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Tracing Your Pre-Victorian Ancestors: A Guide to Research Methods for Family Historians
John Wintrip
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Description for Tracing Your Pre-Victorian Ancestors: A Guide to Research Methods for Family Historians
Paperback. Practical, concise, informative, easy-to-use guide to researching pre-Victorian family history. Num Pages: 214 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: GPS; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 498.
Tracing Your Pre-Victorian Ancestors is the ideal handbook for family historians whose research has reached back to the early nineteenth century and are finding it difficult to go further. John Wintrip guides readers through all the steps they can take in order to delve even more deeply into the past. Carrying research through to earlier periods is challenging because church registers recorded less information than civil registration records and little census data is available. Researchers often encounter obstacles they don't know how to overcome. But, as this book demonstrates, greater understanding of the sources and the specific records within them, ... Read more
Tracing Your Pre-Victorian Ancestors is the ideal handbook for family historians whose research has reached back to the early nineteenth century and are finding it difficult to go further. John Wintrip guides readers through all the steps they can take in order to delve even more deeply into the past. Carrying research through to earlier periods is challenging because church registers recorded less information than civil registration records and little census data is available. Researchers often encounter obstacles they don't know how to overcome. But, as this book demonstrates, greater understanding of the sources and the specific records within them, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
498g
Number of Pages
214
Place of Publication
Barnsley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781473880658
SKU
V9781473880658
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About John Wintrip
John Wintrip qualified as an information professional and spent thirty years working as a science librarian, mainly in university libraries. After early retirement he started a new career as a professional genealogist. He has carried out research for hundreds of clients both in the UK and overseas, holds a Diploma in Genealogy and is a Member of AGRA.
Reviews for Tracing Your Pre-Victorian Ancestors: A Guide to Research Methods for Family Historians
And finally, this month, Pen and Sword's latest genealogy title tackles the pre-Victorian era. It is possible, on Ancestry.co.uk, to reach back into the 18th century - we've done it with our own research and now, armed with this superb new title, we can make a more comprehensive job of it when we resume our efforts. Absolutely priceless and essential ... Read more