The Oxford Guide to Family History
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The Oxford Guide to Family History by David Hey
Aimed at those wishing to discover more about their ancestors, this book offers advice on tracing a family tree. The author advises on how to get started, where to look for records, and how to decipher old handwriting. He also suggests ways of finding out about ordinary peole down the centuries; their ways of life, professions, and so on. Family history is a subject with broad concerns, including the origin, spread, and sometimes the decline and disappearance of families. The work of social historians is therefore of great interest, whether dealing with the size of families, the ages at which people married, or the mobility of the population. David Hey highlights these aspects of social history that are most relevant to family history research and suggests lines of enquiry that may be followed with profit and enjoyment by family historians - the past and present distribution of surnames, the stability of certain families, and the mobility of others.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780198691778 |
| ISBN 10 | 0198691777 |
| Title | The Oxford Guide to Family History |
| Author | David Hey |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1993-05-01 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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