Acknowledgements


Particular acknowledgements to -

Help from staff on my many trips made to the National Record Office & Local Record Offices -

National Archives

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/

Leicestershire Record Office

https://www.leicestershire.gov.uk/registrars/trace-your-family-tree/visit-the-record-office/about-the-record-office

Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society

http://lrfhs.org.uk/index.html

Hampshire Record Office (@ Winchester)

http://www3.hants.gov.uk/archives.htm

Northamptonshire Record Office

http://www3.northamptonshire.gov.uk/councilservices/archives-and-heritage/northamptonshire-archives/Pages/default.aspx

National Maritime Museum

Park Row, Greenwich, London.

http://www.rmg.co.uk/national-maritime-museum

The volunteers at Welford Road Cemetery.


Particularly recommended for researching & buiding your family tree is -

https://www.findmypast.co.uk/family-tree

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/dna/

(*just be careful of all those Tips - they can't be all correct !)


Other information found at -

http://www.british-history.ac.uk

http://www.royalleicestershireregiment.org.uk/history-of-the-regiment

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

https://readingacts.com/2013/02/16/acts-943-peter-and-simon-the-tanner/

http://www.biblestudytools.com/dictionary/tanner/

http://www.localhistories.org/life.html

https://www.discover-rutland.co.uk/useful-info/family-history

www. surnamedb.com

http://www.localhistories.org/life.html

http://www.workhouses.org.uk/MarketHarborough/

http://www.far-eastern-heroes.org.uk/richard_swarbricks_war/html/fukai_maru.htm

https://www.loyalregiment.com/

https://www.lancashireinfantrymuseum.org.uk/loyal-north-lancashire-regiment/

http://www.fepow-memorial.org.uk/a_pictorial_record.htm

http://www.mansell.com

https://www.awm.gov.au/events/conference/2002/degroen.asp

http://mountsorrelarchive.org/ and particularly Keith Foster

http://www.storyofleicester.info

http://www.countyasylums.co.uk/leicestershire-county-asylum-leicester/

http://www.expresseumpoetics.org.uk/LeicsAsylums/CountyAsylum.html

http://bromsgrovenailmaking.wixsite.com/nail-making

https://victorianmonsters.wordpress.com/victorian-funerary-practices/

https://www.ibstock.com/history/

https://www.nmrs.org.uk/mines-map/coal-mining-in-the-british-isles/leicestershire/ibstock-colliery/

https://collection.nam.ac.uk

https://aviationtrails.wordpress.com

http://www.americanairmuseum.com

clanmaxwellsociety.com/brief_history.php

www.scotsconnection.com/clan_crests/maxwell.htm

clanmaxwellsociety.com/forms/Clan_Maxwell_history.pdf

www.scotlandshop.com/tartan-finder/maxwell#

www.scotlandshop.com/tartanblog/happened-maxwells-caerlaverock-castle

www.clanmaxwellsociety.com/

www.scotland-inverness.co.uk/Chatelaine/CAERLAVEROCK.HTM

www.patricialovett.com/the-siege-of-caerlaverock/

www.maxwellsociety.com/History/Lordsmaxwell.htm


Other Information -

Books :

The Slums of Leicester - Ned Newitt

Wartime Trilogy - Ray Parkin

The Defence and Fall of Singapore - Brian Farrell

North Men. The Viking Saga 793-1241

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