No comments about The Midland Hotel: Morecambe's White Hope.

5 comments about Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists: Who Came to America Before 1700. the Lineage of Alfred the Great, Charlemagne, Malcomb of Scotland, Robert the Strong, and Some of Their Descendants..

1. First published in 1950, Weis improves with each new edition; they're now up to the 7th. "Bad" lines are excised completely each time, the lengthy text-notes are very useful, and extensive citations appear for almost every entry. There's hardly a noble family in Europe west of the Dnieper River that does not appear in this book. Dr. Weis died in 1966 and Walter Lee Sheppard, himself a renowned genealogist, undertook (successfully) to main-tain his high standards; the 4th and subsequent editions have been the result of his own editorial labors. A very inexpensive work, especially compared to many of the other titles on this subject; this one should be on every genealogist's bookshelf.



2. Out of every author of genealogical records, none other's system works as well as Frederick Weis's. His in-depth research and organization make it nearly impossible to get lost. And still, he keeps up with an excellent bibliography as well as a great abbreviation page. The great thing about Weis, however, is that he doesn't like to speculate and just gets to the point with his writing. This is a must read for anyone connected to John of Gaunt or anyone else mentioned in the book.



3. Be SURE to buy the 8th edition listed on amazon.com Just cut to the chase. This book is in its 8th edition due to the devotion of Weis and his colleagues who carry on his life work. Do NOT spend hundreds of dollars buying research that the geneologist gathers from free online sources. FIRST, if you have ancestors from Massachusetts, New York, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Conneticutt and Virginia you very probably are descended from or cousin to many lines documented from about 350 A.D. Gallo Roman period right through to the Pilgrims, Puritans, etc. Why? Because as Nathaniel Philbrook states in his book, 'Mayflower,' 35 million AMericans are descended from the 52 survivors of the first winter in Plymouth. Why are they related to uddles of British and continental nobles? Because the some 2,000 Norman families who ruled England married the rest of Europes nobles and by 1600 they had grown to 20,000 and had more spare children than Davey Crooket has money. The spares took up Puritism and or wanted to flip properties in the new world. SECOND, load up a good family tree software program [...]. Spent spare time over 2 years entering over 700 individuals from this work.
   I think it is very educational to learn who ones ancestors are and then learn about their character, sometimes view a likeness, and study their times. We all have good and bad sides to our characters. Maybe you will find some relatives who remind you of you. Maybe you are tough because one of your people survived the terror of King John who went around starving people to death and walling others up alive in their castle walls.
   Be your own geneologist by searching all of the U.S. census; searching in familysearch.com, ancestory.com, joining historical societies in the counties you know people came from, and finally you will get back to the 1700s and then the 1600s. Over the decades I was very frustrated in linking known ancestors in 17th century Massachusetts to England. This book not only took me to all of Britian, but most all of Europe too. Its all waiting for you to discover, enjoy and share with your family and descendents.



4. This book is helpful for people that are interested in pushing their ancestral lineages further back into the historical past. It helps if you have already done the preliminary work of researching your lines to the mid 1600's. The book deals primarily with royalty lines and their heirs. Some lines are documented as far back as 381 AD. It is always fun to learn about history by studying your own ancestors.



5. I would have liked to know the edition I was buying before purchasing. I received the 7th edition and sold it to a friend and then ordered the 8th edition.
   Regardless, it has helped me with the lineage for Charlemagne.

No comments about People at Home: living in a Warwickshire village, 1500-1800.

No comments about A History of Hampshire (Darwen County History Series) (Darwen county histories).

2 comments about The Kings & Queens of England (Revealing History).

1. I really enjoy reading about the different monarchs throughout time. Ormrod's book has made it so easy to read about and learn more about these kings and queens who have shapped the world. "The Kings and Queens of England" is the perfect introduction to all of the different houses and all of the different monarchs. The way in which this book was written allows the reader to either read the book completely or look up particular intrests. He has made it so easy and fairly enjoyable.
   
   I very much recomend this book to anyone who has a historical intrest in the royal families because this is very well written and filled with loads of information that I have not heard any where else.



2. It would be easier to remember the kings and queens of England if they didn't all have the same names. A Chudley and an Irma in there would have helped a lot. Tired of trying to remember which Henry is which, I checked this book out of the library and then bought one so I would have a handy reference. It gives a synopsis of them all consecutively beginning with several I didn't even know about. It is forthright and not necessarily kind. I'm enjoying it.

No comments about Marlow: A pictorial History (Pictorial history series).

No comments about Acts of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, 1609-1642 (Westminster Abbey Record Series).

No comments about A Genealogical Gazetteer of England. An Alphabetical Dictionary of Places With Their Location, Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, Population, and the Date of the Earliest Entry in the Registers of Every Ancient Parish in England.

No comments about TRACING YOUR TEXTILE ANCESTORS.

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