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Supplied by Dartmoor Press. The text titles of the original widely-acclaimed Dartmoor Press booklets first published individually in the 1990s under the series title “Practical Guides For Family History & Local History Researchers” are now available together on a single CD, providing a valuable resource to understanding and interpreting a wide variety of archive materials. Although the transcripts quoted in the texts are exclusively from Devon archives, the commentaries and explanatory notes are applicable to records of the type held in record office parish and manor collections of other counties, for the legislation (and, in the case of manors, ancient customs) to which such documents and practices had to conform were almost universal throughout the country (though researchers will, of course, encounter purely local and dialect terms for various commodities and things during their own studies). The titles provided are as follows [equivalent number of A4 pages in brackets]: Understanding Three Life Leases and Other Post-Medieval Deeds (Expanded) [77] Manorial Records for Genealogists [22] Introduction to Tracing Your House History from Manorial Records [38] Manor Customs [51] Guide to Churchwardens’ Accounts (Expanded & Revised) [136] Guide to Overseers’ Accounts (Previously Unpublished) [73] Guide to Miscellaneous Poor Law Documents [55] Notebook Guide to Pre-1834 Poor Law Acts & Statutes [34] Transcript: 1601 Poor Relief Act [8] Transcript: 1662 Act of Settlement [8] Transcript: 1722 Workhouse Act [5] Transcript: 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act [39] Guide to Miscellaneous Parish Documents [53] Guide to Vestry Minutes [42] A Few Notes on Some Devonian Deodands (Supplementary Title) [13] A Few Notes on Some Dartmoor Tofts (Supplementary Tile) [26] That’s nearly 700 pages of invaluable aids to archive research! All titles by Mike Brown, Dartmoor Press Dartmoor Press CDs General Information: Dartmoor Press CDs do not have their own auto run program. After inserting the CD in the computer, folders and files can be opened via the relevant icon in the drop-down window or through the My Computer icon and then opening the CD drive (usually Drive E). All text files are provided in Rich Text Format (RTF) (.rtf). All database files (where applicable) are supplied in MS Works 4.0 (.wdb); and also, as an alternative, as a text file in RTF (.rtf). All images (where applicable) are supplied as JPGs (.jpg). No customers should have any problems with opening such files on their computers. All CDs include some appropriate introductory and explanatory notes, plus (where applicable) additional finding aids and lists of codes used in the databases. All CDs are labelled and provided in plastic sleeves for protection.
£6.00