A Manual for the Genealogist, Topographer, Antiquary, and Legal Professor, Consising of Descriptions of Public Records; Parochial and Other Registers; Wills; County and Family Histories; Heraldic Collections in Public Libraries, Etc., Etc

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J. R. Smith, 1856 - Archives - 526 pages
 

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