Explore your family's past : trace your roots and create a family tree
Reader's Digest201111UU
Book
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.Review: "'An excellent, very detailed, yet highly accessible and beautifully illustrated guide to tracing your family history.' (Society of Genealogists)".
Main title:
Explore your family's past : trace your roots and create a family tree / Reader's Digest.
Author:
Edition:
3rd rev. ed.
Imprint:
Newton Abbot : Reader's Digest, 2011.
Collation:
356 p. : ill., 300 photo., over .& ; 25x20 cm.
Notes:
Paperback.
Contents:
Introduction: Seeking your ancestors-- Getting Started-- Matters of State: Civil records-- The census-- Broken families-- Their Place in Society: Legacies-- Education-- Working life-- On the fringes-- Home Ground: Names in print-- Property records-- Local history-- Joining Up: Armed forces-- Merchant navy-- On the Move: Restless nation-- Britons abroad-- New Britons-- Medieval Roots: Early records-- Heraldry-- Your surname-- Dictionary of Surnames-- Directory of Sources-- Family History Timeline-- Index.
ISBN:
9781780200446 (pbk)1780200447 (pbk)
Dewey class:
929.1072041
Local class:
L921
Language:
English
BRN:
2430262