How to Trace Your Family Tree

by Chater, Kathy

• ISBN13: 9781844762880
• ISBN10: 1844762882
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-08-21
• Publisher: Southwater

Summary

The complete practical handbook for researching your family history, heritage and genealogy

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)
Going back to 1538	56	(24)
Record offices, history centres and libraries	58	(4)
Births, christenings, marriages and burials in parish registers	62	(4)
Other parish records	66	(2)
The poor of the parish	68	(4)
Orphans and foundlings	72	(2)
Records for other Christian denominations	74	(4)
Maps	78	(2)
Other countries in the British Isles	80	(16)
Welsh records	82	(2)
Scottish records	84	(4)
Irish records	88	(4)
Channel Islands records	92	(2)
Isle of Man records	94	(2)
Working lives	96	(30)
Education	98	(4)
Apprenticeships	102	(2)
Guilds and freemen	104	(2)
The professions	106	(4)
Other occupations	110	(4)
Licences	114	(2)
Elections, poll books and electoral registers	116	(2)
Trade unions and friendly societies	118	(2)
Bankruptcy and insolvency	120	(2)
Physical and mental illness	122	(4)
For Crown and Country	126	(22)
Members of the armed forces	128	(3)
Army records	131	(3)
Royal Air Force records	134	(2)
The militia, posse comitatis and volunteers	136	(2)
Royal Navy records	138	(4)
Merchant Navy records	142	(2)
Other maritime occupations	144	(2)
Lifecycle checklist	146	(2)
Law and property	148	(30)
Researching legal records	150	(2)
Church courts	152	(2)
Manorial records	154	(2)
Crime and punishment	156	(6)
Transportation records	162	(2)
Equity law: property and money	164	(2)
Land ownership and wealth	166	(6)
Taxes	172	(2)
Customs and excise and the Coastguard	174	(2)
Rich man, poor man checklist	176	(2)
Migrant ancestors	178	(18)
Researching migrant ancestors	180	(2)
Jewish ancestors	182	(2)
French ancestors	184	(2)
German and Dutch ancestors	186	(2)
Black ancestors	188	(2)
Indian ancestors	190	(2)
Other overseas ancestors	192	(2)
Gypsies and other travellers	194	(2)
Emigrants	196	(28)
Researching emigrant ancestors	198	(3)
India and the Far East	201	(3)
North America	204	(6)
Canada	210	(2)
The Caribbean	212	(2)
Australia	214	(2)
New Zealand	216	(2)
Africa	218	(2)
Other British territories	220	(1)
British communities overseas	220	(4)
Appendices	224	(30)
Sources for pre-1538 research	226	(4)
Paleography	230	(2)
Latin	232	(2)
Name changes and important dates	234	(2)
Heraldry	236	(3)
Dates, money and measurements	239	(1)
Writing family history	240	(4)
Timeline	244	(4)
Specialist museums and libraries	248	(1)
Directories and ratebooks	249	(1)
Books	250	(2)
Addresses and websites	252	(1)
Picture acknowledgements	253	(1)
Index	254