| Tracing Your Ancestors Through Local History Records: A Guide for Family Historians Contributor(s): Oates, Jonathan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1473838029 ISBN-13: 9781473838024 Publisher: Pen and Sword Family History OUR PRICE: $25.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2016 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Reference | Genealogy & Heraldry |
| Dewey: 929 |
| LCCN: 2016303514 |
| Series: Tracing Your Ancestors |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (0.85 lbs) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Family history should reveal more than facts and dates, lists of names and places - it should bring ancestors alive in the context of their times and the surroundings they knew - and research into local history records is one of the most rewarding ways of gaining this kind of insight into their world. That is why Jonathan Oates's detailed introduction to these records is such a useful tool for anyone who is trying to piece together a portrait of family members from the past. In a series of concise and informative chapters he looks at the origins and importance of local history from the sixteenth century onwards and at the principal archives - national and local, those kept by government, councils, boroughs, museums, parishes, schools and clubs. He also explains how books, photographs and other illustrations, newspapers, maps, directories, and a range of other resources can be accessed and interpreted and how they can help to fill a gap in your knowledge. As well as describing how these records were compiled, he highlights their limitations and the possible pitfalls of using them, and he suggests how they can be combined to build up a picture of an individual, a family and the place and time in which they lived. |
Contributor Bio(s): Oates, Jonathan: - Dr Jonathan Oates is the Ealing Borough Archivist and Local History Librarian, and he has written and lectured on the Jacobite rebellions and on aspects of the history of London, including its criminal past. He is also well known as an expert on family history and has written several introductory books on the subject including Tracing Your London Ancestors, Tracing Your Ancestors From 1066 to 1837 and Tracing Villains and Their Victims. |