Tracing Your Ancestors Through Local History Records - Oates Jonathan
Tracing Your Ancestors Through Local History Records - Oates Jonathan Family history should reveal more than facts and dates, lists of names and places - it should bring ancestors alive in the…
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Tracing Your Ancestors Through Local History Records - Oates Jonathan
Family history should reveal more than facts and dates, lists of names and places - it should bring ancestors alive in the context of their times and the surroundings they knew - and research into local history records is one of the most rewarding ways of gaining this kind of insight into their world. In a series of concise and informative chapters he looks at the origins and importance of local history from the sixteenth century onwards and at the principal archives - national and local, those kept by government, councils, boroughs, museums, parishes, schools and clubs. That is why Jonathan Oates's detailed introduction to these records is such a useful tool for anyone who is trying to piece together a portrait of family members from the past.
He also explains how books, photographs and other illustrations, newspapers, maps, directories, and a range of other resources can be accessed