Army records for family historians (Public Record Office readers' guide)

Fowler, Simon

Public Records Office

It introduces significant genealogical sources housed in the PRO: The Catholic recusant rolls and especially the non-parochial registers kept by numerous Nonconformist and some Roman Catholic congregations, comprising thousands of individual names and snippets of personal information. The guide also has several useful elements : a list of other archives containing material on Nonconformity and Catholicism; a glossary of terms; and an extensive bibliography.

PROTESTANT NONCONFORMITY AND ROMAN CATHOLICISM (Readers Guides Ser. No. 13)

Shorney, David

Religion & Spirituality

Manorial records are a valuable source of information: this guide aims to make them more accessible to amateur researchers. It covers the types of information they contain and advises on how to locate manorial records using the Manorial Documents Register. A section at the end of the book deals specifically with the manorial records in the Public Record Office and how to use the available finding aids. The records covered date from 1500 to 1900.

Using Manorial Records

Business & Money

ELLIS, Mary

Economics

Nineteenth and early twentieth century brewery posters in the Public Record Office

TIME, GENTLEMEN, PLEASE!

Arts & Photography

JONES, MICHAEL

History & Criticism

This edition provides a clear and concise introduction to the tangled history of Britain's auxiliary forces and their records. Military, social and local historians will find this book invaluable in their study of local military forces; and it will help the family historian trace his or her army ancestors. It includes detailed case studies for soldiers who served between 1790 and 1905 and covers Imperial Yeomanry service in the Boer War.

RECORDS OF THE MILITIA and VOLUNTEER FORCES 1757-1945 (Public Record Offoce Readers' Guide No 3)

History

Spencer,William

Historical Study & Educational Resources

An essential guide for those interested in British and international military history. Takes the reader through the many collections from the English Civil War to World War II and beyond.

RECORDS OF THE WAR OFFICE 1660-1964 (Public Record Office Handbooks)

Roper, Michael

Describes the wide variety of records preserved in the Public Record Office available for the study of the Merchant Navy. These are a unique source for studying the history of the British merchant shipping industry and for compiling biographies of many who served in it.

Records of Merchant Ship and Seamen (Public Record Office Readers' Guide, No. 20)

Smith, Kelvin

Military

This revised, expanded and fully updated edition of the longstanding bestseller explains the vast First World War holdings at The National Archives and the British Library's India Office. Expert advice for all those exploring the First World War or tracing relatives who served in it. It covers material already released and some soon to come on subjects such as service records, war diaries, medals, the WAAC, London Gazette and overseas records.

Army Service Records of the First World War (Public Record Office Readers' Guide)

A guide to the most heavily-used records in the Public Record Office, this revised edition offers clear and comprehensive advice on tracing army ancestors from the 17th to the 20th centuries. It now includes detailed case studies and full coverage of medals and awards.

Army Records for Family History (Public Record Office Readers' Guide No 2)

Reference

Genealogy

This Guide analyses and illustrates the vast amount of Second World War material to be found in the Public Record Office, particularly among the records of the Cabinet Office, the Foreign Office and the three Service Departments. It describes the classes of records concerned and places them in their administrative context, indicating the offices held by the leading ministers, service chiefs and officials involved. The appendices include material about documents relating to war crimes; the Official War Histories and the most significant collection of the records of the Second World War held by repositories outside the Public Record office, such as the Imperial War Museum.

SECOND WORLD WAR: A Guide to Documents in the Public Record Office (Public Record Office Handbooks)

Cantwell, John

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