Collins tracing your family history

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YOUR FAMILY TREE
This new edition of Collins Tracing Your Family Histoty is an authoritative, in-depth and accessible guide to tracing your ancestors. Written by genealogy expert Anthony Adolph, it takes you step-by-step through the challenging, intriguing and rewarding process ofdiscovering your family's past.
• Major new edition incorporating the latest changes, particularly how to search on-line for birth, marriage and death certificates and census returns
• Covers the basic starting points for complete beginners, through to invaluable hints for taking your research further
and how to unlock your search when the trail goes cold
• Unique in its recognition of the increasingly multi-racial nature of modern British ancestry
• Brings the past to life through vivid stories of real people living real lives
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Fülszöveg

I ^
'the information is superb' ANCESTORS
'this bool< bends over bacl<iuards to try and assist researchers, providing answers by almost pre-empting the questions'
YOUR FAMILY TREE
This new edition of Collins Tracing Your Family Histoty is an authoritative, in-depth and accessible guide to tracing your ancestors. Written by genealogy expert Anthony Adolph, it takes you step-by-step through the challenging, intriguing and rewarding process ofdiscovering your family's past.
• Major new edition incorporating the latest changes, particularly how to search on-line for birth, marriage and death certificates and census returns
• Covers the basic starting points for complete beginners, through to invaluable hints for taking your research further
and how to unlock your search when the trail goes cold
• Unique in its recognition of the increasingly multi-racial nature of modern British ancestry
• Brings the past to life through vivid stories of real people living real lives
• Provides a one-stop reference for all the contacts, addresses and internet resources you will need
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A hero of the British-Zulu wars, awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery a pioneering Indian prime minister of the province of Bhavnagar Princess Anne's husband's descent from a Jewish merchant of Venice a 16th-century peasant woman, executed for bewitching a man and his pigs
These are just some of the extraordinary stories that Anthony Adolph has unearthed in his years of researching family histories. What mysteries does your family's past hold? This major new edition of Collins Tracing Your Family Histoiy helps you find out.
From parish records to marriage certificates, from wills to military service records, there is a vast amount of information about your ancestors just waiting to be discovered. Recognising the important influence of the Internet in modern genealogical research, this book tells you how to combine the latest technology with the most proven research techniques as you delve deeper into your heritage.
The guide is perfect for the novice family historian, beginning with the very basics of genealogical research. It will also prove invaluable for those who have made some progress but find their trail has gone cold or want to take their research further-from old county maps to naturalisation records, Anthony Adolph has suggestions for a wealth of more unexpected sources to unblock your search. No matter how deep you would like to dig into your family's past, he leads the way with informative guidance and fascinating case studies.
From Wales to India, Ireland to Jamaica, wherever your family hails from, Collins Tracing Your Family Histoiy gives you the expert advice and tips you need to make your search efficient, fruitful - and fascinating. In short, this is the only guide you need to make yourfamily's past come to life. Vissza