Ancestral Trails: The Complete Guide to British Genealogy and Family History, Second Edition [paper]

This is the second edition of the book that has been called the Bible of British genealogy. Originally published in 1997 in association with the Society of Genealogists (London), and now revised and updated to reflect the latest developments in the field, Ancestral Trails enables the researcher to form a coherent picture of past generations by describing virtually every class
of record in every repository and library in Britain. The early chapters help beginners take their first steps by dealing with such matters as obtaining information from living relatives, drawing family trees, and starting research in the records of birth, marriage, and death, or in census records. Later chapters guide
researchers to the records that are more difficult to find and use, such as wills, parish records, civil and ecclesiastical court records, poll books, and
property records. So the book is ideal for the beginner and the experienced
researcher alike, and will enable those who are persistent enough to trace their ancestry back to the Middle Ages.

Mark D. Herber

2006, paper, xxii 895 pp.

ISBN: 9780806317717

102-2692