Tracing Your Family History in Hertfordshire

by Ward, Margaret

• ISBN13: 9780954218928
• ISBN10: 0954218922
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-09-01
• Publisher: University Of Hertfordshire Press

Summary

"An introduction to what family historians need to know in order to trace their ancestors in Hertfordshire, England, this book covers everything from birth and baptism to death and burial. Examples of source material, together with photographs and drawings, illustrate the text. Also provided are useful addresses and web sites, a detailed list of available sources such as parish and nonconformist registers, other essential records, and the whereabouts of wills before 1858."

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction	p. 1
The administrative background	p. 5
Birth, marriages and deaths	p. 15
Household and property records	p. 42
Professions and occupations	p. 58
Crime and punishment	p. 67
The poor and the sick	p. 76
Schools and education	p. 86
Military ancestors	p. 92
Printed sources	p. 100
Parish list of holdings at HALS of parish registers, bishops' transcripts, banns books, printed/transcribed parish registers, hearth tax returns, land tax returns	p. 108
Nonconformist registers held at HALS	p. 121
Cemeteries and crematoria within Hertfordshire, with contact details	p. 125
Where to look for wills: Archdeaconry courts in Hertfordshire to 1858	p. 128
Hertfordshire library holdings of filmed parish registers, census returns and the IGI	p. 131
Useful addresses	p. 137
Index	p. 140
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