Author: John Parsons EarwakerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cheshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Lancashire and Cheshire Wills and Inventories, 1572 to 1696
Author: John Parsons EarwakerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cheshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
The Wills of Our Ancestors
Author: Stuart A. RaymondPublisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1781594759
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
“Almost every book on English research highlights the need to examine the wills of our ancestors. . . . [this book] gives us an easy to read detailed guide.” —FGS Forum What are wills, and how can they be used for family and local history research? How can you interpret them and get as much insight from them as possible? Wills are key documents for exploring the lives of our ancestors, their circumstances, and the world they knew. This practical handbook is the essential guide to understanding wills. Wills expert Stuart Raymond traces the history and purpose of probate records and guides readers through the many pitfalls and possibilities these fascinating documents present. He describes the process of probate, gives a detailed account of the content of the various different types of record, and advises readers on how they can be used to throw light into the past, offering factual evidence that no genealogist or local historian can afford to ignore. In a series of concise, fact-filled chapters, Raymond explains how wills came into being, who made them and how they were made, how the probate system operates, how wills and inventories can be found, and how much can be learned from them. In addition to covering probate records in England and Wales, he includes the Channel Islands, Ireland, the Isle of Man and Scotland. This introduction is aimed primarily at family historians who are interested in the wills of particular individuals who are seeking proof of descent and local historians who are interested in the wealth of local historical information that can be gathered from them.
The Chartulary Or Register of the Abbey of St. Werburgh, Chester
Author: Chester CathedralPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chester (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Chetham Miscellanies
Author: Life of Humphrey Chetham, Founder of the Chetham Hospital and Library, Manchester
Author: Francis Robert RainesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Manchester (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Broughton, Near Manchester
Author: Henry Thomas CroftonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Broughton (Lancashire)
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
The Chartulary of Cockersand Abbey of the Premonstratensian Order
Author: Cockersand AbbeyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Premonstratensian monasteries
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Chetham Miscellanies
Author: Chetham SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cheshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: South Lancashire in the Reign of Eward II
Author: Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description