Specialist Books for Genealogy

CENSUS The Expert Guide Ref: CTEG
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Pages: Peter Christian & David Annal

The National Archives

2008

9781905615346

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234x156 mm

256

Compelling up to the minute guide to using the census in your family history research.

Written by a bestselling genealogy author and a National Archives expert, Census shows how to interpret intricate details of your ancestors’ lives. It explores how and why information was gathered on names, addresses, family relationships and occupations, revealing why ‘mysteries’ occur and what may be hidden between the lines. It traces the unique features of the 1911 census, to be released from 2009 onwards the first to feature our ancestor’s handwriting, investigate ‘fertility in marriage’ and be disrupted by Suffragettes as well as the personalities and procedures that brought the early censuses to life.

Census also considers online access to the returns in detail, from free data and search techniques to the problem of transcription errors. A tour of key census websites including advance information on the 1911 digitization reveals the most useful websites and best quality images, as well as the experts’ techniques for approaching original records, microfilm, CDs and DVDs.

Complete with contemporary photographs, screenshots and intriguing case studies, Census is an invaluable guide to this unique historical resource.

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Introduction The Victorian censuses 1841-1901 The 1911 census Why can’t I find my ancestor? The census online Online search techniques Free census indexes online Ancestry Findmypast TheGenealogist and RootsUK	Genes Reunited and 1901censusonline Origins ScotlandsPeople The 1911 census online The websites compared Ireland The censuses on CD-ROM Using the census on microfilm Reading and websites Index

Authors: Peter Christian is author of the bestselling The Genealogist’s Internet, published by The National Archives. A Fellow of the Society of Genealogists and former editor of Computers and Genealogy, he has written widely about online genealogy and is highly regarded in the field.

David Annal, an expert on census and other family history records, has worked at The National Archives and the Family Records Centre since 1998. He is the author of the very successful Easy Family History, published by The National Archives.

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New Cousins - How to Trace Living Descendants of Your Ancestors

By Karen Bali (2009). 31 pages

This book is a guide to descendant searching that is looking for living relatives. It can be fascinating, rewarding, and potentialy life-changing. Research can lead you not do dead ancestors, but to living, breathing relatives who share your genetic heritage members of your extended family.

Instead of searching for ancestors, descendant searching involves using many of the same research methods to bring a search forward in time rather than working backwards chronologically. Working from a chosen ancestor or family, a researcher can trace living descendants from the same family, and link up to share information.

Shows you how to get started
Offers tips and guidance using the major sources for family history
Includes many worked examples of how to go about descendant searching
Is written by an experienced researcher

Ref: NCKB

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Tracing Your Ancestors in the National Archives

by Amanda Bevan 7th ed. Published 31 March 2006

This book provides comprehensive guidance to all researchers, new or experienced, wishing to trace their forebears among the records of government or the courts held at The National Archives. It leads the reader through the census and military service records, wills and lawsuits, court rolls and hearth taxes and all the other records where our ancestors may have left their tracks.

Published 2006, Paperback, 544 pages

Ref: TYAP

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Tracing Your Jewish Ancestors

by Amanda Rosemary Wenzerul Published 2008

Rosemary Wenzerul's lively and informative guide to researching Jewish history will be absorbing reading for anyone who wants to find out about the life of a Jewish ancestor. In a clear and accessible way she takes readers through the entire process of research. She provides a brief social history of the Jewish presence in Britain, with descriptions of the principal communities all over the country. She gives a concise account of the history of genealogy and looks at practical issues of research - how to get started, how to organize the work, how to construct a family tree and how to use the information obtained to enlarge upon the social history of the family. She describes, in practical detail, the many sources that researchers can go to for information on their ancestors, their families and Jewish history. Vivid case studies are a feature of her book, for they show how the life stories of individuals can be reconstructed with only a small amount of initial information. Her invaluable handbook will be essential reading and reference for anyone who is trying to gain an insight into the life of an ancestor or is researching any aspect of Jewish history.

Published 2008, Paperback, 198 pages

Ref: TYJA

- Price:£12.95

Tracing Your Police Ancestors

by Stephen Wadel Published 2009

'Tracing Your Police Ancestors' will help you locate and research officers who served in any of the police forces of England and Wales from the creation of the Metropolitan Police by Sir Robert Peel in 1829. Assuming that the researcher has no prior knowledge of how of where to look for such information, Stephen Wade explains and describes the various archives and records and provides a discussion of other sources.

Case studies are used to show how an individual officer's career may be traced and understood from this research. He also explains the range of secondary sources open to the family or local historian, many of which offer a broader account of the social and cultural history of the British Police Forces.

Paperback, 146 pages

Ref: TYPCA

- Price:£12.95

The Female Line Ref: TFL
- Price:£7.95

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Pages: Margaret Ward

Countryside Books

2003

1853068187

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A5

112
A step by step guide to the research of the female relatives within your family tree. Topics include the problems of Name, women in the eyes of the law, and the historical roles of women both in the home and at work. Illustrated.

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A Dictionary of Old Trades, Tiles and Occupations Ref: ADOT
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Pages: Colin Waters

Countryside Books

2005

1853067946

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A5

318
Within the time of living memory, the world of work has changed enormously. Many of the once familiar names and terms have fallen into disuse and can only be understood with the help of a dictionary.

For instance, who now knows what knockers-up, buddle boys, hokey pokey men, and sperviters were?

Colin Water's excellent dictionary explains the function of nearly 4,000 old trades, titles and occupations, and contains over 80 illustrations. It is a comprehensive reference book that will be widely welcomed and is sure to become a much used companion; especially to all those interested in family, social and local history.

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Trace Your Family History Back to the Tudors - Book (Series 3) Ref: BTTT

Author - Anton Gill and Dr Nick Barratt
Publisher - Harper Collins
Date Published - Oct 2006
Cover - Hardback
Size - Quarto
Pages - 240

For the first time in a popular genealogy book, author Anton Gill and Who Do You Think You Are? family history expert Nick Barratt have created a wonderfully readable book which takes the reader back through time past the usual family tree landmark of 1837, when birth, marriage and death registration were made mandatory, to allow the reader to trace their ancestors back to Tudor times.

Much more detailed than the previous tie-ins, this book will explore the history which led to the dispersion of the population, it will look at local genealogy and connect the history of Britain with the people who lived during the times and the records they left. Whether your 17th-century ancestor was a merchant seamen listed on the muster rolls, or of a trade registered through the Livery guilds of Newcastle, Yorkshire or London; a midwife licensed by the church from medieval times (in case they had to baptise a sick baby at birth); an alehouse owner (victualler) who was licensed from the 1500s onwards; or an afro-Caribbean immigrant from the 1700s, this book fills the gaps in your family tree and gives you the resources to search out your medieval ancestors.

This book is a guide to tracing your family tree back for six centuries, into the time of Tudor kings and peasant uprisings, through a fascinating array of historical resources.It is also a fascinating social history of the peoples of the United Kingdom and how they were shaped by the events of their times.

(Publishers Price £17.99)

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Medals: The Researcher's Guide

by William Spencer

The authoritative guide by The National Archives' renowned medal expert and best-selling author, covering military and civil awards, orders, decorations and medals - from 1793 to 1990.

This unique approach to researching medals focuses upon tracing individuals and actions through the medal roll. Ranging from Java to New Orleans, Copenhagen to Egypt, it explores both campaign and commemorative medals to show how the awards system helps research into an ancestor, regiment, medal or campaign.

Structured geographically for ease of use, the guide draws together information from the National Archives and the India Office, as well as associated records at the British Library. It advises on the best online access and places to visit, as well as strategies for extending research into sources such as the census and the War Diaries. Combining detailed descriptions - far fuller than those in online catalogues - with an insider’s knowledge on imminent record releases, this is the perfect, time-saving tool for family historians, military enthusiasts and collectors alike.

Paperback

Ref: MRG

- Price:£9.95

Marriages and Certificates in England & Wales

by Barbara Dixon

A concise but extremely informative booklet which has impressed our reviewers with its straight forward approach to understanding the information on marriage certicates as far back as 1538. By far the largest section of this book covers marriages after 1837 and details the information found in each column of the certificate.

Published 2000, Paperback, 44 pages.

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Ref: DMCEW

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Birth and Death Certificates

by Barbara Dixon

An excellent booklet to guide you through the information which is often on a birth or death certificate. Importantly it explains why information might be missing or how to interpret what is there to guide you towards finding other ancestors.
Published 1999, Paperback, 40 pages.

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Ref: DBDC

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