Books on Genealogy

Paperback, second edition, by Mark D Herber.

In association with the Society of Genealogists this book is a complete guide to British genealogy and family history.

Ancestral Trails guides you through the voluminous British archives, extending back to medieval times, and...

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This guide to parish registers, now in its third edition, and covering England, Scotland and Wales, is a vital, time-saving tool that has become universally known as 'the genealogist's bible'.

The Atlas includes the famous county 'parish' maps, which show pre-1832 par...

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New edition, by Anthony Adolph.

The new, fully-updated edition of Collins Tracing Your Family History is the definitive handbook for anyone interested in tracing their family's past.

Firmly practical in its approach, yet entertaining in its style, this reference guide i...

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An introduction to the tools and processes of researching your past. This book will also help take your research to the level beyond simple facts of birth, marriage & death, with chapters on occupation, migration & military service. By Karen Foy.

Paperback with 223 pages...

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The essential comprehensive guide for Genealogists, Researchers & Local Historians. The latest issue of this popular book offers a host of original and unpublished material.

Packed from cover to cover with facts, figures, help pages, where to look, how to look, as well as other intere...

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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...

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By J.A. Watkinson. This guide gives you all the information required to research your UK ancestry with illustrated examples, trees, documents and the essential addresses of societies and organisations. It gives practical information about how to go about creating a family history and drawing up tree...

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Written by legal records experts & advisers on family history, this second edition is fully revised, up to the minute & packed with helpful advice.

Softback with 160 pages...

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After dealing with the basic grammar of Latin, this book examines the structure & vocabulary of the records used in local & family history research, including episcopal visitations, church court records, sepulchral inscriptions, wills, manorial court rolls, charters & deeds.
There is a glossa...

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This guide throws light on the naval & maritime history of Britain & its empire. It includes public records deposited outside the National Archives in the National Maritime & the Post Office Archives. It also refers to some documents now in the British Library, Cambridge University Library or the ...

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William Spencer is the principal military specialist at the National Archives. Whether you are tracing an ancestor, squadron, air base or campaign, this second edition is an invaluable guide to Britain's air force past.

Softback with 160 pages...

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Much family history focuses on digging around archives and web searches. This book shows that our lofts and cupboards can often hide a treasure trove of personal documents and ephemera too.

Boxes full of photographs, hastily written notes, old tickets, postcards, ration books, a soldi...

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William Spencer has been the National Archives' military specialist since 1996 & this book provides an insider's knowledge of existing & forthcoming material. Whether you are tracing an ancestor, auxiliary service, regiment or campaign, it is an invaluable guide to Britain's military past.
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Records of births/baptisms, marriages, and deaths/burials are vital sources for family historians. It is impossible to trace pedigrees without consulting them. Civil and parish registers are particularly important, but are not the only places where you can find relevant information. In this series, ...

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The essential guide to the records of transported convicts and early settlers in Australia. Fully revised 2012 edition, this book directs the reader straight to the relevant files and the author provides a case study to follow the stages necessary to research your Australian ancestors.

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Peter Christian and David Annal
A compelling up to the minute guide to using the census in your family research. Written by bestselling author Peter Christian and TNA expert David Annal. This fascinating guide shows how the census can transform your family research.

Paperback w...

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A directory of local holdings of microfiche in Great Britain, Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. This is the sixth edition updated in 2001. By Jeremy Gibson and Elizabeth Hampson. Where your nearest port of call is.

Paperback with 56 pages...

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Criminal Ancestors, A guide to historical criminal records in England and Wales

Many of our ancestors lived through difficult times; some resorted to crime for the most trivial offences. A genealogist who discovers a criminal in the family tree will need to know how to trace that pers...

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The successor guide to Dating 19th Century Photographs by the same author concentrates on the understanding, identification and dating of photographs from the last century. By Robert Pols

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Records of births/baptisms, marriages, and deaths/burials are vital sources for family historians. It is impossible to trace pedigrees without consulting them. Civil and parish registers are particularly important, but are not the only places where you can find relevant information. In this series, ...

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Dialect of Derbyshire & the East Midlands. First published in three volumes in 1976, the best of all three parts has been brought together in this one book. By Richard Scollins & John Titford.

Paperback with over 129 pages...

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This book will help take your research to the next level. It covers a range of topics and provides clear advice for the intermediate genealogist. By Simon Fowler, the former editor of 'Ancestors' (the family history magazine of The National Archives)

Softback with over 180 pages...

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Family history is one of Britain's most popular pastimes. Around six million people in Britain are researching their family trees, and genealogy is one of the top categories for online searches. The opening up of public records, the growth of family history societies and the introduction of computer...

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This booklet provides vital information on how to get started on your family history prior to starting researching on the internet. It provides a number of useful websites and addresses to help guide you in the right direction. By Kathy Chater and Simon Fowler.

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This booklet defines many common terms, including abbreviations and acronyms. A few Latin words and terms are also included to help aid research on the family history trail. By Stuart A. Raymond.

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Ancestry-tracing is fun; it brings history to life and it gives a greater sense of personal identity. Our ancestors become real people; they may have been ordinary, blue-blooded or famous, but whatever they were the search itself is rewarding. Tracing a family history and gradually constructing one...

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This book describes this interesting way of enhancing your family history. Guidance is given on what to collect, keeping records, and where to look, including what to look for at collectors' fairs. By Philip J. Chapman 16 pages ...

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This book is an index to the marriage index books first published by W.P. Phillimore in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Each volume will be available on CD and this book acts as an index to them. Volumes 1 to 4 for Hampshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and Norfolk are also available in book-form fro...

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"Introducing Family History" by Stuart A Raymond is a beginners guide, detailing how and where to start your research and where to research further with all the main Internet sites, publications and contacts etc. Full colour throughout.

Paperback with 148 pages...

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The purpose of this bibliography is to draw atttentions to the wide variety of occupational information on Londoners that is available in print. These sources include biographical dictionaries, record publications, guild histories, archival guides, trade directories, regimental histories etc. This b...

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Records of births/baptisms, marriages, and deaths/burials are vital sources for family historians. It is impossible to trace pedigrees without consulting them. Civil and parish registers are particularly important, but are not the only places where you can find relevant information. In this series, ...

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Roger Kershaw is Head of Records Knowledge at the National Archives, specialising in historical migration to & from the United Kingdom. This book is packed with practical, up to the minute advice. From refugees fleeing persecution to child migrants, citizenship papers to details of transportation,...

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This book concerns itself with the colonizers themselves, be they rich and powerful, of middling wealth only, or poor and exploited. The focus is on those who went to the West Indies, not to those who have travelled away from the region. Includes the West Indies together with Bermuda, British Guia...

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Family history is only one part of your personal heritage - there's more to your background than who your ancestors were. This differs from most books on the market as it places this process on an equal footing with the social history that surrounds each generation, as much as the technical know-how...

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The aim of this book is to outline the history of Parish registers, to assess the value of the evidence they provide & explain how to use them. By Stuart A. Raymond.

* Softback with 61 pages...

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From the sixteenth century onwards many laws were enacted to provide support for the poor and needy, and some parishes established poor houses in which to look after their homeless. In 1834, with the creation of the Poor Law Commission, the whole of England and Wales was formed into Unions of parish...

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This book describes many of the Poor Law records that may survive and where to find them, as well as those of other organisations who helped to relieve families in desperate need.

Poor Law Records are the most important records of a Parish after Parish Registers. Through them we can d...

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This guide is in four parts, the first three, by counties of England and Wales, geographically arranged, listing the surviving records of each Poor Law Union in turn. The fourth part is a Gazetteer of the places in each Union. By Jeremy Gibson and Colin Rogers. Second Edition.

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Almost every family tree will have in one of its branches a railway employee. Railway Ancestors is a comprehensive and illustrated guide which opens up to genealogists and railway enthusiasts the vast range of unique information stored in the documentary archives of the railway companies of England ...

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This book contains the essential information you will need, including background on the people working in the breweries and public houses and the terminology that was used. Also included is a glossary and a list of useful addresses and websites.

The brewing industry, along wth Pubs, I...

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Researching Scottish Family History is a detailed and informative guide for tracing your Scottish ancestors. This 120 page guide provides information on Scottish research, detailing resources currently available on more traditional and online based resources, as well as having useful tips throughout...

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This fully revised and updated edition of Scottish Genealogy is a comprehensive guide to tracing your family history in Scotland.

Written by one of the most authoritative figures on the subject, the work is based on established genealogical practice and is designed to exploit the ric...

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A practical guide to their meanings & origins, this book encourages readers to enjoy the diversity of surnames, be they common or rare, easy to interpret or shrouded in mystery. By John Titford.

Paperback with 256 pages...

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Sport, in its many forms, is an important part of British heritage and our family histories are littered with amateur and professional sporting references. As people moved from country to town, sport became fashionable and organised, and our ancestors left us with records of their sporting deeds. Ne...

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Helpful hints and time-saving tips by John Titford

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The Home Front played a significant role in the Second World War. Millions volunteered to serve part-time in the Home Guard and civil defence. Organisations such as the Red Cross, the Women's Voluntary Service, and the Women's Institute, depended on volunteers to run the services they provided. The ...

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This book has been created to help people research their Irish ancestry. Adopting the style of the established Family and Local History Handbook, this dedicated edition for Ireland will provide essential guidance for the beginner as well as the experienced researcher. By Robert & Elizabeth Blatchfo...

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This book has been created to help people research their Irish ancestry. Adopting the style of the established Family and Local History Handbook, this dedicated edition for Ireland will provide essential guidance for the beginner as well as the experienced researcher, and includes fascinating artic...

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The Penguin Dictionary of British Surnames is a useful and fascinating guide to the surnames that offer a unique insight into the place of origin, the occupations - and even the personality traits - of our ancestors. Detailed and informative, this dictionary covers the widest range of British surnam...

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Every surname has it's own story to tell, and a surname study is a natural complement to family history research. The study of surnames has been revolutionised in the last decade with increasing availability of online resources, and it is now easier than ever before to explore the history, evolution...

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What are wills, and how can they be used for family and local history research? How can you interpret them and get as much insight from them as possible? They are key documents for exploring the lives of our ancestors, their circumstances, and the world they knew. This practical handbook is the essential guide to understanding them.

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Title deeds represent one of the largest groups of historical documents preserved in hundreds of archive repositories, both public and private, across England and Wales. And yet they are often overlooked or neglected by family historians because they are perceived as a particularly 'difficult' or 'i...

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Donegal families are an interesting mix of native Irish families and of the Scots-Irish families who came to the county from the 17th century onward. It is one of the counties which experienced a high level of emigration to North America, Scotland and the North of England.

This new a...

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This third edition provides the researcher with a huge selection of genealogical sources to draw on for family and local history. Each chapted is devoted to a source type, providing an introduction, a description of the source, its location and reference. Fully indexed and illustrated, it is an idea...

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A comprehensive guide to discovering your family history. Fourth Edition by Jean Cole and John Titford.

Paperback with 256 pages.

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This book sets out the records available to the family history researcher, where they can be obtained, and how to use each to best effect.

Galway county is home to a widely diverse population of peoples whose culture and history has been shaped by the barren landscapes of its Western ...

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This second edition sets out the records available to the family history researcher, detailing each source, its location, and reference.

The families of Mayo are a mixture of native families, of gaelic families who migrated from Ulster in the 18th century, and of English and Scotch-Ir...

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This practical handbook will be essential reading and reference for anyone who is keen to discover for themselves the secrets of our maritime past and of the crewmembers and ships that were part of it.

What was a merchant seaman’s life like in the past, what experiences would he have ...

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Tracing Your Rural Ancestors is essential reading for anyone who is looking for an insight into the history of rural life, work and society.

Many family historians will come across direct links to ancestors who lived and worked in the countryside as farmers, labourers, landowners, vil...

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Scotland’s history has been influenced by many factors – the division between the Highlands and the Lowlands, the feudal system, the Reformation, the industrial revolution - that have shaped the country’s past and impacted on the lives of its people. Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors is a lively and a...

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This book sets out the records available for Sligo, where they can be accessed, and how they can be used to best effect in tracing Sligo families.

Sligo is situated in the north of the province of Connaught, nestled between Mayo and Leitrim. The population of about 60,000 in 1792 rose...

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This book details how to find and comprehend documents from 1560 to the 1860s, including wills, testaments, contracts, land records, official records, deeds, and more. The Latin glossary is especially useful for helping translate any Latin documents.

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Welsh Genealogy is usually included with its English cousin, but there are significant differences between the two, and anyone wishing to trace their Welsh ancestry will encounter peculiarities that are not covered by books on English family history.

There is a separate system of arch...

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A do-it-yourself guide which explains getting started & assembling the material you have, to writing & producing it yourself in a printed form. By John Titford.

Paperback with 127 pages...

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Your Irish Ancestors provides an entertaining insight into everyday life in Ireland during the past four centuries. Aimed primarily at the family and social historian, Ian Maxwell's highly readable guide introduces researchers to the wealth of material available in archives throughout Ireland.

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