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This is a step-by-step guide to using the wealth of online records to trace your family tree from your own computer, without the need to travel to national and regional record offices. Whether you are a novice or an experienced genealogist, and whether you plan to devote just a few hours of your time or embark on a life-time hobby, this book will guide you through the mass of records available - birth, marriage and death, the census, and much, much more - so that you can trace your line back hundreds of years. You will also learn how to upload your results to the internet, both to preserve your family's heritage and to connect with relatives, so that you can exchange photos and reminiscences.Contents: Welcome!; 1. What the internet offers the genealogist; 2. How to start; 3. Finding records of birth, marriage and death; 4. Using census records; 5. Other major sources; 6. Military; 7. Wills and where to find them online; 8. Migration; 9. Newspapers; 10. Occupations; 11. The poor and workhouse records; 12. Noble ancestors; 13. Directories; 14. School and university records; 15. Working with the wider context; 16. Family medical history; 17. DNA; 18. Working with names; 19. Recording your family tree; 20. Online recording options; 21. Problems of online trees; 22. Finding living relatives; 23. Genealogical miscellany; 24. Accent and dialect; 25. Final; Key websites; Index

Iä! Shub-Niggurath! The Black Goat of the Woods with a Thousand Young. His work has inspired many. From writers ranging from Stephen King, Robert Bloch and Ramsey Campbell; to electronic games, movies, comic books and tabletop games. So important is this influence he is known simply by one name. LOVECRAFT. Now it can be told. A history so secret that knowledge of it threatens the very fabric of the Colonies. Hidden in the depths of Colonial Gothic, Lovecraft's influence lurks in the shadows only to flee when it is seen. Now Lovecraft's influence is given its due. Colonial Gothic: Lovecraft is your guide to introducing the concepts of Lovecraft's writing to the world of Colonial Gothic. From location, to blasphemous works, to creature whose existence is impossible to comprehend; everything you need to bring a touch of Lovecraft to your game is found here. Written by Graeme Davis and Richard Iorio and featuring art by Tony Ackland, Colonial Gothic: Lovecraft is your guide to the hidden terrors and secrets of Colonial Gothic. Beware: learning these secrets might leave you changed. The authors and artist take no responsibility for the state of your sanity after you learn these secrets.

In the dying days of World War II, Nazi Germany spent increasingly large amounts of its dwindling manufacturing capability on the construction of a small fleet of flying saucers capable of travel beyond the atmosphere. This title reveals the history of the Nazi space program with a focus on the design, construction, and layout of the moon base.

Even before Theseus descended into the labyrinth to face the Minotaur, he was already a hero and a veteran of many battles. The son of a man, a woman, and the god Poseidon, he'd journey far across Ancient Greece, fighting numerous monsters including the Periphetes 'the clubber', the Crymmyon Sow, and the insane demigod, Procrustes 'the stretcher'.

In the stories of the ancient Vikings, Thor is a warrior without equal, who wields his mighty hammer in battles against trolls, giants, and dragons. He is the god of storms and thunder, who rides to war in a chariot pulled by goats, and who is fated to fall in battle with the Midgard Serpent during Ragnarok, the end of all things.

Based on the notes of the deceased historian, Dr Emile Fouchet, this book attempts to unlock the secrets of the Knights Templar. It offers an examination of their historical origins, their growth in the early middle-ages, and their supposed destruction under the charges of heresy.