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Birth, Marriage and Death Records: A Guide for Family Historians
David Annal
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Description for Birth, Marriage and Death Records: A Guide for Family Historians
Paperback. Birth, marriage and death records are an essential resource for family historians, and this handbook is an authoritative introduction to them. It explains the original motives for registering these milestones in individual lives, describes how these record-keeping systems evolved, and shows how they can be explored and interpreted. Num Pages: 224 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 428.
Birth, marriage and death records are an essential resource for family historians, and this handbook is an authoritative introduction to them. It explains the original motives for registering these milestones in individual lives, describes how these record-keeping systems evolved, and shows how they can be explored and interpreted. Authors David Annal and Audrey Collins guide researchers through the difficulties they may encounter in understanding the documentation. They recount the history of parish registers from their origin in Tudor times, they look at how civil registration was organized in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and explain how the system in England ... Read more
Birth, marriage and death records are an essential resource for family historians, and this handbook is an authoritative introduction to them. It explains the original motives for registering these milestones in individual lives, describes how these record-keeping systems evolved, and shows how they can be explored and interpreted. Authors David Annal and Audrey Collins guide researchers through the difficulties they may encounter in understanding the documentation. They recount the history of parish registers from their origin in Tudor times, they look at how civil registration was organized in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and explain how the system in England ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
428g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Barnsley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848845725
SKU
V9781848845725
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99-3
About David Annal
David Annal has been actively involved in family history research for over thirty years. He was employed by The National Archives for ten years and has worked as a professional researcher since 1984. He is the author of a number of best-selling family history books and is well known as a columnist and a speaker. Audrey Collins works as a ... Read more
Reviews for Birth, Marriage and Death Records: A Guide for Family Historians
Every aspect of British Indian history is covered in this book, plus all the relevant sources currently available in the British Library India Office and the National Archives. It covers the records of the armed forces, the Civil Service and the railways as well religious and probate records. - Roots and Branch, West Surrey FHS An introductory guide for ... Read more