The following book reviews have been submitted by members of Family Tree Forum.
Common People: The History of An English Family by Alison Light
Family history is a massive phenomenon of our times but what are we after when we go in search of our ancestors? Beginning with her grandparents, Alison Light moves between the present and the past, in an extraordinary series of journeys over two centuries, across Britain and beyond.
Epic in scope and deep in feeling, Common People is a fami...
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Book reviews - Historical non-fiction
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Book reviews - Historical non-fiction
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Book reviews - Family History Research
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Book reviews - Family History Research
The following book reviews have been submitted by members of Family Tree Forum.
Beginning Your Family History by George Pelling
The Family Tree Detective - Tracing your ancestors in England and Wales by Colin D. Rogers. At the very start of our active research into our ancestral families, we borrowed these books from the library and then decided to buy them. They give excellent tips on how to do things at the beginning of researching and for when one becomes more experienced... -
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Book reviews - Historical fiction
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Book reviews - Historical fiction
The following book reviews have been submitted by members of Family Tree Forum.
Lark Rise to Candleford (et seq) by Flora Thompson
Rural, ag lab life - 1800s to early 1900s.
The Country Child by Alison Uttley
Fictionalised, but accurate account of a childhood in Oxfordshire. (Early 1900s)
Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell. It's an excellent picture of working class life in the area during the 1840's and was written at the time so has... -
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Genealogy Research Tutorials
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Genealogy Research Tutorials
Ancestry Genealogy Toolkit - a collection of useful guides
The Family History Guide (FamilySearch.org)
General advice- First steps in researching your family history
- Getting started with your family history (Findmypast)
- Family First - Get Started (BBC History)
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Finding those names
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Finding those names
Have Some Sympathy With The TranscribersClues For Finding Those Elusive NamesGeneralForenamesSurnam... -
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A Case Study: Searching for the records of James William Sudder
I knew that my Great Grandfather had died in Nottinghamshire in approximately 1985. I logged onto the Ancestry UkFreeBMD, a site transcribed by volunteers that is not complete but free to search. This gave me the reference to order his birth certificate.
I ordered his birth certificate from the General Register Office for England and Wales website. The copy of his birth certificate, which was sent directly to my house, gave details of his parents: James William Sudder and Esther... -
Victorian Registrars and the GRO
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Victorian Registrars and the GRO
The following would not have been possible without the excellent books written by Michael Whitfield Foster:
"A Comedy of Errors" and "A Comedy of Errors, Act 2".
Without the knowledge gleaned from these books I would not have been able to write the article.
What was supposed to happen! This information relates to registration during the Victorian period. I cannot say if, or when, any regulations changed after that date. Everything I have written her... -
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Searching a census on Ancestry
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Searching a census on Ancestry
The Ancestry website frequently changes the way it is laid out and therefore the screen shots may not be identical, but the process for searching described here remains very much the same.
The 1881 census index can be searched for free but in order to view the census images a subscription package will be required.
The census search
Finding an ancestor in the census is a three step process:- Enter details in the search box
- View the possible matches
- Select
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Searching for BMD on the IGI
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Searching for BMD on the IGI
The first thing to bear in mind when looking for any Baptisms, Marriages or Deaths on the IGI is that if they don't appear when you search it doesn't mean that they weren't registered or didn't exist - they may not have been added to the database as yet. ... -
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See How Your Ancestors Lived
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See How Your Ancestors Lived
Once you have found your ancestors, it is very interesting to put them into the context of how they might have lived and worked. There are many places in the UK which you can visit to get an idea of what life may have been like for them. The following is a selection of random recommendations from the members of the site.
England
The Weald and Downland Museum near Chichester has old buildings such as our farming ancestors would have lived in.
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