3,073円 Madresfield Court is an arrestingly romantic stately home in the Malvern Hills in Worcestershire. It has been continuously owned and lived in by the same family, the Lygons, back to the time of the Domesday Book, and, unusually, remains in the family's hands to this day. Inside, it is a very priv...

1,940円 Do you know where you came from? Who Do You Think You Are? has been a BBC hit since its first series in 2004, which ignited an extraordinary boom in researching family history in the UK. Since then, the world of genealogy has transformed and while our sources of information remain the same, our w...

976円 Dictionary of Surnames is the definitive guide to the origin and meaning of British surnames by one of Britain’s leading authority on names. The essential A–Z companion to the study of names of the British Isles Includes the oldest varieties of British names as well as recent arrivals such as Pat...

2,507円 ______________________ A moving, funny and beautifully written memoir by musician, DJ and writer Ben Watt which carefully chronicles his parents' lives, their marriage and their decline into old age Longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction, 2014 ______________________ 'Wise, moving...

1,060円 This is the story of the Highland Scots who sailed to Pictou, Nova Scotia, in 1773 aboard the brig Hector. These intrepid emigrants came for many reasons: the famine of the previous spring, pressures of population growth, intolerable rent increases, trouble with the law, the hunger of landless me...

1,060円 Digital records and broad access to the Internet have made it easier for genealogists to gather relevant information from distant sources and to share the information they have gathered. The law, however, remains tied to particular geographic locations. This book discusses how specific laws -- ac...

530円 Isabel's name was randomly plucked from a government list of over 10,000 individuals, who had died intestate. Her details were used, by amateur genealogist John Daffurn, in an attempt to discover why professional heir-hunters had failed to identify her living heirs. Isabel had died in 1995 and hi...

1,205円 With visuals, this book was designed as an easy read with easily understandable visuals, this book will get you organized with all of your notes, papers, documents, family stories, photographs and other items that you have and as always happens, are still searching for. It also advises on what to...

2,023円 Easy Family History takes the stress out of family history research. It guides readers through the most important information sources for family historians in the UK including family documents, official records, archives and websites. From what to expect on a birth cert to how to use newspaper ar...

894円 As a child, Anthony Sampson was haunted by a family skeleton. He knew his grandfather John Sampson had been an authority on the gypsies. They had called him the Rai - the Master - and had flocked to his magnificent funeral on a Welsh mountain. But of his grandfather's private life he was told not...

439円 Depicts the working and social aspects of an older lady’s day in the early 1800’s. Fun images, historical information, and funny anecdotes show how busy an older lady was running a household, hosting social events, plus raising children. Light-hearted look at the longer Regency years and an easy ...

8,093円 Beautifully illustrated and clearly presented, The Butterflies of Canada is an indispensable guide to all aspects of butterfly study. Butterfly collecting has long been a popular summer activity, and as the growing popularity of butterfly watching and conservatories in Ontario and British Columbi...