Debrett's Guide to Tracing Your Family Tree

Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Black cloth with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks. 182 pages clean and tight. Who were your ancestors .and what did they do? Where did they live and whom did they marry? We all have the most astonishing diversity in our family history and a natural curiosity about it. Debrett's has been concerned with families and their genealogy for more than a century and this wide-ranging and immensely practical book will arm you with everything you need to know to set about researching on your own. And finding out about your family's background is fun. Just as a picture takes, on much more interest if you know its provenance, so does a member of your family, the more you know of the ancestral elements which formed him or her. This completely updated edition of Debrett's Guide to Tracing Your Family Tree outlines all the steps you need to take to put together the jigsaw of your own family history. With background information on how family records have been kept over the years, how to consult libraries and family history societies and advice on what to do if you get stuck, it is an invaluable guide to a satisfying search into the most basic of human enquiries. Size: 8vo.