An essential book for all those who study English records and manuscripts. Giving not only abbreviations of Latin words used but abbreviations of French words used in those records.
Also included are listings of Latin forms of English christian names & surnames

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How to Decipher and Study Old Documents
By E.E. Thoyts. Published in 1903.

A guide to help the historian recognise and interpret the format and palaeography used in early records. Covers the handwriting and characteristics used in parish registers, manorial records, deeds, monastic charters etc. Illustrated with some examples. Also includes common abbreviations used.

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Personal And Family Names
By Harry Alfred Long (Glasgow School Board)
Published in 1883.

An informative account of the origin and history of first names and surnames.
Includes chapters on - Personal Names, Biblical Names, Birth names, Names of Women, Local Names, Names Derived From Trades, Patronymics, etc.

Complete with a useful index.

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This fascinating book contains a comprehensive dictionary of slang words and phrases in use in mid-Victorian England, as well as a history of slang and cant.

There are also chapters on ‘Back Slang’ – the secret language of London costermongers, and also ‘Cockney Rhyming Slang’, with glossaries of words and phrases used.

Very useful reference guide for genealogy, social history and linguistics.

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A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words - Volumes I & II
With obsolete phrases, proverbs and ancient customs - from the 14th century to the 19th century.
By James Orchard Halliwell, Esq., F.R.S. Published in 1878.

This fascinating two-volume work contains a comprehensive dictionary of old and unusual regional words and phrases used across England, from medieval to Victorian times. Over 50,000 entries are included.
Also contains an interesting chapter on English provincial dialects.
Very useful reference guide for genealogy, social history and linguistics.

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This is a directory of research interests submitted by genealogists from Great Britain, Ireland, America, Germany and other countries. It could prove useful to today's researchers in providing links to family lines. Also includes an index to special lines of research and an index of surnames.

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An index giving about 19,650 references to surnames contained in the printed parish registers of 778 English parishes during the first year of the 17th century.

A useful reference guide for family historians.

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An informative guide to reading old handwriting. Useful for genealogy and history.

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By Walter Rye.
Published in 1897.

An extremely useful book that enables the researcher to discover what records are available to help their research.
Perhaps one of the most important guides to research records produced.

Useful for family history and local history.

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Haydn's Dictionary of Dates.
Relating to all Ages and Nations.
By B. Vincent.
Published in 1892.

Twentieth edition
Containing the history of the world to the autumn of 1892.
Encompasses a wide variety of topics and events which include a useful timeline of Scottish history from 843 to 1892 plus the Kings of Scotland from 357 to 1567
A useful book for those who wish to add a timeline of events to their family tree

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Wright's Court-Hand Restored
or, the Student's Assistant in reading Old Deeds, Charters, Records, etc.
Tenth Edition published in 1912.

Neatly engraved on twenty three copper plates, describing the Old Law Hands, with their Contradictions and Abbreviations.
With an appendix containing the ancient names of places in Great Britain and Ireland ;
An alphabetical table of ancient surnames ; and a glossography of latin words found in the works of the most eminent lawyers and other ancient writings.
A work not only useful to remind the learned, but absolutely necessary for the young students, and others, who have occasion to consult old charters, deeds, or records.

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The Genealogist's Pocket Library
Published between 1908 & 1910

A series of eight titles published by Chas A. Bernau.
1: Some Special Studies in Genealogy -
I. American Emigrants (How to trace their English ancestry).
II. The Quaker Records.
III. The Genealogy of the Submerged.

2: Chancery Proceedings -
I. What they are, and where they are.
II. What they contain.
III. Means of reference.

3: Royal Descents : Scottish Records -
I. How to trace a descent from royalty.
II. The Scottish Records.

4: The Churchyard Scribe -
I On recording inscriptions in a churchyard or burial ground.
II. Hints on reading apprently illegible inscriptions.
III. Typical and authentic examples.

5: Quarter Sessions and Seize Quartiers, etc. -
I. From the records of Quarter Sessions.
II. Seize Quartiers and Ascending Pedigrees.
III. The Records of Patented Inventions.

6: The Genealogist's Legal Dictionary

7: The Parish Register -
I. Marriages, Weddings, Matrimoniae, Nuptiae, etc.
II. Baptsims, Baptismata, Baptizata, Renata, Chrystenings, etc.
III. Burials, Sepulta, Funera, Exequiae, Interments, etc.
IV. Baptismal Names.

8: Records of Naval Men -
I. Secretary : In and Out Letters.
II. Secretary : Miscellaneous.
III. Secretary : Returns of Officers' etc.
IV. Naval Board
V. Accountant General
VI. Greenwich Hospital
VII. Marine Office

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Parish Registers in England
Their history and contents.
With suggestions for securing their better custody and preservation
Attempted by R.E. Chester Waters
Published in 1883.

Chester Waters attempt at an exhaustive history of parish registers in England.
This book being his revision and expansion of an essay written twelve years previously.
It covers, with examples, the wide range of topics covered in parish registers. Including the civil war period and the recovery of registers after the reformation. Puritan names, burying in woollen, marriage of a woman in her smock, witchcraft, great frosts, epidemics Scottish & Irish registration etc. etc.

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How to Write the History of a Family
A Guide for the Genealogist
By W.P.W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.I.
Published in 1887.

This classic guide to genealogy contains useful information to help research and write a family history.
Much of the advice is as relevant now as when the book was first written

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