Ancestral Trails: The Complete Guide to British Genealogy and Family HistoryThis is a comprehensive, illustrated guide to tracing British ancestry, equally suitable for beginners and those who have already started the search for their roots. The book guides the researcher for their roots. The book guides the researcher through the substantial British archives with a detailed finding aids or indexes. the early chapters include advice on obtaining information from relatives, drawing on family trees and starting research in the records of births, marriages and deaths, or in census records; later chapters guide researchers to the records that are ore that are more difficult to find and use, such as legal and property records. |
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... prison on census night , so these records should not be ignored . An interesting article , " Prisons and Census Returns " by C.J. Parry , appears in Genealogists ' Magazine ( December 1990 ) . Almost 24,000 people were in prison on ...
... prison on census night , so these records should not be ignored . An interesting article , " Prisons and Census Returns " by C.J. Parry , appears in Genealogists ' Magazine ( December 1990 ) . Almost 24,000 people were in prison on ...
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... prison ( such as Newgate , the Fleet and the Clink ) and some of their famous inmates . From the 13th century most counties had at least one gaol or prison to hold debtors or prisoners awaiting trial . At first , prisons rarely held ...
... prison ( such as Newgate , the Fleet and the Clink ) and some of their famous inmates . From the 13th century most counties had at least one gaol or prison to hold debtors or prisoners awaiting trial . At first , prisons rarely held ...
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... prison Poaching - Derby Assizes 25 July 1850 Bigamy 14 years transportation Not guilty Calendars of prisoners and prison registers Calendars of prisoners were lists of people who were to be tried . From the late 18th century many of ...
... prison Poaching - Derby Assizes 25 July 1850 Bigamy 14 years transportation Not guilty Calendars of prisoners and prison registers Calendars of prisoners were lists of people who were to be tried . From the late 18th century many of ...
Contents
AN INTRODUCTION TO GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH | 1 |
PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS AND MEMORABILIA | 8 |
ORGANISATION OF YOUR RESEARCH MATERIAL | 19 |
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19th century administration alphabetical ancestors archives army baptisms Bedfordshire birth Britain British Bulleid burial calendars Catholic census census records certificate Chancery chapter church courts City City of London civil registration class ADM collections contains copies CR Offices deeds described detailed Devon directories documents Eagles England entries Essex example Exeter family history Family Records Centre Family Tree Magazine genealogical Genealogists George George Keates Guildhall Library Hainford held Herber Hockliffe holds James John Keates land Leyton licence lists livery companies London manor manorial maps marriages and deaths married Mary medals microfiche microfilm Middlesex Museum names noted parish registers particular photographs prison probate published Record Office Records Information leaflet reference regiment Registrar RICE Richard rolls Royal Scottish ships Society surname surviving records tenants Thomas Topsham transcripts usually volumes Wales Walthamstow wife William Winkleigh