Ancestral Manor
People, Places and Things of the Past
Ancestral Manor houses collections and research kits created from antiquarian resources and modern analysis, as well as tools and fun stuff for all ages. Each room of this sprawling mansion is a treasure trove of family histories, antiquarian maps, newspapers, illustrations and other historical publications combined with the modern texts of scholars and experts, as well as a great collection of technical aids.
Collectors and Researchers
Original antiquarian sources, as well as digitized reproductions may be combined with pre-bundled kits and custom packages. Utilize instant downloads or ship to your home or office.
Antiquarian originals may be found to round out your personal collection, display in your home or preserve in your heritage albums. You may also recycle items in your personal collections through our auctions, as you move from one research focus to the next.
Family Histories, Genealogies and Journals
Family history researchers, as well as scholars working in disciplines that are just discovering the resources and critical analysis found in modern genealogy, will find that our thousands of digitized out-of-print family and group genealogies are another kind of map reference.
Family chronologies in the form of lineage, descendant and family group reports may be augmented by sources for affiliations and events, trade, commerce, weather, health, migration, shipping routes, road and railroad transportation, political, fraternal, religious and ethnic patterns.
Maps, Plans and Gazetteers
While the physical characteristics of geography do not change as rapidly as political and ethnic boundaries, the mapmakers of each time period can only tell part of the story. Every map is a snap shot of place names, boundaries and detail. Our map collections allow you to travel back through time, within levels of detail or across the neighboring regions.
Newspapers, Periodicals and Images
Antiquarian newpapers and periodicals provide news reports and public opinion maps by time period and locality, as well as the trends in the economic and personal landscapes of day to day lives and governments.
Ancestral Manor will yield clues to “manor born" origins, as well as those cast out and fleeing to new opportunities from natural and man-made disasters. Science and historical record provide the opportunity for millions of folks to claim ancestry in such notable figures as Charlemagne and the shifting ethnic categories of such royal lines. However, it is the everyday lives of all the unknowns and ignored people in history that really breathe life and accuracy into any research discipline.
Gadgets, Gotta Haves and Games
Whether you are pursuing an historical research project or looking for an historical diversion, there are both serious gadgets and fun things to do here.
Public Use and Registered User Galleries
You are welcome any time in our public rooms. You may also register for the private gallery showings and special opportunities. Ancestral Manor provides an abundance of people, places and things from the past. You may browse from room to room, or cut to the chase with our search engine.
We cater to the Collector, Historian, Genealogist, Re-enactor and History Hobbyist, Student and Traveler. Visit our store for historical collections, research tools, supplies and gift items. Each room of this sprawling mansion is a treasure trove of antiquarian maps, publications and images combined with the modern texts of scholars and experts, as well as techie tools and fun stuff.We hope you enjoy every visit.
