Federation of Family History Societies

General Reference & Research

6079 The Family Historian's Pocket Dictionary - £6.95, 230gm

Compiled by Stuart Raymond. A ready reference source for research in England and Wales. Includes definitions of terms and pointers to the location of information sought. Emphasis is on importance of books, the internet to a lesser extent. Pocket size, 263 pp.

General Publications

6016 Was Your Grandfather a Railway Man? - £6.95, 255gm

4th edition. Includes a directory of records relating to staff employed by railways in the following countries, with details of material & repositories: UK, Australia, Canada, Eire, India, New Zealand, South Africa, Tasmania, USA & reference to the Crown Agents for the colonies. A5, 132pp.

6076 Genealogical Resources within the Jewish Home and Family - £5.95, 200gm

Rosemary Wenzerul. Designed to help all members of the family, including those who find it difficult to get out and about. Contains copies of the documents and data (usually unnoticed) which may be found in most homes. A5, 112 pp.

General Reference and Research

6009 Glossary of Household & Trade Terms - £4.00, 100gm

Glossary of Household & Trade Terms from Probate Inventories. Rosemary Milward. Information taken mainly from the wills and inventories of the inhabitants of Chesterfield. Includes examples from a wide range of occupations. A5, 62pp.

6010 How to Record your Family Tree - £1.75, 50gm

Patrick Palgrave-Moore. How to collect and record data for your family history. Includes advice on abbreviations to use, methods of recording and rules of layout. A5, 32pp.

6013 How to locate and use Manorial Records - £1.75, 60gm

Patrick Palgrave-Moore. The manorial system, its records, where they are located and how they may be used in genealogical research. A5, 25pp.

6081 Words from Wills and Other Probate Records - £8.50, 235gm

Stuart A. Raymond. A glossary of words used in wills from 1500-1800, providing definitions for words found in early modern probate records. A5, 114pp.

6084 Dating 19th Century Photographs - £5.95, 230gm

Robert Pols. Contains information on identifying early photos, other photographic items, dating the artefact, dating the image, the dating process, copying photos and looking after old photos. A5, 112pp.

6085 Dating 20th Century Photographs - £6.50, 260gm

Robert Pols. Contents include: prints, transparent images, pose and action, costume, backgrounds and special family occasions. A5, 127pp.

Basic Facts About... Series

6031 Basic Facts - Using Marriage Records - £2.50, 40gm

Pauline Litton. Outlines the various types of marriage records which the family historian is likely to encounter during research and in which type of record repository they can be found, some of the problems & pitfalls which may occur when consulting them, the various aids & indexes which can be utilised to locate marriages and books which can supply more detailed information. A5, 16pp.

6033 Basic Facts - Using Baptism Records for Family History - £2.50, 40gm

Pauline Litton. Outlines the various types of Baptism Records which the family historian is likely encounter during research and in which type of record repository they can be found, the various aids and indexes which can be utilised to locate baptisms, and books which can supply more detailed information. A5, 16pp.

6034 Basic Facts - Using Record Offices for Family History - £2.00, 40gm

Tom Wood. Outlines the various types of record offices, archives, or other repositories which family historians may encounter. It explains how to use them to the best advantage. A5, 16pp.

6036 Basic Facts - Using Death & Burial Records for Family History - £2.50, 40gm

Lilian Gibbens. Death & Burial records, Useful addresses, bibliography, etc A5, 16pp.

6038 Basic Facts - Using Merchant Ship Records for Family History - £2.00, 35gm

Finding a ship and its details. Tracing owners and managers, tracing a ship's career, discovering its fate, looking for its portrait. Some record locations in Britain, etc. A5, 16pp.

6048 Tracing your Catholic Ancestry in England - £2.50, 40gm

Michael Gandy. History; Records - State sources, Anglican records, Family records, Catholic records; Useful Addresses; Bibliography - Tracing a family, Non-Catholic records, Mission registers, Monumental inscriptions, Wills and estates, The Clergy and religious, Martyrs and prisoners, Civil war, Jacobites, Catholic Family History Society. A5, 16pp.

6053 Local History: Handbook for Beginners - £9.95, 375gm

Philip Riden. The aim of the book is to provide a simple introduction to the study of local history in England and Wales. A5 204pp.

6055 Basic Facts - Using Education Records - £2.00, 40gm

Colin Chapman. A5 16pp.

6058 Basic Approach to Making Contact with Relatives - £2.00, 35gm

Peter C Amsden. Includes a useful family history questionnaire form. A5 16pp.

6059 Basic Facts - Using Wills after 1858 & First Avenue House - £2.50, 40gm

Audrey Collins. A5 16pp.

6060 A Dictionary of Old Trades, Titles & Occupations - £12.95, 620gm

Second expanded edition by Colin Waters with an introduction by John Titford. A5, 320pp.

6061 Jewish Ancestors: Guide to Jewish Genealogy in Great Britain - £4.50, 130gm

Designed specifically for the beginner but useful for those who need inspiration to continue their search. A5, 80pp.

6074 Using Colindale and Other Newspaper Repositories - £2.00, 35gm

Audrey Collins. The major collection of newspapers and periodicals is at the British Library Newspaper Library at Colindale. The book suggests where and how to find articles of use to your research.

6075 Lunatics in England and Wales for Family Historians - £2.50, 40gm

Pamela Faithfull. Contents include: famous lunatics, lunacy has its own particular history, single lunatics, causes of insanity, treatment of insanity, finding lunatics in the records, women and insanity, chancery lunatics, criminal lunatics, naval lunatics, famous mad doctors. A5, 16pp.

6082 The Wesleyan Methodist Historic Roll - £2.00, 40gm

Richard Ratcliffe. A publication about the Wesleyan Methodist Historic Roll, which is a unique set of 50 large leather-bound volumes housed at Methodist Central Hall, Westminster. They contain the names of over 1 million people who donated a guinea (£1.05) to the Wesleyan Methodist Million Guinea Fund, mostly given between 1 January 1899 and 30 June 1904. A5, 16pp.

6083 Methodist Records for Family Historians - £2.50, 40gm

Richard Ratcliffe. Gives a short history of the Methodists and details of Chapel records: baptism, marriage and burial registers, other local Methodist Chapel records in Scotland and Wales and other important sources. A5, 16pp.

6113 Friendly Society Records - £3.95, 105gm

Roger Logan. Availability of Records; Community or Village Socities; County and Trade Societies; Affiliated Societies; Other Records - Newspapers, Diaries, Honour Boards Appendices list Friendly Society Records held in counties in England, Scotland and Wales. A5, 46pp.

6152 Beginning Your Family History - £4.50, 190gm

George Pelling. An excellent introductory book which describes each of the basic record sources and how they should be used to start compiling your family tree. A5, 96pages

Introduction to… Series

6103 Church Registers - £2.50, 75gm

Lilian Gibbens. What is a register? Registers in the ancient world, Ireland, Scotland, Wales & Europe. The International Genealogical Index (IGI), etc. A5, 43pp.

6104 Occupations - £3.95, 100gm

Joyce Culling. An A to Z of occupations and their meanings. Also a Latin list of occupations and a bibliography. A5, 64pp.

6105 Poor Law Documents Before 1834 - £3.95, 105gm

Anne Cole. Where to find Poor Law records, the parish responsibility, a place of legal settlement, poor law documents overseas accounts, churchwarden accounts, vestry minutes, workhouses & quarter session records. A5, 36pp.

6109 Wills Probate Death Duty Records - £2.95, 75gm

J. Cox. Wills and Probate records are after census returns, parish registers and civil registration certificates the most important source material for family historians. This book is an introduction for amateur historians. A5, 44pp.

6111 Civil Registration - £4.50, 180gm

Tom Wood. Details of registration & Registration Districts. Local & national indexes, obtaining certificates and searches. A5, 56pp.

Gibson Guides

Jeremy Gibson's concise catalogues of records and their locations are an invaluable research planning tool.

6701 Bishops' Transcripts & Marriage Licences - £3.95, 65gm

Bishops' Transcripts & Marriage Licences, Bonds & Allegations. Jeremy Gibson. A guide to their Location and Indexes. Covers counties in England and Wales, & the Isle of Man and Ireland. Describes abstracts, calendars & indexes, published or unpublished, and if these are lacking gives an indication of the arrangement of the surviving original documents. A5, 40pp.

6703 Coroners' Records in England and Wales - £3.50, 100gm

Jeremy Gibson & Colin Rogers. Since 1194 it has been the duty of coroners to investigate the circumstances of unnatural, sudden or suspicious deaths, and of deaths in prison. This book is a first attempt to itemise all extant coroners' records in England and Wales now in public repositories. A5, 48pp.

6707 Local Newspapers 1750-1920, second edition - £4.95, 130gm

A guide to local newspaper holdings in England, Wales, Channel Islands and Isle of Man. The basis for this publication has been the catalogue of the British Newspaper Library at Colindale. A5, 72pp.

6708 Local Census Listings 1522-1930 - £3.50, 105gm

With Mervyn Medlycott. A catalogue and location guide for listings of people other than the decennial census returns 1841-1901. A5, 60pp.

6723 Specialist Indexes for Family Historians - £3.95, 130gm

Jeremy Gibson & Elizabeth Hampson. This guide is arranged in the order of the pre-1974 counties of England and Wales preceded by national holdings and followed by Scotland and Ireland, offshore islands. Lists unpublished indexes, either available for public consultation or on application for search by the index holder. A5, 66pp.

Poor Law Union Records

This set of four guides compiled by by Jeremy Gibson with Colin Rogers, Cliff Webb & F. Youngs Jnr. Explains the poor law after 1834 and provides a county by county catalogue of local record office holdings in three regional volumes. The Gazetteer provides a means of determining the poor law union responsible for each township.

6718 Poor Law Union Records No.2 - £3.95, 95gm

The Midlands & N.England. Covers Cheshire, Cumberland, Derbys, Durham, Lancs, Leics, Lincolnshire, Northants, N'humbd, Notts, Rutland, Staffs, Warwicks, Westm'd and Yorkshire. A5, 64pp.

Eve McLaughlin Guides

Eve McLaughlin's guides offer a concise introduction to a wide variety of sources.

6801 Annals of the Poor - £2.00, 40gm

The poorer our ancestors were, the more is likely to be recorded about them. The parish poor - where did the money come from? Crime, the poor in towns, workhouses, and when is a pauper not a pauper? etc. A5, 15pp.

6802 The Victorian Censuses - Use and Interpretation. Ninth Edition expanded and updated 2008. - £2.00, 60gm

A guide to their use and Interpretation. Explains what the census was, where the returns can be seen and missing census returns. Using a microfilm reader and reading the microfilm. Includes Census returns from Scotland and Ireland. Now includes access to 1911 census information. Also included are useful addresses, websites etc. A5, 40pp.

6803 Family History from Newspapers - £2.00, 65gm

There are unexpected treasures in advertisements of tradesmen, property sales and patent medicines. There are obituaries of the more important people, pathetic stories of the sufferings of some of the poorest, and always full and frank reports of crimes and misdemeanours which might affect any family. A5, 16pp.

6804 Illegitimacy - £2.00, 70gm

Contents include pre-Victorian background material, official attitudes, parish registers, use of alias names in parish registers, legitimation, adoptions, etc. A5, 16pp.

6805 Interviewing Elderly Relatives - £2.00, 40gm

Asking the family, when to start, who to ask, who to begin with, contacting distant relatives, recording, photographs and pedigrees. A5, 16pp.

6806 Laying out a Pedigree - £1.50, 55gm

How to display information with the aid of diagrams. A list of abbreviations to use is also included. A5, 20pp.

6807 No Time for Family History ? - £2.00, 70gm

What can be done researching family history with limited time available to travel. Writing to newspapers, libraries, and record offices and visiting places in the evenings or at weekends. A5, 32pp.

6808 Parish Registers - £2.00, 65gm

Can we use parish registers instead of certificates? Banns and licences, records for Quakers and Jews, Nonconformists and Catholics, Old style and New style registers, illegitimacy, bishops' transcripts, IGI, Boyd's Marriage indexes, etc. Principally about England and Wales. A5, 32pp.

6809 Reading Old Handwriting - £2.50, 55gm

Included is a number of different forms of writing common over three centuries. Alphabetical lists are shown and various shapes of letters and numbers are explained. A5, 20pp.

6810 Simple Latin for Family Historians - £2.50, 70gm

Latin Christian names, how these names are used in the registers, numbers, relationship and age descriptions, trades and occupations, and reading a Latin will. A5, 16pp.

6811 Modern Wills from 1858 - £2.00, 50gm

The indexes, seeing the will, what is a will? Intestacy, making an abstract of a will, postal applications, district probate registries, etc. A5, 24pp.

6812 Civil Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths - £2.00, 70gm

Civil Registration for England and Wales, with notes on Scottish and Irish registration, local copies of G.R.O. indexes, using local registrars and Mormon Family History Centres and obtaining certificates of birth, marriage and death.

6813 Wills before 1858 - £2.00, 60gm

Probate jurisdiction, real and personal estate, making the will and what the will contains, where to locate the wills, PCY and PCC wills. A5, 16pp.

6815 The Poor Are Always with Us - £3.00, 80gm

Looking after the poor, jobs, charity for the poor, demon drink, orphanages, emigration, pensions. Revised edition. A5, 40pp.

6816 Nonconformist Ancestors - £3.00, 80gm

The Puritans and Laud, Presbyterians Rule-OK? Restoration and Persecution, Civil Penalties, Early Chapel records, etc. A5, 36pp.

6819 Surnames and their Origins - £3.00, 100gm

The origins and meaning of many names and includes location surnames, French, Patronymics, Welsh, Scots, Irish, Manx, Jewish surnames, nicknames, etc. A5, 52pp.

6820 Starting your Family Tree - £2.00, 65gm

A basic introductory guide to beginning your research.

6822 Professionals and Gentlemen - £2.00, 65gm

A guide to professions and where to find information about them. Includes Man with the Pen, Clergy, Lawyers, Armed Forces, Teachers, Catholics. A5, 32pp.