Genealogy, heraldry, names and honours

This book is innovative.

The First World War was perhaps the most traumatic event of the Twentieth Century.

A practical handbook for family historians looking to verify dates and add historical context to their British ancestry.

A practical handbook for family historians looking to verify dates and add historical context to their British ancestry.

The First World War was perhaps the most traumatic event of the Twentieth Century.

What does it mean to be truthful?

A History of New Zealand Literature explores the genealogy of New Zealand writing from the colonial period to the present day.

A History of New Zealand Literature explores the genealogy of New Zealand writing from the colonial period to the present day.

A new perspective on the nineteenth-century imperial world through one family''s history across North America, the Caribbean and United Kingdom.

A new perspective on the nineteenth-century imperial world through one family''s history across North America, the Caribbean and United Kingdom.

The first full-length study of the ways in which Shakespearean drama influenced and expanded notions of inheritance in early modern England.

The first full-length study of the ways in which Shakespearean drama influenced and expanded notions of inheritance in early modern England.

The Habsburg monarchy was a singular experiment in diversity within the European continent.

The fun way to research your family history Genealogy For Dummies, 8th Edition covers everything you need to know about starting a genealogical research project including where and how to find information, how to communicate with other online genealogists, how to leverage social networking sites and apps, how to add digital images to your family tree, and how to build your own site for sharing information.

The fun way to research your family history Genealogy For Dummies, 8th Edition covers everything you need to know about starting a genealogical research project including where and how to find information, how to communicate with other online genealogists, how to leverage social networking sites and apps, how to add digital images to your family tree, and how to build your own site for sharing information.

How does genetic variation impact on behavioural differences and how does this relate to free will and personal identity?

How does genetic variation impact on behavioural differences and how does this relate to free will and personal identity?

What does it mean to be of Irish descent?

This book will appeal to the curiosity of people interested in the movements of the Ewe population from ancient Egypt to its present location straddling three Western African countries, namely Benin (formerly Dahomey), Togo, and Ghana (formerly Gold Coast).

Two grim murders in western Hennepin County occur in a house on the edge of Rockford, Minnesota, 141 years apart, and an extensive and thrilling genealogical search for the heir to a hidden treasure is narrated with style, intrigue, and humor by the omnipresent character of Time, and features a competent and passionate detective and her boyfriend, a genealogist par excellence.

Mankind has always had a special interest in the past, especially family history.

Family names are an essential part of everyone's personal history.

';A sympathetic and believable portrait' of the American woman for whom King Edward VIII gave up the throne, with photos included (Christian Science Monitor).

The acclaimed genealogist and New York Timesbestselling author reveals how she solved some of the most fascinating mysteries of family lineage.

Historical novels can be windows into other cultures and eras, but it's not always clear what's fact and what's fiction.

Using supporting evidence that runs from the Solomon Islands and classical China to ancient Ireland, Akenson argues that there are four basic genealogical forms.

Using supporting evidence that runs from the Solomon Islands and classical China to ancient Ireland, Akenson argues that there are four basic genealogical forms.

Including a new preface by the author, Irish Migrants in the Canadas probes beyond the aggregate statistics of most studies of the migration process.

Love places these matters in context against the broader background of endemic civil war, contemporary religious culture, and the many responsibilities imposed upon Henri by his royal rank and political role.

Byrne, Chaffey, Fahey, Fizzard, Fudge, Grouchy, Hynes, Inkpen, Lyver, McLaughlin, Miles, Murphy, Puddester, Quirk -- the names themselves are evocative of Newfoundland.

Brault has ably managed to weave the dual history of French Canadians -- Acadians and Quebecois -- into the fabric of his account of the history and development of Franco-American culture and its contemporary situation.

The eleventh century marked a turning point in the history of the Byzantine Empire.

The eleventh century marked a turning point in the history of the Byzantine Empire.

"e;To endure the hardships of the frontier took more than a determined pioneer spirit.

Archaeological discoveries have increasingly brought to light evidence of women's involvement in the royal houses of the ancient Near East, yet such evidence has not fundamentally altered the perception of monarchy as an exclusively male-gendered theological, political, and social institution.

This book traces the evolution of an ''industrious revolution'' that fundamentally altered the material cultures of Europe and North America.

Die Erfindung der Monarchie: Eine Analyse der politischen Evolution ist eine tiefgreifende Untersuchung, die das Phänomen der Monarchie in der Menschheitsgeschichte von seinen Ursprüngen bis zur modernen Weltordnung durchleuchtet.