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Originally Posted by ElizabethHerts
I didn't buy one book or guide, but my mother purchased all sorts of literature on various subjects such as "My Ancestors were Quakers" (SOG), "Marriage laws, rites, records and customs", "The Victorian Workhouse", "The Victorian Cemetery", "Register Offices of Births, Deaths and Marriages in Great Britain and Northern Ireland" and "Probate Jurisdictions: Where to look for wills", to name just a few. She also bought books on places where our ancestors lived, so many for Hampshire and Cornwall. They are all mine now. Some still have her hand-written notes inside.
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Gosh, I remember reviewing titles in those series. I'm amazed that Colin Chapman is still active and giving talks. He devised the Chapman codes- in the days when every keystroke counted - in the 1970s.