Bibliograph

Tracing your Birmingham ancestors, a guide for family & local historians, Michael Sharpe

Type

Label

Tracing your Birmingham ancestors, a guide for family & local historians, Michael Sharpe

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Tracing your Birmingham ancestors

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Michael Sharpe

Series statement

Tracing your Family History

Sub title

a guide for family & local historians

Summary

Birmingham, the cradle of the industrial revolution and the world's first manufacturing town, is an important focus for many family historians who will find that their trail leads through it. Rural migrants, Quakers, Jews, Irish, Italians, and more recently people from the Caribbean, South-Asia and China have all made Birmingham their home. This vibrant history is reflected in the city's rich collections of records, and Michael Sharpe's handbook is the ideal guide to them. He introduces readers to the wealth of information available, providing an essential guide for anyone researching the history of the city or the life of an individual ancestor. His work addresses novices and experienced researchers alike and offers a compendium of sources from legal and ecclesiastical archives, to the records of local government, employers, institutions, clubs, societies and schools. Accessible, informative and extensively referenced, it is the perfect companion for research in Britain's second city

Target audience

adult

Classification