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LATEST LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS

New acquisitions include:
CD's

• Medieval Village Notes
  

• National Roll of the Great War 1914-18 (London)
  

• Census Index Leicestershire 1891

• 1861 Leicester & Leicestershire Census & Index
  

Books

• The Family Historians's Pocket Dictionary Compiled by Stuart A. Raymond. Published by the FFHS. £6.95 plus postage. The purpose of this book is to act as a ready reference source in which all genealogists researching in England and Wales will be able to find definitions of terms, and pointers to the information they seek.
• Births, Marriages & Deaths On The Web. Part 1. General, Southern England, The Marches and Wales. Compiled by Stuart A. Raymond. Published by the FFHS. £5.95 plus postage. An internet directory of where to find BMD's and information on them can be found on the Web. Births, Marriages & Deaths On The Web. Part 2. The Midlands, Northern England & East Anglia. Compiled by Stuart A. Raymond, Published by the FFHS. £5.95 plus postage.
• Monumental Inscriptions On The Web. Compiled by Stuart A. Raymond. Published by the FFHS £5.95 plus postage. A rapidly increasing number of web sites are devoted to monumental inscriptions, and it is the purpose of this directory to identify them.
• War Memorials On The Web Part 1. Southern England, The Marches and Wales. Compiled by Stuart A, Raymond. Published by the FFHS. £4.95 plus postage. The purpose of this directory is to list the ever increasing number of websites dedicated to War Memorials.
• War Memorials On The Web Part 2. The Midlands, Northern England and East Anglia. Compiled by Stuart A. Raymond. Published by the FFHS. £5.95 plus postage. · My Ancestor Was A Coalminer. The latest in this long line of "My Ancestor" books. Published by the FFHS. £7.50 plus postage.

All above are available from the Centre Pages in this Journal

• The Greys - A Long and Noble Line This book tells the story of the Grey Family. It includes the story of Bradgate House, Leicestershire including the fated Lady Jane Grey whose reign as Queen lasted just nine days. For the price of £14.95, can be obtained from: - The Silk Press, Freepost NWW2324A, Altrincham, Cheshire WA14 2WA
• Coventry Year Books 1997-91 ( 5 vols.)
• A Private Perspective of the Great War, by Mary Powell.
• The History of Leicester's Cinemas by B. Johnson.
• BMD's on the Web, by S.A.Raymond ( 2 vols.)
• 1851 Census - Roxburghshire 15 vols.
• Alfred J. Wallace, a Life.
• 1967 Map of Leicester showing political wards.

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