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The Family Tree Detective: Tracing Your Ancestors in England and Wales [Paperback]

Colin Rogers (Author)

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Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Manchester University Press; 3rd Revised edition edition (13 Nov 1997)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0719052130
ISBN-13: 978-0719052132
Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 13.4 x 2.6 cm

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A practical guide for the amateur genealogist, which has been revised and updated for this edition. New material to this volume includes a section on medieval genealogy, targeting family historians who have reached back as far as the 16th century and wish to go back further. Heraldry is introduced and there is detail on the genealogical content of military records and the records of Poor Law Unions and their workhouses. Details are also included of changes to the location and cost of civil registration sources.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Clear and useful, 11 April 2001

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This is a very clear guide to problems associated with tracing your family history in England and Wales. It is particularly oriented to solving problems that you might face. I am an absolute beginner who knows nothing about tracing your family tree, and I found it a little difficult going at times. I think I might need a suitable beginner's book first. However, once you've started and know a bit about what you're doing, and start to hit the first problem, I think this book will be invaluable.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A superb book for anyone starting to research their family, 29 Dec 2000

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As a newcomer to family research I have found this book invaluable. It describes in detail the different ways of locating birth, marriage and death records before and after the introduction of civil registration in 1837. It contains very useful information about social trends and gives examples. This book is well written and very easy to read.

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I have recently bought this book and have just begun reading it. If anyone is interested in tracing their ancestors I would certainly recomend it to them as it contains much information and many answers to questions as to how to go about it.

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