Stuart Raymond

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Tracing Your Ancestors' Parish Records: A Guide for Family and Local HistoriansPaperback, 19 March 2015

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Part of Series
Tracing Your Ancestors
Print Length
192 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Pen and Sword Family History
Date Published
19 Mar 2015
ISBN-10
1783030445
ISBN-13
9781783030446

Description

Parish records are essential sources for family and local historians, and Stuart Raymond's handbook is an invaluable guide to them. He explores and explains the fascinating and varied historical and personal information they contain. His is the first thoroughgoing survey of these resources to be published for over three decades.

In a concise, easy-to-follow text he describes where these important records can be found and demonstrates how they can be used. Records relating to the poor laws, apprentices, the church, tithes, enclosures and charities are all covered. The emphasis throughout is on understanding their original purpose and on revealing how relevant they are for researchers today.

Compelling insights into individual lives and communities in the past can be gleaned from them, and they are especially useful when they are combined with other major sources, such as the census.

Your Ancestors' Parish is an excellent introduction to this key area of family and local history research - it is a book that all family and local historians should have on their

Product Details

Author:
Stuart Raymond
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
GB
Date Published:
19 March 2015
Dimensions:
23.11 x 15.24 x 1.27 cm
ISBN-10:
1783030445
ISBN-13:
9781783030446
Language:
English
Location:
Barnsley
Pages:
192
Weight:
430.91 gm

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