Marie-Louise Backhurst - Tracing Your Channel Islands Ancestors: A Guide for Family Historians

T his selective list includes titles useful to genealogists and family historians, some of which are still in print, but others will only be obtainable at either the British Library in London, the Socit Jersiaise and the Jersey Library in Jersey or the Priaulx Library in Guernsey. Inter-library loans are possible. Some titles may also be for sale in second-hand bookshops or through Internet sites. Many older publications have now been digitised and are available on the Internet. Several family histories have been published, but the majority have been published privately. They are not listed below, but can be found in library catalogues.

CHANNEL ISLANDS

Cohen F. and N. du Quesne-Bird, Silver in the Channel Islands , Jersey, 1996

Harris, Roger E., Islanders Deported Part One , Wiltshire, 1979

Jamieson, A.G. (ed.), A People of the Sea: The Maritime History of the Channel Islands , London, 1986

Mayne, Richard, Old Channel Islands Silver, its Makers and Marks , Jersey, 1969

McCormack, John, Channel Island Churches , Chichester, 1986

Read, Brian Ahier, No Cause for Panic: Channel Island Refugees 194045 , Jersey, 1995

Skidmore, Gil (ed.), Elizabeth Fry: A Quaker Life: Selected Letters and Writings New Haven, CT, 2005

Turk, Marion, The Quiet Adventurers , Ohio, 1971

The Quiet Adventurers in North America , Ohio, 1975

The Quiet Adventurers in Canada , Ohio, 1979

Williams, Caroline, From Sail to Steam: Studies in the Nineteenth Century History of the Channel Islands , Chichester, 2000

Woolmer, Stanley and Charles Arkwright, Pewter of the Channel Islands , Edinburgh, 1973

Jersey

Aubin, C.N., A Glossary for the Historian of Jersey , Jersey, 1997

Backhurst, Marie-Louise, Family History in Jersey , Jersey, 1990

Balleine, G.R., A Biographical Dictionary of Jersey , 1948

Bertrand Payne, James, An Armorial of Jersey , 1874

Bois F. de L., The Parish Church of St Saviour, Jersey , Chichester, 1976

Brett, C.E.B., Buildings in the Town and Parish of St Helier , Belfast, 1977

Corbet, Francis, A Biographical Dictionary of Jersey , Vol. II, Jersey, 1999

Croad, George W., A Jersey Album , Jersey, 1981

Fenn, R.W.D., Far Superior to Any Granite Hitherto Found in the Channel Islands: The History of Ronez Quarry, Jersey , Leicestershire, 2005

Gayler, Michele, Le Cornu, from Jersey to You: The Story of the First Le Cornu to Come to South Australia, Those who Followed him and Those who Remained Behind in Jersey, Channel Islands , Adelaide, 2002

Glendinning, Alex, An Eye on the Past , Vols 1 and 2, Jersey, 1992 and 1993

Did your Ancestors Sign the Jersey Oath of Association Roll of 1696? , Jersey, 1995

Hampton, Rosemary, A Jersey Family from Vikings to Victorians , Jersey, 2009

Jean, John, Jersey Sailing Ships , Chichester, 1982

Kelleher, John, Triumph of the Country: The Rural Community in Nineteenth Century Jersey Jersey 1994

LEstourbeillon, R. de, Les Familles Franaises Jersey Pendant la Revolution Nantes 1886

Moore, Diane, Deo Gratias: A History of the French Catholic Church in Jersey 17902007 , Jersey, 2007

Platt, Colin, A Brief History of Jersey , Jersey, 2009

Podger, Alex, Jersey, That Nest of Vypers , Jersey, 2007

Ronanye, Ian, Ours: The Jersey Pals in the First World War , Gloucestershire, 2009

Steel, Don, Discovering Your Family History , London, 1980 (this is based on the Honeycombe family, and includes a chapter on Jersey)

Stevens, Joan, Old Jersey Houses and Those who Lived in Them 15001700) , Chichester, 1965

Old Jersey Houses: From 1700 Onwards , Vol. II, Chichester, 1977

Victorian Voices , Jersey, 1969

and Marquerite Syvret (eds), Balleines History of Jersey , Jersey, 1981

Guernsey

Blicq, A.S., Norman Ten Hundred: A Record of the 1st (Service) Battalion Royal Guernsey Light Infantry , Guernsey, 1920

Brett, C.E.B., Buildings in the Town and Parish of St Peter Port , Belfast, 1975

Crossan, Rose-Marie, Guernsey 18141914: Migration and Modernisation , Suffolk, 2007

Edwards, G.B., The Book of Ebenezer Le Page , London, 1981

Fenn, R.W.D. and A.B. Yeoman, Quarrying in Guernsey, Alderney and Herm , Leicestershire, 2008

Garis, Marie de, St Pierre du Bois: The Story of a Guernsey Parish and its People , Guernsey, 1996

Glendinning, Alex, An Eye on the Past in Guernsey , Jersey, 1993

Goudge, Elizabeth, Green Dolphin Country , London, 1944 (novel based on a true story of migration from Guernsey to New Zealand)

Hargetion, Juliette (ed.), From Our Family Albums , Vol. 1, Guernsey, 1998

(ed.) From Our Family Albums, Vol. 2 Guernsey, 2002 (Vol. 3 forthcoming)

Hugo, Victor, Les Travailleurs de la Mer , Paris, 1876

Ilie, Susan, Telling Tales: Guernsey News, Views, Ideas, Snippets and Gossip from the Early to Mid-1800s , Guernsey, 2009

Kreckeler, David, Guernsey Emigrants to Australia 18281899 , Guernsey, 1996

The Brothers Burial Ground 17191948 , Guernsey, 2008

Le Poidevin, David, How to Trace Your Ancestors in Guernsey , Guernsey, 1987

Le Poidevin, Nick, Torteval School in Exile , Jersey, 2010

Marr, L. James, The History of Guernsey: The Bailiwicks Story , Guernsey, 2001

Guernsey People , Guernsey, 1984

More People in Guernseys Story , Guernsey, 1991

McCormack, John, The Guernsey House , Chichester, 1980

Monaghan, Jason, The Story of Guernsey , Guernsey, 2010

Mosley, David, Guernsey and the Great War , Guernsey, 2007

Norman, R.R., Guernseymen at War: The Royal Guernsey Light Infantry, France and Flanders, 19171919 , Guernsey, 2010

Ogier, Daryl, Reformation and Society in Guernsey , Suffolk, 1996

Parks, Major Edwin, The Royal Guernsey Militia (A Short History and List of Officers) , Guernsey, 1992

Dieux Aix: God Help Us The Guernseymen Who Marched Away 19141918 , Guernsey, 1992

Sarre, John W. (compiled), Guernsey Sailing Ships 17861936 , Guernsey, 2007

Schaffer, Mary Ann and Annie Burrows, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society , London, 2008

Stevens Cox, Gregory, St Peter Port 16801830 , Suffolk, 1999

The Guernsey Merchants and their World , Guernsey, 2009

Herm

Kalamis, Catherine, Hidden Treasures of Herm Island , Guernsey, 1996

Wood, A.G., The Channel Island of Herm: An Illustrated History and Guide , Norwich, 1977

Wood, Jenny, Herm: Our Island Home , London, 1972

Jethou

Faed, Susan, Jethou: Guide and History by the Twenty-Second Tenant , Guernsey, 1969

Alderney

Brett, C.E.B., Buildings on the Island of Alderney , Alderney, 1976