Ancestral Trails by Mark D Herber
This is the second edition of the book that has been called the Bible of British genealogy. Originally published in 1997 in association with the Society of Genealogists (London), and now revised and updated to reflect the latest developments in the field, Ancestral Trails enables the researcher to form a coherent picture of past generations by describing virtually every class of record in every repository and library in Britain. The early chapters help beginners take their first steps by dealing with such matters as obtaining information from living relatives, drawing family trees, and starting research in the records of birth, marriage, and death, or in census records. Later chapters guide researchers to the records that are more difficult to find and use, such as wills, parish records, civil and ecclesiastical court records, poll books, and property records. So the book is ideal for the beginner and the experienced researcher alike, and will enable those who are persistent enough to trace their ancestry back to the Middle Ages.
Mark Herber read history and politics at university; then trained as a lawyer, qualifying as a solicitor in 1984. He specialized in fraud and insolvency litigation and investigations until 1996, at Allen & Overy, in the City of London, and then at the Serious Fraud Office. A member of the Society of Genealogists, he is the author of Ancestral Trails: The Complete Guide to British Genealogy and Family History which was awarded the Library Association's McColvin Medal for an outstanding work of reference and which included detailed guidance to the records of the English courts. Mark has also had published two volumes of transcripts of the 18th-century marriage registers of the Fleet Prison and the rules of the Fleet, featuring many clandestine marriages.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780806317717 |
| ISBN 10 | 080631771X |
| Title | Ancestral Trails |
| Author | Mark D Herber |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Genealogical Publishing Company |
| Year published | 2006-08-14 |
| Number of pages | 896 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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