Ancestral Trails: The Complete Guide to British Genealogy and Family History. Second Edition, Fully Updated and Revised - Hardcover

Herber, Mark

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0806320478 ISBN 13: 9780806320472

Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2009

Synopsis

This is the second edition of the book that has been called the Bible of British genealogy. Originally published in 1997 in association with the Society of Genealogists (London), and now revised and updated to reflect the latest developments in the field, "Ancestral Trails" enables the researcher to form a coherent picture of past generations by describing virtually every class of record in every repository and library in Britain. The early chapters help beginners take their first steps by dealing with such matters as obtaining information from living relatives, drawing family trees, and starting research in the records of birth, marriage, and death, or in census records. Later chapters guide researchers to the records that are more difficult to find and use, such as wills, parish records, civil and ecclesiastical court records, poll books, and property records. So the book is ideal for the beginner and the experienced researcher alike, and will enable those who are persistent enough to trace their ancestry back to the Middle Ages.

About this title

About the Author

Mark Herber is a solicitor. He has been researching his own family tree since 1979 and has traced some lines back to about 1580.

Edition details

• Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0806320478
• ISBN 13: 9780806320472
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 896