Tracing Your Birmingham Ancestors: A Guide fo... - Michael Sharpe
Tracing Your Birmingham Ancestors: A Guide fo... - Michael Sharpe Birmingham, the cradle of the industrial revolution and the world s first manufacturing town, is an important focus for many family…
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Tracing Your Birmingham Ancestors: A Guide fo... - Michael Sharpe
Birmingham, the cradle of the industrial revolution and the world s first manufacturing town, is an important focus for many family historians who will find that their trail leads through it. This vibrant history is reflected in the city s rich collections of records, and Michael Sharpe s handbook is the ideal guide to them. Rural migrants, Quakers, Jews, Irish, Italians, and more recently people from the Caribbean, South-Asia and China have all made Birmingham their home.
His work addresses novices and experienced researchers alike and offers a compendium of sources from legal and ecclesiastical archives, to the records of local government, employers, institutions, clubs, societies and schools. He introduces readers to the wealth of information available, providing an essential guide for anyone researching the history of the city or the life of an individual ancestor. Accessible,