Tracing Your Birmingham Ancestors: A Guide for Family and Local Historians
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Tracing Your Birmingham Ancestors: A Guide for Family and Local Historians by Michael Sharpe
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.
Michael Sharpe is a professional genealogist, writer and lecturer who specializes in the local and family history of Birmingham and the wider West Midlands. He is a member of the Society of Genealogists, the Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry, and several other family and local history societies. He is the author of Family Matters: A History of Genealogy. Michael was born in Birmingham and has traced his roots there back to 1750, long before the influxes of the industrial revolution, making him a true 'Brummie'.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781473833449 |
| ISBN 10 | 1473833442 |
| Title | Tracing Your Birmingham Ancestors: A Guide for Family and Local Historians |
| Author | Michael Sharpe |
| Series | Tracing Your Ancestors Ser |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2015-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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