In Search of Your British and Irish Roots: A Complete Guide to Tracing Your English, Welsh, Scottish, & Irish Ancestors - Softcover

Angus Baxter

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9780806311272: In Search of Your British and Irish Roots: A Complete Guide to Tracing Your English, Welsh, Scottish, & Irish Ancestors

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Describes how to research the history of British and Irish families through the use of census records, wills, parish registers, historical archives, and other sources

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One of the classic British Isles genealogy handbooks, this book has been available since 1982 ( LJ 11/15/82). The 1991 edition is described as "revised and updated for the 1990s," but the material is basically the same except for address changes. Baxter provides solid information on getting started, corresponding with organizations, and preparing a family history. County record offices for all counties, as well as the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, records divided between Eire and Northern Ireland, and Scotland's regional archives are included. Information is also provided on using Mormon and Jewish rec ords, and records for adoption, the military, and wills. The bibliography is basic but current. Recommended for libraries if an earlier edition is not owned.
- Judith P. Reid, Library of Congress
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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ISBN 10:  0771598416 ISBN 13:  9780771598418
Publisher: Macmillan of Canada/a Division o..., 1982
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