Irish Ancestors aims to provide a useful guide to tracing your family roots by the author of "Tracing Your Irish Ancestors". This little book is a quick one-stop shop for those who want the essential information on tracing their family trees, but don't want too much detail.
Over the past 400 years thousands of people have moved to settle in Britain, and thousands more left its shores for life overseas. This practical guide shows how to explore migration records - and ancestors featured in them - through the records at The National Archives and elsewhere.
Offers an account of the Holbeche (Holbech) family of Warwickshire. This title begins with the family's origins in medieval times at Holbeach in Lincolnshire where they were knights and landowners. It also explores the reasons for the relocation of the family in late medieval times to Warwickshire in detail.
Presents 900 years of Chinese history through the author's own fascinating family tree. Beginning with his search for the grave of his first recorded ancestor, the 11th century poet Qin Guan, and ending with a moving account of his relationship with his father, a victim of China's historic upheaval, this title introduces a cast of characters.
Gives advice on researching men's and women's service records. This work covers the three services - Army, Navy and Air Force - as well as shows how to trace individual careers through medals and gallantry awards, prisoners of war files and casualty lists.
Offers an introduction to the tools and processes of researching your past. This title teaches you how to get the most information from living relatives, how to negotiate the vast quantities of census data with ease, and the best way to store, catalogue and present the information you discover.
Offers insights into family history. Drawing on the expertise of the National Archives, this book explores terms, topics, sources and record types since medieval times, explaining how and why they can help your own research. It offers information on record types and series and how to access them effectively; the electronic developments; and more.
An exciting new addition to any family historian's library, Family History: Digging Deeper will take your research to the next level. Joined by a team of expert genealogists, Simon Fowler covers a range of topics and provides clear advice for the intermediate genealogist.
Kay utilises official documents and photographs to illustrate her family's roots, while historical events on a macro scale help put the family's movements into focus. This genealogical study includes instructions and resources, to help others produce a family tree of their own.
Fully revised and updated, this book explores the major sources of data available to family historians online and highlights some of the most useful directories and gateways. Suitable for those starting out and experienced researchers alike, this book features the recent developments online in areas such as births, marriages and deaths indexes.
Surnames can reveal a lot about family history, but their origins can be difficult to trace. This lexicon helps to trace ancestry. It offers information about notable families and migration. It is suitable for those interested in the story of Cornish people.
Tells of Prince Albert's mother, the tragic Luise, whose scandalous divorce resulted in her being exiled for life and banished from her sons. This book explores the rumours around Albert's paternity, proposing three plausible candidates for his fatherhood.
Stanley Park, a 400-hectare haven of beauty offers a backdrop of majestic cedars and firs and an environment teeming with wildlife. But few visitors stop to contemplate the secret past of British Columbia's most popular tourist destination. This book presents the stories of the descendants of the families who once lived in the park area.
This illustrated and indexed work contains chapters on the records of eight major Irish churches. In each case it provides details of the record-keeping practices, their history as it affected record-keeping or record survival, and current availability of the records.
When a genealogist discovers a criminal way back in the family tree, he or she needs to know how to trace that person. This book offers practical guidelines for researching these criminal ancestors, many of whom were 'obliged' to steal for mere survival and suffered imprisonment for the most trivial offenses. It is suitable for social historian.
Many people want to write a family history, but few ever take on the job of publishing one. Suiatble for those who have done the research, and want to make a book from it, this title helps you learn: how to get your manuscript ready for production; design ideas for the pages and the cover; and ideas on bindings that last and look great.
A practical and useful guide to researching your family history with a strong personal development angle. This is the first book to address the need for a holistic and personal approach to research. It will appeal to fans of Who Do You Think You Are?
Family history is a topic that fascinates many, but the academic nature and involved research methods can make genealogy an intimidating hobby to pursue. This title helps readers learn how to start their search with sources in their own homes - journals, scrapbooks and other memorabilia.
Features an album where people can record basic information and special memories about their families, including special family traditions, heirlooms histories, family records, newsworthy moments, family movements, recipes, important dates like births and passing, and more.
In 1834, with the creation of the Poor Law Commission, the whole of England and Wales was formed into Unions of parishes, and each Union built its own workhouse. Being part of the government bureaucracy, detailed records were kept of everything. The author explains how these records can be used to discover details of your ancestry.
The Fens remained remote until the advent of the railways in the 1860s. Even when transport links improved many of the long-established Fen families stayed put for the next 100 years. The author, whose own family has been living in the Fens since 1545, has researched the history of the best-known Fenland families.
Surnames have always provided key links in historical research. This work shows that first names can also be significant for those tracing genealogies or studying communities, and challenges many published assumptions on the historical frequency of first names.
Shows how to collect, record, share, and preserve a family member's oral history. This guide breaks down what too often feels like an overwhelming project into a series of steps: how to prepare for an interview; how to become a better listener; and, why there's always more beneath the surface and the questions to ask to get there.
Dealing with the world of genealogy, this book gives you almost everything you need to know to get cracking. It ranges from how to get started (talking to relatives, gathering clues, assembling a family tree), to accessing and understanding and understanding the main sources (certificates, censes, probate and family registers).
Helps readers to find proven methods for overcoming all of these 'brick walls' and more. This title includes real-life case studies that illustrate the solutions without burdening the readers with complicated explanations of theories and record overviews.
This book will help those who are searching for ancestors in Ireland. David R. Elliott gives practical advice on preparing for your trip with tips on travel, driving, accommodation, and meals. An annotated bibliography and a review of important websites round out this illustrated guide.
Helps readers write their own stories about themselves and their family with memory-prompting questions. This title lets them explore memories from their entire lives with sections on parents, siblings, childhood, high school, career and prime adulthood. It covers major life moments such as first car, first job, and first meeting a future spouse.
With millions of records available online, those interested in their family history have a wealth of information and misinformation at their fingertips. This title helps readers: effectively search various websites; decipher census data and other online records; chose the best way to share their data, both on- and offline; and, more.
A guide to tapping the global digital ancestry records online and in print. It addresses the different record types along with both traditional and electronic research strategies in a comprehensive way. It explores basic rules of genealogical evidence, evaluation of source materials, research methods, and includes guidance on Web-based research.
Edmund Verney, is Charles I's standard bearer at Edgehill. He died there; all they found of him was his hand, still clutching the King's standard. Edmund left ten children, the oldest of whom, Ralph, struggled to hold the family together during the Civil War. This title reveals the world of this family of Buckinghamshire gentry.
This book combines linguistic and historical approaches with the latest techniques of DNA analysis and show the insights these offer for every kind of genealogical research. The book will be welcomed by all those engaged in genealogical research, including everyone seeking to discover the histories of their names and families.
With the growing availability of new material online, including censuses and birth, marriage and death records, the internet is becoming ever more important to anyone tracing their family history. Knowing where to look is half the battle. This guide points you to the websites and shows you how to get the most out of them.
Many of us have a curiosity about our family history, and may even have dabbled in research online or through our own family network. In this book, the author takes us on an easy-to-follow journey from deciding to research your Worcestershire ancestors right through to discovering more about how they lived and worked.
A comprehensive guide to all things associated with the family and local history of the British Isles. Fully revised and updated, this new edition contains over 2, 000 entries in the form of feature articles and an A-Z dictionary. It is invaluable for students, researchers, and historians, and ideal for anyone interested in uncovering their past.
Scotland has one of the best-maintained records and facilities of any country in the world for undertaking family research. This book details internet developments, including a chapter on family history on the web. It also points to traditional resources, explaining step by step how to research records of births, marriages and wills.
This text provides a guide to tracing family histories, both in the UK and overseas. It gives advice on planning research and establishing what information is required, as well as explaining how to interview relatives effectively and draw up a family tree.
Wills and related records are a valuable source of information for family historians revealing details of ancestors' lives, families, livelihoods and even personalities. This work explores documents and institutions, legal terms and Latin phrases, as well as navigating the digital resources that have transformed family history research.
Beginning in Canada's earliest days, our ancestors were required to perform some form of military service, often as militia. This title provides the archival, library, and computer resources that can be employed to explore your family's military history, using items such as documents, uniforms, medals, and other militaria to guide the search.
A guide to the first families of America, covering the character, career, writings, ancestry, wives, siblings and descendants of the 39 US presidents from George Washington to Ronald Reagan. This revised edition also includes essays on the presidents, with portraits of them and their wives.
Researching your genealogy online can be a daunting undertaking-but it doesn't have to be. Genealogy Online For Dummies, 6th Edition takes you through the basic steps for researching and tracing your family's lineage in a clear, easy-to-understand manner.
Tells the history of the legendary Rothschild banking dynasty. This second volume concludes the author's myth-breaking portrait of one of the most powerful and fascinating families of modern times. At once a family saga and a major work of economic, social and political history, it traces Rothschild's ascent.
When Jeremy Hardy decided to explore his ancestry it was, in part, to get to the bottom of his grandmother Becky's claims that the family descended from a 17th-century architect and that, Jeremy's great grandfather was a bodyguard and confidant to the King. He sets out to find traces of recognizable family traits and a sense of how he came to be.
Telling the stories of those who quietly conducted the business and built the livelihoods that made their societies prosper or fail, this account shows how one Scots-Irish American family, the Hammills - millers and blacksmiths - lived out their lives against the backdrop of the American Revolution, the Civil War, and westward expansion.
Suitable for those who like stories of a family, who's members shaped the course of history, this book not only gives an historical, international, national, and local account of their lives and the environment in which they lived but a true account of family life of fun and tragedy.
This narrative is woven from the lives of four generations of the author's family, and illuminates unfamiliar strands of Vietnamese history. The story begins with her grandfather's rise from poverty to become a mandarin and includes memories of the fall of Saigon.
Gives readers an explanation of advanced online databases - both free and paid-subscription - including the specific types of genealogy records that can found online. This title helps readers learn best practices for conducting searches for records through step-by-step instructions and case studies.
This new edition takes account the many changes in the field since Ancestral Trails was first published in 1997, and is the most comprehensive and up to date guide to tracing British ancestry. It guides the researcher through the substantial British archives with a detailed view of the records and published sources available.
A guide to the art of tracing your family tree. It offers a summary of how to locate and use a range of records and information to track down your own family history. It provides information on things from where to find census information or order a birth certificate, to finding out whether your uncle committed an offence whilst in the army.
Family histories are an endlessly fascinating subject. And now, actively tracing one's ancestry has become a massively popular hobby. This practical guide introduces you to the wonders of genealogy, explaining how and where to get started, giving tips and helping you begin the record by providing lots of space for photos, clippings and notes.
Tracing one's own family history is a compelling exercise that often throws up unexpected connections. In this book, Michael Greening traces his surname story as far back as the sixteenth century, including some of the branches that moved to the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. He also explains the association with Sir Edward Elgar.
Scotland has one of the best-maintained records and facilities of any country in the world for undertaking family research. This book details internet developments, including a chapter on family history on the web. It also points to traditional resources, explaining step by step how to research records of births, marriages and wills.
Introduces readers a range of source materials, stretching from an eighteenth century shopping note, to a photograph of an event that never happened, to a family grave with a missing body. This title features unexpected discoveries in the branches of family trees and encourages genealogists to delve into the hidden corners of their family history.
Deals with the Burkin family of Cudham in Kent and, to a lesser extent, those of Chelsfield and Knockholt. This book provides a glimpse of one family's history - its ups and downs, successes and failures. Most of the descendants of a Clandestine marriage are detailed, together with the earlier history of the Burkin name.
Interest in tracing your family's past has never been stronger, and with the full release of the 1911 census and the digitisation of records in the UK, it has never been easier to start your search for your ancestors. This edition explains how to gather clues from your family, explore archives, search the internet and create your own family tree.
From the makers of the award-winning BBC series and Dr Nick Barratt, the UK's leading authority on family history, comes the definitive, must-have guide to researching your family's roots and bringing your family history to life. Containing all you need to know whether you're a new beginner or more experienced researcher.
Offers guidance both to newcomers and to the more experienced, on how to make best use of the labyrinth of genealogical sources in England and Wales. This book takes into account changes to the civil registration system. It includes bibliography for those who discover that their ancestors migrated from other countries.
The National Archives' collection of military material includes the personal files of hundreds of thousands of First World War soldiers as well as Army nursing services, the WAAC, prisoners of war from the Second World War and Korea, and a variety of orders, decorations, and medal rolls. This book offers a guide to the records in the Archives.
Researching your family tree is a fascinating and fulfilling project, but where do you begin? And where do you go when the digging gets tough? TRACING YOUR FAMILY HISTORY MADE EASY takes you through the entire process, from interviewing relations and consulting records, to recording your findings and presenting them to others.
Family history research has come a long way as the internet makes information easily accessible to all. However, the documents and records are still the same whether viewed electronically, on microfilm or fiche, or in their original form. This practical book focuses on these essential documents in England and Wales.
There is a growing desire to find out about ourselves and where we came from, and, family history research has become one of the fastest-growing hobbies and pastimes, particularly on the internet. This book introduces the subject of genealogy, and examines and explains the process of tracing and finding ancestors.
Including basic Latin and a glossary of common genealogical terms, this book helps you become your family detective. It provides information on using the Internet, newspapers and record offices, and instructions on how to record your data. It features 350 charts, diagrams and archive pictures.
For several centuries the Hills played a prominent role in shaping the history of England and especially of Shropshire. This well researched book is a family history, an architectural history, and a contribution to the story of England's social evolution over the past few centuries.
A comprehensive guide to all things associated with the family and local history of the British Isles. Fully revised and updated, this new edition contains over 2, 000 entries in the form of feature articles and an A-Z dictionary. It is invaluable for students, researchers, and historians, and ideal for anyone interested in uncovering their past.
The fourth edition of Tracing your Irish Ancestors retains the familiar three-part structure, combining a detailed guide for beginners with thorough descriptions of all the relevant sources and county-by-county reference lists. All of the information has been expanded and updated, and the addition of an extensive index makes the book even easier to