England CD Books
| Antiquities and Curiosities of the Church edited by William Andrews A facsimile reproduction on CD of a collection of fascinating essays on church folklore in England, which was originally published in 1896. 286 pages. View using Adobe Acrobat Reader. Price: £6.95 | |
| Aldred's Genealogical Collections, Covering the Whole of England, with which is incorporated The Suffolk Records by Henry W. Aldred. Facsimile reproduction on CD of the original publication of 1896. An eclectic collection of local & family history resources, mainly relating to the Rev. Aldred's own genealogical research. The following family names appear fequently in the text: Aldred, Appleyard, Cope, Hanning (aka Henning or Honning), Meares, Monckton, Rush, Selby, Tichborne, Trenchard and Wegg. It also includes items on: "Cherry Orchards" and "Bank House", Acton (London), History of Paddington, Co. Middlesex, Broseley, Co. Salop (Shropshire), Monumental Inscriptions of the Parish Church of Luton (Bedfordshire), Dorsetshire Muniments, Frimley (Surrey) Court Rolls, Burstwick, Yorkshire, Shipley Rectory, Sussex, The "Old Fox", Islington Green. Price: £6.95 | |
| American Shrines in England by Alfred T. Story. A facsimile reproduction on CD-ROM of an original publication of 1908. There are several chapters on the various places in England that have connections with the Washington family, plus chapters on “The Home of the Franklins,” “Scrooby and the Pilgrim Fathers,” Penn, the founders of Yale and Harvard and other memorials. The CD can be viewed on a computer using Adobe Acrobat Reader. Price: £6.95 | |
| Bygone England by William Andrews CD-ROM. A facsimile reproduction on CD of a book that was originally published in 1892. Subtitled Social Studies in its Historic Byways and Highways. A collection of essays on English folklore and customs. Chapters include: minstrels, slavery, fairs, sedan chairs, running footmen, coal, umbrellas, tea, coffee, horn-books, fighting cocks in schools, bull-baiting, the badge of poverty, patents to wear nightcaps, selling wives, tinder-boxes, the invention of friction matches, body snatching, Christmas under the Commonwealth and mistletoe. View using Adobe Acrobat Reader. Price: £6.95 | |
| Curious Church Customs edited by William Andrews. A facsimile reproduction on CD-ROM of a collection of essays on English church folklore that was first published by William Andrews at the Hull Press in 1895. View using Adobe Acrobat Reader. Price: £6.95 | |
| A Forgotten Past: Being Notes of the Families of Tyssen, Baker, Hougham & Milles, of Five Centuries by Florence Horatia Suckling. A facsimile reproduction on CD of a family history classic, which was first published in 1898. Chapters are: 1. The Tyssen Family; 2. The family of Hougham; 3. The Family of Milles; 4. The Boddicotts & Their Kin; 5. The Tyssens of Hackney; 6. The Family of Yelloly; 7. The Bakers of Kent; 8. The Family of Yelloly; 9. The Tyssens of Narborough Hall; 10. The Yellolys of Cavendish Hall; 11. Last Days at Poslingford, plus an appendix and index. View using Adobe Acrobat Reader. Price: £14.50 | |
| Fragmenta Genealogica Volume X; edited by Frederick Arthur Crisp. A CD-ROM containing a miscellany of genealogical information originally compiled & privately published by Frederick Arthur Crisp in 1904. The Fragmenta Genealogica series was privately published by F. A. Crisp & contained a miscellany of genealogical information. Volume X includes 2 accounts from the church registers of North Nibley (Gloucestershire) 1695-6, listing some baptisms, marriages & burials; various entries from family Bibles including for the Christian/Baker/Morewood, Nanson/Lettsom, Taylor/Harslett, Thompson/Cartwright, Windey, Worts families; various grants of arms dating from the 15th century; pedigrees of Lettsom (London), Oxenden (Kent) Sicklemore (Suffolk) and Minter (Suffolk); extracts from various parish registers relating to the Faulconer family of Sussex and a number of documents relating to the village of Tuddenham St Martin in Suffolk. View using Adobe Acrobat Reader. Price: £6.50 | |
| Fragmenta Genealogica Volume XII; edited by Frederick Arthur Crisp. A CD-ROM containing a miscellany of genealogical information originally compiled & privately published by Frederick Arthur Crisp in 1906. A miscellany of genealogical information including Newdegate Muniments (family papers taken from original manuscripts), extracts from a large number of family Bibles. Includes entries on the following families: Gravely, Higs, Drummond, Furber, Harfield (Winchester), Moorhouse (Congleton), Varndell (Farnham), Percival/Garnham, Bassett, Dalby, Whitehead (London), Morley (Gainsborough), Spradborrough, Strutt, Daw (Camberwell), Clenche (Suffolk) & Rose (Kent). View using Adobe Acrobat Reader. Price: £6.50 | |
| Fragmenta Genealogica Volume XIII; edited by Frederick Arthur Crisp. A CD-ROM containing a facsimile reproduction of the thirteenth volume of Crisp's genealogical miscellany, Fragmenta Genealogica, which was privately published in 1909. Contains: Deeds Relating to Mendham, Suffolk 1541-1772; various entries from family Bibles including for the Abraham, Adam, Champain, Claridge, Hartshorne, Lichfield, Mattingly, More, Ollivant, Thellusson, Oddie and Wassell families; various grants of arms dating from the 16th centuries; various marriage settlements; monumental inscriptions from the old churchyard at Chingford, Essex; pedigrees of Freston of Mendham and Rant of Yelverton & Mendham; register extracts for the Corbet, Field & Long familes; plus woodcuts of arms, autographs & seals for a range of families. View using Adobe Acrobat Reader. Price: £6.50 | |
| Nelson: His Life & Family History. CD-ROM. This CD contains facsimile reprints of 2 complete publications plus an extract from a third: The Life of Nelson by Robert Southey (ca. 1894, complete), The Birthplace of Nelson: Burnham Thorpe & Its Associations by F. J. Cross (1904, complete) and the Nelson pedigree from Visitation of England & Wales, volume 13 by Frederick Arthur Crisp (1905). Illustrated. View or print using Adobe Acrobat Reader. Price: £9.95 | |
| The Portsmouth Road: the Sailor's Highway. A facsimile reproduction on CD-ROM of the second (revised) edition of The Portsmouth Road, originally published by Cecil Palmer in 1923, updating the 1895 edition. Copiously illustrated both by the author and with historical prints, the book covers the history of the towns and villages along the road from London to Portsmouth, travelling through Surrey and Hampshire. View using Adobe Acrobat Reader. Price: £5.95 | |
| Ruined and Deserted Churches by L. E. (Lucy Elizabeth) Beedham. CD-ROM. A facsimile reproduction on CD of a book that was first published by Elliot Stock in 1908. This is a fascinating history of churches that had gone out of use with chapters on Norfolk and Suffolk. Illustrated by black-and-white photographs. View on a computer using Adobe Acrobat Reader or print it out. Price: £5.95 | |
| Tavern Anecdotes & Sayings by Charles Hindley. This is a facsimile reproduction on CD-ROM of a rare work published by Tinsley Brothers in 1875, itself based on Tavern Anecdotes & Reminiscences of the Origin of Signs, Clubs, Coffee-houses, Streets, City Companies, Wards, &c Intended as a Lounge-book for Londoners & their Country Cousins by One of the Old School, which was published by William Cole in London, circa 1825. Full of fascinating (and often amusing) information. View using Adobe Acrobat Reader. Price: £6.95 | |
| Visitation of England & Wales Volume 13; edited by Frederick Arthur Crisp. CD-ROM. A facsimile reproduction on CD of a collection of genealogical tables (family trees) for various families: Adams of Greenfield Hall, Staffordshire, Amherst, Armstrong, Auden of Rowley Regis, Staffs, Bagot of Blithfield, Brewster, Colyer of Farningham, Kent, Crisp of Playford Hall, Suffolk, Duncan of Lochrutton, Dumfries, Dunne of Hereford, Edmeades of Nurstead Court, Kent, Finnemore, Fisher, Fletcher of Allerton, Lancashire, Graham, Keighly-Peach of Warwickshire, Kenrick, Littledale (Lancs.), Master (Surrey), Maughan-Ettrick, Milner (Yorkshire), Nelson, Powis, Ridley, Round of West Bergholt, Scarbrough, Sherborn, Shuttleworth, Spedding, Tenterden, Treves, Vaillant of Weybridge, Surrey, Vidler, and Wigan. First published in 1905. View or print using Adobe Acrobat Reader. Price: £9.95 |