As well as over 200 pages of registers, this CD includes records of the Churchwardens (1673-1707 and extracts to 1842), Overseers and their Accounts (extracts 1705-1836), Indentures (1675-1838), Vestry Book (1837-1885), and Constables (1818-1839). There is an article on the founder of the Church and Guild, Walter Cook, while further chapters cover a Record of a Manor Court at Knowle in 1278, a Certificate of Consecration of the Church, two medieval wills, a 1616 inventory, a roll of Knowle inhab More Info
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What are inquisitions post mortem? Do records of the land tax survive. What genealogical information is held by the Guildhall Library? Questions such as these are readily answered by consulting this A-Z of family history, which provides detailed guidance on further research
Every family has a history. This books provides the basic guidance needed to begin investigating yours. The author explains what sources of information are available, where to find them, and how to use them. He tells you how to trace your pedigree, and encourages you to understand your ancestors' lives against the background of the society they lived in.
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For English genealogists, this is the basic bibliography. It lists innumerable guides and indexes to sources at the national level, and is complemented by separate volumes for each county. It includes: Introductory guides to sources, encyclopedias and dictionaries, how to organize yourself, bibliography, archives, genealogical directories, biographical directories and pedigrees, names, births marr...More Info