Books from the series of Who Do You Think You Are?

Who Do You Think You Are? Encyclopedia of Genealogy Ref: WDEG
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Pages: Nick Barratt

Harper Collins Books

2008

139780007261994

Hardback

Quarto (7.5" x 10")

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The basics of drawing up a research plan, building your family tree, plus an easy-to-use guide to archives and internet sources.
How to look for clues in birth,marriage and death certificates, plus parish records and census returns.
Getting past a dead end or taking your research deeper- from specialised military and professional records, to exploring family secrets through trial records and evidence of illegitimacy.
Dedicated trouble-shooting section plus a complete resource list of archives, websites, name profiling, the latest DNA research techniques and much more.

Covering all access levels, from the new beginner to the more experienced researcher, the Encyclopedia of Genealogy is a comprehensive master class in solving the mysteries of your personal heritage. Begining with advice on the very first steps, before providing a detailed explanation of the range of sources you will encounter when trying to flesh out your ancestor's lives. The Encyclopedia is divided into sections, each a fascinating standalone reference article so that you can easily pick and mix the relevant information according to the route your journey through your family history takes you. The Encyclopedia of Genealogy guides you through: • Getting started, including research planning, sources, how to construct a family tree and working online • Going further, combining historical context (from military history to migration and family secrets) with practical advice on sources • Troubleshooting the most common problems such as common surnames and missing ancestors • Surname databases • Use of DNA such as DNA profiling services • Organisational tools such as designing a website and information about software and community projects. Everything you need to bring alive your family tree.
Dr Nick Barratt trained as a medieval historian and now acts as a historical consultant and researcher in the media. Recent credits include the double-BAFTA nominated Who Do You Think You Are? and BAFT-nominated Seven Wonders of the Industrial World.

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Who Do You Think You Are? Book (Series 1) Ref: WDYT

Author - Dan Waddell
Publisher - BBC Books
Date Published - October 200
Cover - Paperback
Size - 24.5 x 19.3cm
Pages - 191

This is the book that accompanied the BBC2 series. The book equips you with the basic tools to start and maintain your search. There is information on everything from where to find census information and how to order a birth certificate, to tracking down immigration documents or finding out if your navy officer great-great-uncle ever committed a disciplinary offence.

The book also covers the stories behind each of the ten TV personalities from the series. This is a jargon-free guide showing you how to find out about you own family tree.

(Publishers price £12.99)

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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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