Family History Made Easy: How To Trace Your Family Tree and Find Relatives in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales

by CHATER KATHY

• ISBN13: 9781844760657
• ISBN10: 1844760650
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-01-01
• Publisher: Natl Book Network

Summary

A fascinating detailed guide to discovering family roots and unearthing the secrets of ancestors.

Table of Contents

Introduction	6	(2)
First steps	8	(20)
How to begin	10	(4)
Family photographs	14	(2)
A basic family tree	16	(4)
Names	20	(2)
Research skills	22	(2)
Keeping records	24	(2)
Interviewing people	26	(2)
Back to the early 1800s	28	(28)
Certificates after 1837	30	(4)
Other indexes at the Family Record Centre	34	(2)
Censuses	36	(4)
The International Genealogical Index and other indexes	40	(2)
Published material	42	(2)
Using the Internet	44	(4)
Wills, administrations and death duties	48	(4)
Inquests	52	(2)
Newspapers and periodicals	54	(2)
Other countries in the British Isles	56	(16)
Welsh records	58	(2)
Scottish records	60	(4)
Irish records	64	(4)
Channel Islands records	68	(2)
Isle of Man records	70	(2)
Working lives	72	(30)
Education	74	(4)
Apprenticeships	78	(2)
Guilds and freemen	80	(2)
The professions	82	(4)
Other occupations	86	(4)
Licences	90	(2)
Elections, poll books and electoral registers	92	(2)
Trade unions and friendly societies	94	(2)
Bankruptcy and insolvency	96	(2)
Physical and mental illness	98	(4)
For Crown and Country	102	(22)
Members of the armed forces	104	(3)
Army records	107	(3)
Royal Air Force records	110	(2)
The militia, posse comitatis and volunteers	112	(2)
Royal Navy records	114	(4)
Merchant Navy records	118	(2)
Other maritime occupations	120	(2)
Lifecycle checklist	122	(2)
Migrant ancestors	124	(18)
Researching migrant ancestors	126	(2)
Jewish ancestors	128	(2)
French ancestors	130	(2)
German and Dutch ancestors	132	(2)
Black ancestors	134	(2)
Indian ancestors	136	(2)
Other overseas ancestors	138	(2)
Gypsies and other travellers	140	(2)
Appendices	142
Pre-1800 research	144	(4)
Name changes and important dates	148	(2)
Writing family history	150	(4)
Timeline	154	(2)
Specialist museums and libraries	156	(1)
Directories and ratebooks	157	(1)
Addresses and acknowledgements	158	(1)
Index	159