Birmingham, the cradle of the industrial revolution and the world's
first manufacturing town, is an important focus for many family
historians who will find that their trail leads through it. Rural
migrants, Quakers, Jews, Irish, Italians, and more recently people from
the Caribbean, South-Asia and China have all made Birmingham their home.
This vibrant history is reflected in the city's rich collections of
records, and Michael Sharpe's handbook is the ideal guide to them.
He introduces readers to the wealth of information available, providing
an essential guide for anyone researching the history of the city or the
life of an individual ancestor. His work addresses novices and
experienced researchers alike and offers a compendium of sources from
legal and ecclesiastical archives, to the records of local government,
employers, institutions, clubs, societies and schools. Accessible,
informative and extensively referenced, it is the perfect companion for
research in Britain's second city.