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Tracing Your Yorkshire Ancestors Ref: TYYA
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Pages: Rachel Bellerby

Pen and Sword Books

2006

1844154688

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Comprehensive introduction to researching Yorkshire ancestors.
Guide to all the relevant National and Local archives.
Insight into Yorkshire people of the past - their live and times.

If you want to find out about your Yorkshire ancestors, you can visit the
many unusual and fascinating archives in England's largest county. As well as tracing when your ancestors were born, married and died, you can explore how they lived, how they spent their leisure time and what their home life was like. Rachel Bellerby's invaluable guide will introduce you to places that
hold a wealth of information about Yorkshire's past, and the records you
find in these archives will bring your research to life. Whatever you would
like to discover more about, from fairground travellers to Romany gypsies, from working deep underground in a mine to making a living from the North Sea, there is so much to learn. The many different archives that welcome family history researchers are explored here and explained. Often these archives are overlooked, yet they contain revealing information about the people who called Yorkshire their home. Dozens of places, from tiny museum archives to large research centres, are open for your research. Tracing your Yorkshire ancestors has never been more exciting.

Rachel Bellerby is an experienced journalist who specialises in the local family history of Yorkshire. She has published many articles on these subjects in the UK and overseas, including festures in Ancestors magazine BBC History Magazine and Your Family Tree. She is the author of Chasing The Sixpence: Memories of Bradford Mill Workers. Rachel Bellerby was born in Yorkshire and has lived in the county all her life.

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Tracing Your Northern Ancestors Ref: TYNA
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Pages: Keith Gregson

Pen and Sword Books

2007

9781844155972

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Comprehensive introduction to researching Northern ancestors.
Covers Northumberland, Tyneside, Durham, Wearsde, Tees Valley and Cumbria.
Brings family history to life by exploring the world in which your ancestors lived.
Designed for researchers who are starting to investigate their family history.

The far north of England is a key site for family historians. Many researchers, seeking to trace their ancestry back through the generations, will find their trail leads to the north or through it. And yet, despite the burgeoning interest in genealogy and the importance of the region in so many life stories, no previous book has provided a guide to the documents and records that family historians can use in their search. In this accessible and informative introduction to the subject, Keith Gregson looks at the history and heritage of the region - of Northumberland, Tyneside, Durham, Wearside, Tees Valley and Cumbria - and gives a fascinating insight into the world in which our ancestors lived. He introduces the reader to the variety of records that are available for genealogical research, from legal and ecclesiastical archives, birth and death certificates to the records of local government, employers, institutions, clubs, societies and schools.

Keith Gregson writes on family history and specialises as a historian of the social and economic history of the nineteenth century, a period of agricultural and industrial revolution that transformed the lives of the people of the North. He was born of northern parents and raised from infancy in the North where he still lives and writes. He has published a number of works of regional significance including Cumbrian Songs and Ballads and Corvan - A Victorian Entertainer and His Songs.

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