The Oxford Guide to Family History - Softcover
This book offers practical guidance to the basics of researching a family tree, advice on how to go beyond this and discover more details of the lives of one's ancestors, and a general history of the development and distribution of surnames. Hey highlights those aspects of social history that are most relevant to family history research, and looks at wider avenues of possible research, such as the past and present distribution of surnames, the stability of certain families, the mobility of others, and the use of painting and photographs.
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David Hey is Professor of Local and Family History at the University of Sheffield. His books include The Oxford Companion to Local and Family History (OUP, 1996; paperback 1998) and the Oxford Dictionary of Local and Family History (OUP, 1997).
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"Review from previous edition Not only does it give up-to-date guidance on researching national and local registers, but it relates individual researches to recent developments in the social and economic history of the family. The practical guidance is well set out."--TLS
"remarkable value for its combination of social history, gracefully told, and lucid instruction"--Antonia Fraser
"a thoughtful and though-provoking book, finely researched and well written"--Family Tree Magazine
David Hey is Professor of Local and Family History at the University of Sheffield. His books include The Oxford Companion to Local and Family History (OUP, 1996; paperback 1998) and the Oxford Dictionary of Local and Family History (OUP, 1997).
"Review from previous edition Not only does it give up-to-date guidance on researching national and local registers, but it relates individual researches to recent developments in the social and economic history of the family. The practical guidance is well set out."--TLS
"remarkable value for its combination of social history, gracefully told, and lucid instruction"--Antonia Fraser
"a thoughtful and though-provoking book, finely researched and well written"--Family Tree Magazine
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- PublisherOxford University Press
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0192803131
- ISBN 13 9780192803139
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number2
- Number of pages256
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