A detailed guide to the sources available for those who want to trace their family trees, with useful advice on how to conduct your research and record the results.
Fully revised, This is a practical and comprehensive guide to the sources and methods available for those who want to trace their family trees - both the searching out of the facts and the means of displaying them for the generations to come. Chapters include guidance on how to make use of national records, parish registers, wills, vestry books, churchwardens' accounts, the records of the professions and of the services,...