edition. Hardback. Original red cloth with black and gilt detail. Some light soiling and light wear to cloth, espec. at edges, otherwise good+, solid. xvii + 1741pp. Order No. NSBK-A15210
Keywords: B002VDA1PI, Kelly's directories, Kelly's handbook, Kelly, upper class, upper classes, titles, history, titled, class, social structure, aristocracy
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