Bibliograph

Tracing Your Ancestors' Parish Records, a Guide for Family and Local Historians, Stuart A. Raymond

Type

Label

Tracing Your Ancestors' Parish Records, a Guide for Family and Local Historians, Stuart A. Raymond

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Tracing Your Ancestors' Parish Records

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Stuart A. Raymond

Series statement

Tracing Your Ancestors

Sub title

a Guide for Family and Local Historians

Summary

Parish records are essential sources for family and local historians, and Stuart Raymond's handbook is an invaluable guide to them. He explores and explains the fascinating and varied historical and personal information they contain. His is the first thoroughgoing survey of these resources to be published for over three decades. In a concise, easy-to-follow text he describes where these important records can be found and demonstrates how they can be used. Records relating to the poor laws, apprentices, the church, tithes, enclosures and charities are all covered. The emphasis throughout is on understanding their original purpose and on revealing how relevant they are for researchers today. Compelling insights into individual lives and communities in the past can be gleaned from them, and they are especially useful when they are combined with other major sources, such as the census. Your Ancestors' Parish Records is an excellent introduction to this key area of family and local history research it is a book that all family and local historians should have on their shelf

Target audience

adult

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