Wills and where to find them

Gibson, Jeremy Sumner Wycherley

Genealogical Publishing Co.

Probate Jurisdictions: Where to Look for Wills

Reference

Genealogy

Genealogical Pub. Co

The records of Quarter Sessions are the oldest and largest collection of public  records of the counties of England and Wales. They cover almost every type of record arising  from civil and criminal court proceedings: records of oaths and declarations to innkeepers'  licenses, calendars of prisoners to registers of tradesmen and gamekeepers. So, a concise  inventory of the Quarter Sessions records is an invaluable research tool. Based on information  furnished by county archives or culled from published guides, this work lists the various  categories of Quarter Sessions records likeliest to be useful to the genealogist, showing where  the records are, their dates of coverage, and whether finding aids are available. Completely  revised and updated.

Quarter sessions records for family historians: A select list

Poll books, c. 1696-1872: A directory to local holdings in Great Britain

History

Europe

Since 1194 it has been the duty of coroners to investigate the circumstances of unnatural, sudden, or suspicious deaths, and of deaths in prison. Their records are extensive, and, until now, notoriously difficult to track down. This little guidebook is actually the first effort ever made to itemize all coroners' records in England and Wales now in public repositories, and it has made a relatively impossible task relatively simple. Within each county, listed in order of their pre-1974 boundary changes, the records are arranged in three groups: Medieval (generally pre-sixteenth century), Sixteenth to Nineteenth Centuries, and Modern (generally twentieth century). Within these groups the records are listed by repository. All details were either supplied by archivists or extracted from various manuscript or published calendars. Also included in the work is a glossary of terms and a bibliography.

Coroners' Records in England and Wales 2nd Edition

Rogers, Colin

The Hearth Tax, for which records survive between 1662 and 1674, is the best known of taxation sources for local and family history, listing the inhabitants of most houses in England and Wales by county and parish. This booklet at last provides a clear and simple guide to the lists that survive in the Public Record Office and elsewhere, with notes on dates, condition, and published transcripts. Similar records for Scotland and Ireland are listed. Also included are an assortment of subsidy rolls, poll tax lists, and the "Marriage Tax" of the late 1690s. Additionally, references are given for the Association Oath Rolls for England and Wales, the Channel Islands and the transatlantic colonies, which were signed by many of the adult male population.

The Hearth Tax, Other Later Stuart Tax Lists, and the Association Oath Rolls 2nd

Poll Books c. 1696-1872 A Directory of Holdings in Great Britain 3rd Edition

Rogers, Colin D.

The records of Quarter Sessions are the oldest and largest collection of public records of the counties of England and Wales. They cover almost every type of record arising from civil and criminal court proceedings: records of oaths and declarations to innkeepers' licenses, calendars of prisoners to registers of tradesmen and gamekeepers. So, a concise inventory of the Quarter Sessions records is an invaluable research tool. Based on information furnished by county archives or culled from published guides, this work lists the various categories of Quarter Sessions records likeliest to be useful to the genealogist, showing where the records are, their dates of coverage, and whether finding aids are available. Completely revised and updated.

Quarter Sessions Records for Family Historians--A Select List 4th Edition

Local Census Listings 1522-1930: Holdings in the British Isles

Politics & Social Sciences

Medlycott, Mervyn

Social Sciences

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