Noted family history authors Szucs and Smith make genealogy easy. Stripped of genealogical details that so often clutter up beginner's books, this guide to family history takes a generational approach to helping readers start their own family tree.
Flags stir the most noble emotions within the human heart. This fascinating book features color illustrations of Missouri Civil War-era flags, along with brief text about the history of each unit and its flag.
Blackstaff Press is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of "A History of the Town of Belfast" by the celebrated historian George Benn. This limited facsimile edition reproduces the complete text of volumes I and II, including Benn's original maps and illustrations, and contains a foreword by Siobhan Stevenson and a revised index. First published by Marcus Ward & Company, Belfast, in ...
'George III is alleged to have married secretly, on 17th April, 1759, a Quakeress called Hannah Lightfoot, daughter of a Wapping shoemaker, who is said to have borne him three children. Documents relating to the alleged marriage, bearing the Prince's signature, were impounded and examined in 1866 by the Attorney General. Learned opinion at the time leaned to the view that these documents were ...
Like a number of Netherlanders in the post World War II era, Inez Hollander only gradually became aware that her family had significant connections with its Dutch colonial past, including an Indonesian great-grandmother. For the most part such personal stories have been, if not entirely silenced, at least only whispered about in Holland, where society has remained uncomfortable with many ...
This illustrated guide traces the history of the crossing places along the Thames and relates their origins to local use as well as that of long-distance traders. More than 150 crossings of past and present are covered in this study, which examines their history and paints a vivid picture of life as the river developed and flourished with trade. More ...
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