Ancestral Trails

Contents:

Book Summary

Click here to order this book Researching family history involves the study of many subjects. This encompasses tracing an individual's descent and how the many different trails come together to form coherent pictures of past generations. This unique book sets out to guide the family historian through the intricacies of British Records. It provides detailed views of the archives and sources available.

Each type of record, such as personal recollections, photographs, newspapers and other material is dealt with, in addition to the more usual civil, religious and legal records. The book includes research in Scotland, Ireland, Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isles of Man.

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Who is this book aimed at

This book will benefit both the beginner and those who are already well advanced in their research. The early chapters focus more on the inexperienced family historian or genealogist. For the more experienced researcher the book will provide information on the records that are harder to find.

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Summary of chapters

  1. An introduction to genealogical research
  2. Personal recollections and memorabilia
  3. Organisation of your research material
  4. General problems encountered by researchers
  5. Civil registration
  6. Census returns
  7. Parish registers
  8. Churchyards and cemeteries
  9. Directories
  10. Combining sources of information
  11. Archives, libraries and family history societies
  12. Wills and administrations
  13. Catholic, non conformist and Jewish records
  14. Marriage and divorce
  15. Maps, land registration and property records
  16. Local and social history
  17. Newspapers and elections
  18. Parish and town records
  19. Records of the Army, Royal Marines and Royal Air Force
  20. Records of Shipping and Seamen
  21. Records of Trades, professions and business
  22. Oaths, taxation and insurance records
  23. Records of the civil and ecclesiastical courts
  24. Records of the criminal courts and criminals
  25. Education
  26. Peerages, the gentry, famous people and heraldry
  27. Further property records
  28. Tracing migrants and living relatives
  29. Scotland, Wales, Ireland,The Isle of Man and the Channel Islands
  30. Immigration, emigration and investigating abroad.
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