How To Trace Your Family Tree: Discover and Record Your Personal Roots and Heritage: Everything From Accessing Archives and Public Record Offices to Using the Internet

by Kathy Chater

Overview

Offers accessible and clear advice on discovering your family's history in the UK, explaining the best research techniques, and the processes of tracing and finding ancestors. Unlock the secrets of your family heritage with this expert guide to geneology.
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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780754827719
Publisher:	Anness Publishing, Ltd.
Publication date:	11/07/2013
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	6.70(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.50(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction 4

First Steps

How to begin 6

Family photographs 10

A basic family tree 12

Names 16

Keeping records 18

Back to the Early 1800s

Certificates after 1837 20

Miscellaneous Events 24

Censuses 26

The International Genealogical Index and other indexes 30

Using the Internet 32

Published material 36

Wills, administrations and death duties 38

Inquests 42

Other Countries in the British Isles

Welsh records 44

Scottish records 46

Irish records 50

Channel Island records 54

Isle of Man records 56

Working Lives

Education 58

Apprenticeships 62

Guilds and freemen 64

The professions 66

Other occupations 70

Licences 74

Elections, poll books and electoral registers 76

Trade unions and friendly societies 78

For Crown and Country

Members of the armed forces 80

Army records 83

Royal Air Force records 86

Royal Navy records 88

Lifecycle checklist 92

Effective research on the internet 94

Index 96