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       by K S B Keats-Rohan
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       by Neil Thompson & Charles Hansen
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       etc. of Co. Durham"
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       Westdeutscher Adels-geschlechter
       im Mittelalter"
  • Valva and its Counts
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  • Recent news and information

    The Charles F H Evans Award, 2010

    We are again offering a cash prize for the best article based on original or cutting edge research, leading to a major advancement in a topic related to medieval genealogy.

    Further details and conditions for entry may be obtained by clicking here.

     

    Medieval Lands

    This free-to-view FMG project is updated regularly by the author, Charles Cawley. He has recently revised extensively the pages dealing with Spain and Italy. To access it use the floating menu, select Projects, Medieval Lands, then use the local menu to navigate within the data set. Alternatively use this direct link to the introductory page.

     

    Scanned sources online

    A user or membership subscription is required to view these. Three new sources have recently been added to our list. Click here to see the list of sources available.


    Activities

    FMG Journal  -  'Foundations'

    Vol.3, nos.1 & 2 now available

    The biannual journal of the FMG blending short articles, queries, reviews and letters relating to medieval genealogy (pre-1500). The success of the journal is dependent on receiving well researched material from the genealogical community. For more details (including contents and abstracts of previous issues) click here. Foundations is available either electronically through the User's Area or as a printed journal. See our online shop (link from the floating menu above) to subscribe to either format.

    Medieval Lands
    This active project by FMG member Charles Cawley presents narrative biographical genealogies of the major ruling families of over 140 territories. Information is checked against primary source material wherever possible. The territorial emphasis and wide scope enable innovative comparative conclusions to be drawn about the development of the role of the nobility in different locations over time.
    Corrections to 'Domesday People'
    & 'Domesday Descendants
    '
    Corrections and additions to K S B Keats-Rohan's two volumes 'Domesday People' and 'Domesday Descendants', compiled by Rosie Bevan, mainly from material discussed on the newsgroup soc.genealogy.medieval. The opportunity is provided for people to submit comments and further material.
    Online Digitised Sources
    FMG has digitised some of the out-of-copyright sources from our collections. These are scanned images in PDF format. The sources are chosen randomly, taking into account what is already available elsewhere. We will add more as time permits. Click here toview the current list.
     
    Other publications by FMG
    The following are available through our online shop:

    Complete Works of Charles Evans (book or CD)

    Life and Family of Robert Large, mercer (book)

    click the titles for further information

    Reference Library of Medieval Sources
    The Foundation has a specialist collection of medieval genealogical and prosopographical books, journals and articles. Click here for further information, including the online catalogue and our copying service.
    Other Online Resources
    The following are on open access through our website. Follow the links through "Projects" on the floating menu, or click the headings below:

    Ancestry of Charles II
    A graphical index to Thompson & Hansen's  long running series of articles in The Genealogist.

    Stammtafeln Westdeutscher Adels-geschlechter im Mittelalter
    An index to Möller's genealogies of western German nobility.

    Surtees’ Parishes, etc. of Co. Durham
    A contents summary of these privately printed booklets held by the London Library.

    Valva and its Counts
    Parallel English and original Italian text of this 1926 work by Cesare Rivera, prepared by Jeff de May.

     

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