Genealogy

The second volume of The Cambridge Urban History is the first comprehensive study of British towns and cities in the early modern period, and examines when, why, and how Britain became the first modern urban nation. The contributors offer a detailed analysis of the evolution of national and regional... More

This highly influential work features 8 magnificent color plates and over 250 fine black-and-white illustrations, depicting a splendid array of classic heraldic motifs. Drawn from buildings, monuments, and architectural elements and encompassing a variety of media, the designs date from the 13th thr... More

Teach Yourself Tracing Your Family History guides readers through the process of researching and recording their family backgrounds. It includes tips on planning the necessary research, interviewing relatives effectively, and drawing up a family tree. The author also provides suggestions on where to... More

These are the stories of the people in Parita Mukta's family, a family which has traversed the continents bearing with it an array of memories and stories, both magical and mythological. The book follows the move of the author's grandparents in the early 1920s from western India to  a Kenyan co... More

This book is about personal names, something of abiding interest to specialists and lay readers alike. Over a million people have checked the American Name Society website since 1996, for instance. Many philosophers and linguists suggest that names are 'just' labels, but parents internationally are ... More

"A most useful dictionary of heraldry and heraldic terms. Those with a casual Interest in the subject will find the comprehensive descriptions helpful and will be able to acquire the language of heraldry through them. But the serious student too will find this a useful reference book". - The Times L... More

Naming a child is an art by itself. The more culturally sophisticated the parents, the more fanciful would be the names they pick up for their children. Jaico Book of Baby Names is an exercise in getting down to names. It is the first book of its kind which provides the etymology of words and gives ... More

Priscilla Napier has made a name for herself as the chronicler of the Napier family. Her spirited writings bring distant Napiers and their times vividly to life, as this volume amply proves Hardbound,Used Book... More

Many of the major figures (British, European and American) during the turbulent events leading to the Opium War are buried in the Old Protestant Cemetery in Macao. The stories told by the inscriptions on the 160 gravestones there form Macao and Hong Kong's heritage. Used Book... More

This is the second edition of the fourth volume of the successful series Studying Family and Community History, published in conjunction with the Open University. With its aim of placing individual and localised cases in their social and historical context, this accessible and innovative series will... More