
This Bestselling Guide Is Helpful For Anyone Wishing To Learn More About His Or Her Ancestors. Written By A Leading Expert On Family History, It Offers Authoritative Advice On Tracing Your Family Tree And Suggests Ways Of Broadening Your Research. Thematic Essays -- Family History -- Tracing A Family Tree: Getting Started / David Hey -- Surnames / David Hey -- Britain And America: A Common Heritage / George Redmonds -- African-caribbean Genealogy / Guy Grannum -- South Asian Genealogy / Abi Husainy -- Family History / Anthony Camp -- Family And Society / Ralph Houlbrooke -- Local History -- The Antiquarian Tradition / David Hey -- Local And Regional History: Modern Approaches / David Hey -- Irish Local And Family History / Kevin Whelan -- Scottish Local And Family History / David Moody -- Welsh Local And Family History / D. Huw Owen -- Women Local And Family Historians / Joan Thirsk -- Landscape And Culture -- Place-names / Margaret Gelling -- Landscape History: The Countryside / H.s.a. Fox -- Towns / David M. Palliser -- Domestic Buildings / Malcolm Airs -- Historic Churches / David Hey -- Popular Culture / Charles Phythian-adams -- Folklore, Customs, And Civic Ritual / Charles Phythian-adams -- Themes -- Population Levels And Trends / David Hey -- Agricultural History / David Hey -- Industrial History / David Hey -- Labour History / John L. Halstead -- The Poor / David Hey -- Central Government, Courts, And Taxation / R.w. Hoyle -- Local Government / R.w. Hoyle -- Education / David Hey -- The Twentieth Century / Brian M. Short -- A-z -- App. Record Offices And Special Collections. Edited By David Hey. Bibliographic Level Mode Of Issuance: Monograph Includes Bibliographical References. English
Page Count:
704
Publication Date:
2010-03-26
ISBN-10:
0199532974
ISBN-13:
9780199532971
No comments yet. Be the first to share your thoughts!