This family of ours: The story of the ancestors and descendants of William George Jacobs and his (first) wife Jane Garrett Norley [Unknown Binding]

Helena Jackson (Author)

Product Details

• Unknown Binding
• Publisher: H. Jackson; Limited ed edition (1977)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0473002604
• ISBN-13: 978-0473002602
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Family History, April 13, 2003

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Gary Cain (New Zealand) - See all my reviews

This review is from: This family of ours: The story of the ancestors and descendants of William George Jacobs and his (first) wife Jane Garrett Norley

I particularly enjoyed this book because it came as a complete surprise to me that it existed and when I stumbled across it in the Christchurch library I couldn't put it down-as I read initially about the family members I knew and then more widely.later I found it also in teh Auckland Public library
I have spotted a few factual errors in book but nothing that outweighs the enormous effort the late Helena Jacobs put in . It is actually one of 3 books on the Jacobs-Norley family and all of them are huge!

If there was one single book that has infuenced my hobby of genealogy it has been teh work of Helena Jacobs who, though I never met her, showed me how family history could be done

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5.0 out of 5 stars The only definitive book on the Norley family., July 22, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: This family of ours: The story of the ancestors and descendants of William George Jacobs and his (first) wife Jane Garrett Norley

It was my privilege to provide some detail for this book, after hearing of the auther from the late Geoffery Meynal Norley, of Myrtleford, Victoria, Australia. A copy is with the Soc. of Gen. in London U.K., but is a must for every Norley, particularly the Kent, branch (Devon, Cheshire, must fit in someplace?) I contributed photos of my Great grandfather and family etc. Having met many Norleys, the family likeness, whether, tall, thin, nordic or short dark stretches across generations sometimes (i.e. 1780 branch off-- Geoff and my father and Uncle, a distant relative in Melbourne via Offham, Kent are all 'from the same mold'. The American pictures show the same family likeness, staring back at you. Pity they cannot speak... then again! I would be interested to know of the authers condition. George Norley.