Tracing Your Ancestors Through Local History Records

Description

(Jonathan Oates)  Family History should reveal more than just facts and dates, lists of names and places.  It should bring ancestors alive in the context of their times and the surroundings they knew.  Research into local history records is one of the most rewarding ways of gaining this kind of insight into their world.

In a series of concise and informative chapters the author looks at the origins and importance of local history from the sixteenth century onwards, and at the principal archives, both national and local, those kept by Government, councils, boroughs, museums, parishes, schools and clubs.  The author explains how these and other records, such as books, photographs, maps, directories etc, can be accessed and interpreted.

148 pages.  Soft covers