Migration Records: A Guide for Family Historians (Readers Guides) - Softcover

Kershaw, Roger

Softcover

ISBN 10: 190561540X ISBN 13: 9781905615407

Publisher: A&C Black Business Information and Development, 2009

Synopsis

Fully revised and up to the minute guide to four centuries of movement to, from and within Britain's shores. This practical and accessible book shows how to explore migration records - and ancestors featured in them - through the wealth of material at The National Archives and elsewhere. Migration Records charts new online releases, including a major immigration package of passenger lists, certificates of arrival and naturalization applications, and discusses how improved catalogue information has opened up passport applications for research. From refugees fleeing persecution to child migrants, naturalization and citizenship papers to transportation records, it is an invaluable guide to the story of migration that changed so many lives. Contents: Introduction; 1- Movements before 1800; 2- Arriving and departing; 3- The New World 1700-1900s; 4- Industrial expansion and rural decline; 5- Refugees and minorities; 6-Enforced migration; 7- Twentieth-century sources; 8- Naturlization and citizenship; Further reading; Index

About this title

Synopsis:

Over the past 400 years thousands of people have moved to settle in Britain, and thousands more have left its shores for life overseas. This practical and accessible guide shows how to explore migration records - and ancestors featured in them - through the wealth of records at The National Archives and elsewhere. "Migration Records" charts the new online releases, including a major immigration package of passenger lists, certificates of arrival and naturalization applications, and discusses how improved catalogue information has opened up passport applications for research. From refugees fleeing persecution to child migrants, naturalization and citizenship papers to transportation records, it is an invaluable guide to the story of migration that changed so many lives.

About the Author:

Roger Kershaw is Head of Records Knowledge at The National Archives. Among other books, he is the co- author of Family History on the Move ( 2006) and New Lives for Old - The story of Britain's chid migrants (2008), both published by The National Archives.

About this edition

• Publisher: A&C Black Business Information and Development
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 190561540X
• ISBN 13: 9781905615407
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 162