Between the sixteenth & eighteenth centuries many thousands of Protestants fled religious persecution in France & the Low Countries. They became one of the most influential immigrant communities in the countries where they settled & many families in modern-day Britain will find a Huguenot connection in their past. Kathy Chaters authoritative handbook offers an accessible introduction to Huguenot history & to the many sources that researchers can use to uncover the Huguenot ancestry they may not have realized they had. She traces the history of the Huguenots; their experience of persecution & their flight to Britain North America the West Indies & South Africa concentrating on the Huguenot communities that settled in England Ireland Scotland & the Channel Islands. Her work is also an invaluable guide to the various sources researchers can turn to in order to track their Huguenot ancestors for she describes the wide range of records that is available in local regional & national archives as well as through the internet & overseas. Her expert overview is essential reading for anyone studying their Huguenot ancestry or immigrant history in Britain. ...

Genealogical research in Ireland has always depended on records that are more fragmented localised & difficult to access than anywhere else. The internet is changing that. More & more records are coming online & this book is an indispensable guide to what these records are where they are & what they mean. This fourth edition of Tracing Your Irish Ancestors embraces online research as an essential part of any Irish family history project. Grenham

Includes:: detailed guides to Irish online records throughout the book discussing the idiosyncrasies of the digital versions of sources & outlining research strategies. The sheer scale of digitisation can make it both easier & more confusing to do research & makes a guide such as this all the more essential. John Grenhams well-established & detailed guide has thorough descriptions of all the relevant sources & county-by-county reference lists
- all expanded updated & indexed to make the book easier to use than ever before.


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If you want to find out about Lancashires history & particularly if you have family links to the area & your ancestors lived or worked in the county then this is the ideal book for you. As well as helping you to trace when & where your ancestors were born married & died it gives you an insight into the world they knew & a chance to explore their lives at work & at home. Sue Wilkess accessible & informative handbook outlines Lancashires history & describes the origins of its major industries
- cotton coal transport engineering shipbuilding & others. She looks at the stories of important Lancashire families such as the Stanleys Peels & Egertons & famous entrepreneurs such as Richard Arkwright in order to illustrate aspects of Lancashire life & to show how the many sources available for family & local history research can be used. Relevant documents specialist archives & libraries background reading & other sources are recommended throughout this practical book. Also included is a directory of Lancashire archives libraries & academic repositories as well as databases of family history societies useful genealogy websites & places to visit which bring Lancashires past to life. Sue Wilkess book is the essential companion for anyone who wants to discover their Lancashire roots.
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Tracing Your Liverpool Ancestors provides a fascinating insight into everyday life in the Liverpool area over the past four centuries. Mike Royden introduces readers to the wealth of material available on the citys history & its people. In a series of short informative chapters he describes Liverpools history through shipping manufacturing & trade from the original fishing village to the present cosmopolitan metropolis of today. In each chapter he provides the history of a subject including relevant case studies & any further research he has. He then tells the reader the best places to visit to find information for themselves. The subjects that Mike covers in the chapters include the living conditions of people including poverty & the labouring poor health & the ravages of disease the influence of religion & migration education & the traumatic experience of war. He also shows how the lives of Liverpudlians changed over the centuries & how this is reflected in the records that have survived. Mike Royden is a leading authority of the history of Liverpool. He has been researching & writing for over 30 years & is a popular lecturer on the subject. Mike runs many family history websites & is author of a number of titles such as: Liverpool: Caring for Women babies in Liverpool- A History of Mill Road Hospital; A History of Liverpool Maternity Hospital The Womens Hospital Liverpool & a biography of Edward Rushton. ...

London is a key site for family historians. Many researchers seeking to trace their ancestry back through the generations will find their trail leads to London or through it. Yet despite the burgeoning interest in genealogy & the importance of London in so many life stories few previous books have explored the citys history or provided guidance on the research resources family historians can use to discover the life of a London ancestor. This is the purpose of Jonathan Oatess invaluable handbook. In a series of short information-packed chapters he describes the principal record offices archives libraries & other sources researchers can go to & shows how Londoners can be tracked through censuses registers & directories over the last 500 years. Then he explores key aspects of Londons history from a family historians point of view. Crime religion & education
- & the body of evidence associated with them
- are covered as is the historical trail left by taxation health welfare work & business. He looks also at the military & wartime records available in the city & at the records of immigrant communities who have had such a notable impact on the development of the capital. Each section introduces the reader to the relevant sources indicates where they can be found & offers essential advice on how this information can be used to piece together the lives of distant & not-so-distant relatives.

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Many family historians will come across direct links to ancestors who were affected by poverty. Yet despite the burgeoning interest in genealogy the history of pauperism & of poor relief has rarely been written about & no previous book has provided a guide to documents & records that family researchers can use to their trace their pauper ancestors. In this accessible & informative introduction Robert Burlison gives a vivid account of poverty & the poor. He identifies relevant records indicates where they can be found & offers essential advice on how this information can be used to piece together the lives of distant & not so distant relatives. ...

The experience of civilian internees & British prisoners of war in German & Turkish hands during the First World War is one of the least well-known
- & least researched
- aspects of the history of the conflict. The same applies to prisoners of war & internees held in the UK. Yet as Sarah Paterson shows in this authoritative handbook a wide-range of detailed & revealing information is available if you know where to look for it. Briefly she outlines the course of the campaigns in which British servicemen were captured & she describes how they were treated & the conditions they endured. She locates the camps they were taken to & explains how they were run. She also shows how this emotive & neglected subject can be researched
- how archives & records can be used to track down individual prisoners & uncover something of the lives they led in captivity. Her work will be an essential introduction for readers who are keen to get an insight into the experience of a POW or an internee during the First World War & it will be an invaluable guide for anyone who is trying to trace an ancestor who was captured.


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Whether you are interested in the career of an individual Royal Marine or just want to know more about the part played by the Marines in a particular battle or campaign this book will point you in the right direction. Assuming that the reader has no prior knowledge of the Royal Marines their history or organization Richard Brooks & Matthew Little explain which records survive where they can be found & how they can help you in your research. They also describe in vivid detail the evolution of the Royal Marines from the tentative beginnings of the service in the seventeenth century to their present position as a key part of the British armed forces. ...

Many family historians will come across direct links to ancestors who lived & worked in the countryside as farmers labourers landowners village tradesmen & professionals
- for most of us have rural ancestors. Yet despite the burgeoning interest in genealogy these people have rarely been written about with the family historian in mind. No previous book has provided a guide to the documents & records from medieval times to the twentieth century that researchers can use to find out about their rural ancestors & the world in which they lived. That is why this accessible & informative introduction by rural historian Jonathan Brown is so important. He describes the make-up of country & village society
- the farmers large & small the farm-workers the landowners & estate-owners & the local business people the tradesmen & merchants. At the same time he identifies & discusses the relevant national & local records indicates where they can be found & offers essential advice on how this information can be used to piece together the lives of distant & not so distant relatives. Tracing Your Rural Ancestors is essential reading for anyone who is looking for an insight into the history of rural life work & society.

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Increasingly congested public roads provide few opportunities to enjoy driving to the full & yet modern performance cars are the most exciting ever
- hence the booming appeal of track days. This extensively illustrated colour book contains all the information needed to enjoy track days to the maximum providing a sound introduction for complete novices whilst presenting advice & information which will prove invaluable to those already involved in the burgeoning track-day scene.
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