Histories: Volume I

Andrew Chapman • pbk £19.99 ebook £4.99
heritagehunter.co.uk

Come on a journey into past times, in the company of the people who were actually there.

For centuries, people from all walks of life have kept diaries, written letters, composed memoirs or published articles revealing the details of their lives and times, or major events they witnessed. Histories is a weekly newsletter letting these voices from the past speak afresh, each illustrated extract presented with a short introductory essay by Discover Your Ancestors editor and writer Andrew Chapman to set it in context.

From tradespeople to royalty, and from explorations to revolutions, this anthology offers more than 50 fascinating eyewitness accounts from real history as it was experienced.

Remarkable Women of the Second World War

Victoria Panton Bacon • £18.99
thehistorypress.co.uk

When the Second World War broke out, the task of keeping society afloat fell on the shoulders of the women left behind. Women the world over stepped into boots they’d never worn before – becoming engineers, labourers and intelligence experts. Their houses were razed to the ground, they fled their enemy-occupied countries and they picked up guns to defend their homes, but their stories are rarely told.

Remarkable Women of the Second World War is a collection of 12 of these stories, all carefully gathered and retold by Victoria Panton Bacon. These are tales of ordinary women who did extraordinary things.

Researching Local History: Your Guide to the Sources

Stuart A. Raymond • £16.99
pen-and-sword.co.uk

How has the place we live in changed, developed, and grown over the centuries? That is the basic question local historians seek to answer. The answer is to be found in the sources of information that previous generations have left us. The records of parish, county, and diocesan administration, of the courts, of the national government, and of private estates, all have something to tell us about the history of the locality we are interested in. So do old newspapers and other publications. All of these sources are readily available, but many have been little used.

Local historians come from a wide diversity of backgrounds. But whether you are a student researching a dissertation, a family historian interested in the wider background history of your family, a teacher, a librarian, an archivist, an academic, or are merely interested in the history of your own area, this book is for you. If you want to research local history, you need a detailed account of the myriad sources readily available. This book provides a comprehensive overview of those sources, and its guidance will enable you to explore and exploit their vast range. It poses the questions which local historians ask, and identifies the specific sources likely to answer those questions.