 A
Title: Ridderschap van Nijmegen
Author: d'Ablaing van Giessenburg
Published: 1900
Rating: B
Online Review: Description and ancestors of Dutch noblemen, their
marriages and children.
Title: The Last Medici
Author: Harold Acton
Published: 1932, 1958, 1980 London
ISBN: 333-29315
Online Review: A classic, history of the last generations of
the House of the Medici
Title: The House of Nell Gwyn 1670-1974
Authors: Donald Adamson, Peter Beauclerk Dewar
Published: 1974, London
ISBN: 07183-0403-9
Online Review: The history of the Beauclerk family, tells in
great detail about some very intersting personages. The genealogy is extracted
from Burke's Peerage.
Title: The Royal House of Stuart (3 volumes)
Author: A. C. Addington
Published: 1969,1971, 1976 London
Rating: A
Online Review: A milestone publication. These volumes link almost
all 20th century aristocracy and royalty. The work involved must have been
enormous.
Title: A History of Milan under the Sforza
Author: Cecilia Ady
Published: 1907 London
Rating:
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Title: Isabella d'Este, Marchioness of Mantua
1474-1539 -2 volumes
Author: Cecilia Ady
Published: 1915 London
Rating:
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Title: The structure of the Ottoman dynasty
Author: A. D. Alderson
Published: 1956
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Rating: B
Online Review: An academic treatise, with genealogical tables.
For specialists only, though some of the very numerous notes are fascinating.
Title: Histoire genealogique des familles de
Bonne, de Crequy, de Blanchefort, d'Agoult, de Vesc, de Montlor, de Maubec
et de Montauban
Author: Guy Allard
Published: 1672, Grenoble
Rating: D
Online Review: Some notes on these families in this rare booklet.
Try more recent books covering the same ground.
Title: Scottish Annals from English Chroniclers
AD 500 to 1286
Author: A. O. Anderson
Published: 1908, reprinted 1991
Rating: A
Online Review: Accurate extracts and commentary on Scottish historical
details found in English records, for a period where original Scottish
material is scant.
One of the few ways of checking whether early family histories fit
with the records of the time
Title: Early Sources of Scottish History
Author: A. O. Anderson
Published: 1922
Rating: A
Online Review: A much cited classic. Accurate and comprehensive
Title: The Great Migration
Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, Volume I
Authors: Robert Charles Anderson, George F Sanborn Jr, Melinde
Lutz Sanborn
Publisher: 1999 New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston Mass.
ISBN: 0-88082=102-7
Rating:
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Title: The Great Migration Begins
Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volume I, II and III
Author: Robert Charles Anderson
Rating: A
Online Review: This work gives a listing of all inhabitants of
New England from 1620 to 1633. Basic biographical details are provided
for each person, such as occupation, birthplace (when known), marriage
and children, etc. However, given the advance being made in the field,
this work is slowly being outdated, but its purpose is to provide a basis
for further research. It is unfortunate that no other regions have a comparable
work available.
Title: The Scottish Nation;
or the surnames, families, literature, honours and biographical
history of the people of Scotland -3 volumes-
Author: William Anderson
Published: 1863 (various editions)
Rating: B
Online Review: Alphabetical by surname. Volume 3 has a substantial
supplement. Necessarily concentrating on more prominent Scots families,
but he tries to
mention lesser branches of such families. On the whole a pretty accurate
source.
Title: Living Descendants of Blood Royal (in
America)
Author: Count d'Angerville
Publisher: (Several volumes published by World Nobility and Peerage,
London and Paris)
Rating: C+
Online Review: As the title indicates, this gives lines from
royalty to many present day Americans. It has many references to sources
used.
Title: Histoire Genealogique et Chronologique
de la Maison Royale de France, des Pairs, Grand Officiers de la Couronne
et de la maison du Roy, et des anciens Barons du Royaume
Author: Pere Anselme de Sainte Marie (Pierre de Guibours 1625-1694)
Published: 1726-1733 8 volumes, reissued 1879-1882 in 9 volumes
Rating: B+
Online Review: This massive work is still useful, but should
be checked against more recent sources, especially for the period before
1500. Nevertheless, one
has to admire the humble monk who gave us this monument. However, this
is the definitive work on the royal house and peerage of France. It is
the French equivalent of the English Complete Peerage. Once you become
accustomed to the way it is laid out, by how a family was associated to
the king and his household or when a titled peerage was established, it
becomes easy to work with. Pere Anselme and his editors showed a great
concern for documentation and cited sources in the margins.
Title: Arvore de Costados de SAR Principe de
Beira
Author: Domingos Arraujo-Affonso
Published: 1957, Braga
Rating: A
Online Review: Ancestors of the current Duke of Braganca, neatly
presented in one large table.
Title: Nobleza del Andalusia (1588)
Author: Gonzalo Argote de Molina
Rating:
Online Review: "A Classic"
Title: Repertoire des genealogies francaises
imprimees
3 volumes
Author: Etienne Arnaud
Published: 1978-1982
Publisher: Berger-Levrault, Paris
Rating: B
Online Review: This is an index to published genealogies in French
books and journals. It also points to arms in the "Grand Armorial
de France". It is somewhat dated now and in need of an update to catch
up with all the new materials produced in France since 1982. This set is
found in many larger libraries.
Author not known:
Title: Ahnentafeln beruehmter Deutscher - 6
volumes
Rating: A
Online Review: An endless collection of ancestor tables of "famous"
Germans, some now infamous. Complete sets are scarce and decaying,
having been printed on inferior paper. One of the volumes has Adolf Hitler's
Ahnenliste, believed by some to be wrong but correct according to others.
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