Collins Tracing Your Family History

Collins Tracing Your Family History
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The new, fully-updated edition of Collins Tracing Your Family History is the definitive handbook for anyone interested in tracing their family’s past.Firmly practical in its approach, yet entertaining in its style, this reference guide is the indispensable companion for all who are seeking a reliable, one-source volume to use while tracking down their family origins.New and up-to-date content helps you make the most of your resources – such as how best to utilise the internet, and informs you about the most recent records released which could be vital to your search for your ancestry.The book gives comprehensive guidance on the full variety of governmental, religious and more obscure records available to the family history sleuth. The guide also contains highly useful advice on how to expand and reinvigorate a search when the trial runs cold – as it inevitably will.Author Anthony Adolph balances detailed instruction and guidance with humorous anecdotes and illuminating history lessons, ensuring an informative and entertaining read.

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Anthony Adolph. Collins Tracing Your Family History

Collins. Tracing Your Family History. Anthony Adolph

How We Are Related

Table of Contents

Introduction

NEW EDITION

A NEW BOOK FOR A CHANGING WORLD

DNA technology

Multi-cultural roots

The internet

PROFESSIONAL HELP

GETTING TO KNOW YOUR ANCESTORS

PART ONE GETTING STARTED

CHAPTER ONE ASK THE FAMILY

STARTING OFF

THE ORAL TRADITION

LIFETIMES: A RICH ORAL TRADITION

A FEW FACTS

ELICITING THE PAST

FOR EXAMPLE:

THE POWER OF PAPER

AN OUTLINE OF THE MAIN SOURCES. PRELIMINARY RESEARCH

BASIC RESEARCH

MORE IN-DEPTH RESEARCH

AND, IF ALL GOES EXCEPTIONALLY WELL …

CHAPTER TWO WRITING IT ALL DOWN

GETTING IT ON PAPER

THE BASIC FAMILY TREE

CRANE PRINTS

CHARTING CONVENTIONS

EXPANDING ON THE BASICS

PRESENTING YOUR RESULTS

NARRATIVE PEDIGREE

PROSE ACCOUNT

FAMILY TREE

CHAPTER THREE ANCESTRAL PICTURES

WHERE TO SEARCH. PAINTERS AND PAINTINGS

QUICK REFERENCE

PHOTOGRAPHERS AND PHOTOGRAPHS

WHERE TO SEARCH. PHOTOGRAPHERS AND PHOTOGRAPHS

QUICK REFERENCE

CHAPTER FOUR BEFORE YOU BEGIN

ARCHIVES

USING THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES

THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES (TNA)

OTHER ARCHIVES

COUNTY RECORD OFFICES

OTHER ARCHIVES

MUSEUMS AND LIBRARIES

MORMON WEBSITE AND FAMILY HISTORY CENTRES

QUICK REFERENCE

OTHER WEBSITES. SCOTLANDSPEOPLE

GENES REUNITED

OTHER GENERAL WEBSITES

SOCIETIES

ONE-NAME SOCIETIES

QUICK REFERENCE

MAGAZINES

BIBLIOGRAPHIES

BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARIES

RECORD SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS

THE SOCIETY OF GENEALOGISTS

SPECIALIST INDEXES

RESEARCH DIRECTORIES

WHERE TO SEARCH. EXAMPLES OF ARCHIVES IN OTHER COUNTRIES

INDIA

PAKISTAN AND BANGLADESH

KENYA

JAMAICA

QUICK REFERENCE

PROFESSIONAL GENEALOGISTS AND RECORD AGENTS

QUICK REFERENCE

GENEALOGY SURVIVAL KIT/1

ENGLISH WORDS

OLD HANDWRITING

MONEY

DATES

OLD STYLE AND NEW STYLE

COMMON ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMNS

LATIN

SOME COMMONLY USED LATIN WORDS

PART TWO THE MAIN RECORDS

CHAPTER FIVE GENERAL REGISTRATION

USING GENERAL REGISTRATION

FRC INDEXES

FINDING A CERTIFICATE. AN IDEAL CASE INVOLVING MANUAL GENERAL REGISTRATION WOULD WORK AS FOLLOWS:

QUICK REFERENCE

BIRTHS

SEARCHING FOR A BIRTH CERTIFICATE

LIFETIMES: MARGARET DUNCAN WILSON

POLICE RECORDS

MARRIAGES

DEATHS

LIFETIMES: JULIA LITTLE

WHERE TO SEARCH. GENERAL REGISTRATION

QUICK REFERENCE

PURCHASING CERTIFICATES

LIFETIMES: DEATH IN A FENCE

Beware false economies

OTHER USEFUL POINTERS

OVERCOMING PROBLEMS

NON-RECORDING OF EVENTS

DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, DIFFERENT NAMES

WHERE TO SEARCH. GENERAL REGISTRATION OUTSIDE ENGLAND

SCOTLAND

IRELAND

CHANNEL ISLANDS

ISLE OF MAN

QUICK REFERENCE

SCOTTISH CERTIFICATES

LIFETIMES: THE TALE OF THE NEARLY LOST SOLDIER

FURTHERING THE SEARCH

FURTHER DELVING

FOUND!

WHERE TO SEARCH. EXAMPLES OF GENERAL REGISTRATION IN OTHER COUNTRIES

AUSTRALIA

BANGLADESH

INDIA

JAMAICA

KENYA

NEW ZEALAND

PAKISTAN

SIERRA LEONE

SOUTH AFRICA

QUICK REFERENCE

OTHER GENERAL REGISTRATION RECORDS

CHAPTER SIX CENSUSES

THE RECORDS

THE STORY OF CENSUSES

COMPILING CENSUSES

1821 CENSUS

1821 CENSUS EXAMPLES

1831 CENSUS

1841 CENSUS

POPULATION FIGURES

1851–1901 CENSUSES

1911, 1921 AND 1931 CENSUSES

WHERE TO SEARCH. CENSUS RETURNS

QUICK REFERENCE

HOW TO SEARCH

OVERCOMING PROBLEMS

LIFETIMES: EVEN OFFICIALS MAKE MISTAKES

SEARCHING THE ORIGINAL RETURNS

DATES OF CENSUSES

WHERE TO SEARCH. CENSUS RETURNS OUTSIDE ENGLAND&WALES

SCOTLAND

IRELAND

NORTHERN IRELAND

CHANNEL ISLANDS

ISLE OF MAN

QUICK REFERENCE

EXAMPLES OF CENSUS RETURNS IN OTHER COUNTRIES. AUSTRALIA

CARIBBEAN

INDIA AND PAKISTAN

KENYA

NEW ZEALAND

SIERRA LEONE

SOUTH AFRICA

QUICK REFERENCE

CHAPTER SEVEN THE MAIN WEBSITES

ORIGINAL DATA

NEW SITES

QUICK REFERENCE

SUPPLIERS

RECORDS AND CONTACT

COUSINSHIP

CHAPTER EIGHT DIRECTORIES & ALMANACS

DIRECTORIES

DIRECTORY

A BIRD’S EYE VIEW

WHAT DIRECTORIES CONTAIN

WHERE TO SEARCH. DIRECTORIES

QUICK REFERENCE

OVERCOMING PROBLEMS

TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES

TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES

QUICK REFERENCE

LIFETIMES: ALL AROUND THE HOUSES

CHAPTER NINE LIVES LESS ORDINARY

ILLEGITIMACY

FOUNDLINGS

DISCOVERING ILLEGITIMACY

RECTIFYING ILLEGITIMACY

LIFETIMES: ORDERS

ADOPTION AND FOSTERING

BEFORE 1926

FAMILY HISTORY

AFTER 1926

LIFETIMES: AMOS FOSTER

FINDING OUT MORE

YOUR BIRTH CERTIFICATE

SEEKING AN ADOPTED PERSON

TRACING NATURAL PARENTS

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT

NEW DEVELOPMENTS

MISSING PEOPLE

CHANGE OF NAME

WHERE TO SEARCH. SEEKING A BIRTH RELATIVE

SCOTLAND

IRELAND

NORTHERN IRELAND

CHANNEL ISLANDS

ISLE OF MAN

SEEKING AN ADOPTED PERSON

MISSING PEOPLE

QUICK REFERENCE

DIVORCE …

LIFETIMES: REVEALING ALL

QUICK REFERENCE

… AND BIGAMY

EVACUEES

LIFETIMES: DIVORCED CATHOLICS

WHERE TO SEARCH. DIVORCE

SCOTLAND

IRELAND

CHAPTER TEN PARISH RECORDS

PARISH REGISTERS

WHERE TO SEARCH. PARISH REGISTERS

QUICK REFERENCE

BAPTISMS

BIRTHS AND BAPTISMS

WHERE TO SEARCH. BAPTISMS

MARRIAGES

BANNS OF MARRIAGE

LIFETIMES: LITTLE GEMS

LIFETIMES: A RARE FIND

THE FLEET PRISON

WHERE TO SEARCH. MARRIAGES

QUICK REFERENCE

BURIALS

LIFETIMES: QUACKS AND TRAMMELLERS

LIFETIMES: INTERESTING INTERNMENTS

WHERE TO SEARCH. BURIALS

PR TRANSCRIPTS

PARISH RECORDS OUTSIDE ENGLAND AND WALES. SCOTLAND

IRELAND

WHERE TO SEARCH. PARISH RECORDS OUTSIDE ENGLAND AND WALES. SCOTLAND

IRELAND

CHANNEL ISLANDS

ISLE OF MAN

EXAMPLES OF PARISH RECORDS IN OTHER COUNTRIES. AUSTRALIA

INDIA

JAMAICA

KENYA

NEW ZEALAND

QUICK REFERENCE

OVERCOMING PROBLEMS

FINDING A PARISH

THE COMMONWEALTH GAP

FILLING THE GAP

FAMILYSEARCH AND THE IGI

OVERCOMING PROBLEMS ON THE IGI

A NEW TRICK

USING FAMILYSEARCH

USING THE IGI

SOME TYPICAL ENTRIES FROM THE IGI

WHERE TO SEARCH. FAMILYSEARCH

QUICK REFERENCE

OTHER INDEXES AND BISHOPS’ TRANSCRIPTS (BTs)

BOYD’S MARRIAGE INDEX

COUNTY INDEXES

PALLOT MARRIAGE AND BAPTISM INDEX

BISHOPS’ TRANSCRIPTS (BTs)

LIFETIMES: SEARCHING FOR SYLVESTER

SYLVESTER’S SIRES

IF THE FACE FITS

WHERE TO SEARCH. OTHER INDEXES AND BTs. BOYD’S MARRIAGE INDEX

COUNTY INDEXES

PALLOT MARRIAGE AND BAPTISM INDEX

BISHOPS’ TRANSCRIPTS

QUICK REFERENCE

CHAPTER ELEVEN MANORIAL RECORDS

COPYHOLD TENANCIES

OTHER RECORDS

UNDERSTANDING MANORIAL RECORDS

WHERE TO SEARCH. MANORIAL RECORDS

QUICK REFERENCE

LIFETIMES: THE ROEBUCK REDISCOVERED

CHAPTER TWELVE WILLS

WHAT WILLS ARE

HOW WILLS DEVELOPED

LIFETIMES: DRUNK INTO DEBT

WRITING A WILL

FINDING A WILL

ARCHDIOSESAN DIVISIONS

LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION

INTESTATE SUCCESSION

WILLS FROM 1858 ONWARDS

WHERE TO SEARCH. WILLS FROM 1858

QUICK REFERENCE

WILLS BEFORE 1858

WHERE TO SEARCH. WILLS BEFORE 1858

WILLS AT THE PCC

INDEX DETAILS

QUICK REFERENCE

OVERCOMING PROBLEMS

WHAT YOU MIGHT FIND IN A WILL

WHERE TO SEARCH. PAPERWORK ATTACHED TO WILLS. CHURCH COURT RECORDS

PROBATE ACT BOOKS

CAVEAT BOOKS AND ADMINISTRATION LETTERS AND BONDS

INVENTORIES

TESTAMENTARY CASES

NEWSPAPERS

QUICK REFERENCE

PAPERWORK ATTACHED TO WILLS

LIFETIMES: CURIOSITIES

LOST WEALTH

WILLS OUTSIDE ENGLAND AND WALES. SCOTLAND

IRELAND

THE CHANNEL ISLANDS

ISLE OF MAN

WHERE TO SEARCH. WILLS OUTSIDE ENGLAND AND WALES. SCOTLAND

IRELAND

CHANNEL ISLANDS

ISLE OF MAN

QUICK REFERENCE

EXAMPLES OF WILLS IN OTHER COUNTRIES. AUSTRALIA

CARIBBEAN

INDIA

NEW ZEALAND

SOUTH AFRICA

QUICK REFERENCE

CHAPTER THIRTEEN GRAVESTONES & MEMORIALS

CREMATIONS

LIFETIMES: JOHN YSTYMLLYN

MEMORIAL CARDS

WHERE TO SEARCH. GRAVESTONES

GRAVESTONES IN OTHER COUNTRIES

CREMATIONS

QUICK REFERENCE

PART THREE TAKING IT FURTHER

CHAPTER FOURTEEN NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES

THE BEST-KNOWN NEWSPAPERS

LIFETIMES: AN IDAHO PIONEER

PIONEER LIVESTOCK MAN SUCCUMBS

SCOTTISH AND IRISH NEWSPAPERS

LIFETIMES: MARRIAGE LINES

WHERE TO SEARCH. NEWSPAPERS

EXAMPLES OF NEWSPAPERS IN OTHER COUNTRIES

QUICK REFERENCE

CHAPTER FIFTEEN LAND RECORDS

THE MAIN RECORDS

LAND MEASUREMENTS

INQUISITIONS POST MORTEM

WHERE TO SEARCH

QUICK REFERENCE

TITLE DEEDS

FEET OF FINES

COMMON RECOVERIES

TYPES OF LAND HOLDING

WHERE TO SEARCH. TITLE DEEDS

FEET OF FINES

COMMON RECOVERIES

QUICK REFERENCE

USES

BARGAIN AND SALE

LEASE AND RELEASE

MORTGAGES

ESTATE RECORDS

LAND REGISTRIES

WHERE TO SEARCH. LAND REGISTRIES

LAND DEEDS OUTSIDE ENGLAND & WALES. SCOTLAND

IRELAND

JERSEY

THE ISLE OF MAN

EXAMPLES OF LAND DEEDS IN OTHER COUNTRIES

QUICK REFERENCE

CHAPTER SIXTEEN SLAVE ANCESTRY

THE RECORDS

LIFETIMES: GRAHAM EVELYN

JOHN DRUMMOND’S WILL

WHERE TO SEARCH. SLAVES

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN MAPS & LOCAL HISTORIES

MAPS

ORDNANCE SURVEY MAPS

LIFETIMES: JAMES SIMPSON DINNIE

WHERE TO SEARCH. MAPS

QUICK REFERENCE

BOOKS

ONLINE GAZETEERS

WHERE TO SEARCH. BOOKS

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN RECORDS OF ELECTIONS

ELECTORAL REGISTERS

PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS

LOCAL ELECTIONS

POLL BOOKS

WHERE TO SEARCH. ELECTORAL RECORDS

SCOTLAND

IRELAND

QUICK REFERENCE

CHAPTER NINETEEN THE PARISH CHEST

THE RECORDS

VESTRY MINUTES

PARISH RATES

SETTLEMENT RECORDS

LIFETIMES: SIMON MOUNTENAY

DELVING BACK YET FURTHER

SETTLEMENT EXAMINATIONS

REMOVAL ORDERS

FARM SERVANTS

LIFETIMES: A CARING NIECE

SETTLEMENT CERTIFICATES

TOWN RECORDS

PARISH APPRENTICES

OTHER PARISH CHEST MATERIAL

DRAMATIS PERSONAE. CHURCHWARDENS

OVERSEERS OF THE POOR

CONSTABLES

HAYWARDS

WAYWARDENS

WHERE TO SEARCH. PARISH CHEST RECORDS

QUICK REFERENCE

CHAPTER TWENTY HOSPITALS & WORKHOUSES

HOSPITALS

WHERE TO SEARCH. HOSPITALS

WORKHOUSES

LIFETIMES: UNLUCKY LUCY

WHERE TO SEARCH. WORKHOUSES

IRELAND

QUICK REFERENCE

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE WHAT PEOPLE DID

OCCUPATIONAL RECORDS

WHERE TO SEARCH. OCCUPATIONS IN GENERAL

LIFETIMES: LOOK TO THE FAMILY

FROM SADDLE-TREE MAKER TO BOOT MANUFACTURER

WHERE TO SEARCH. SELECTED OCCUPATIONS

ACTORS

ARCHITECTS

ARTISTS AND SCULPTORS

CIVIL SERVANTS

CLERGYMEN

COASTGUARDS, CUSTOMS OFFICERS AND EXCISEMEN

FIREMEN

GYPSIES

INVENTORS

QUICK REFERENCE

WHERE TO SEARCH. LAWYERS

QUICK REFERENCE

WHERE TO SEARCH. MEDICS

LIFETIMES: TRACED THROUGH A LICENCE

MUSICIANS

POLICEMEN

PALESTINE POLICE

LIFETIMES: POLICE RECORDS

POLITICIANS

POSTMEN

TRAIN DRIVERS

QUICK REFERENCE

LIFETIMES: THE CARPUES

APPRENTICE, MASTER AND FREEMAN

APPRENTICESHIP

FREEMEN OF GUILDS

FREEMEN

JOURNEYMEN

WOMEN’S WORK

WHERE TO SEARCH. APPRENTICE, MASTER AND FREEMAN. APPRENTICES

FREEMEN OF GUILDS

FREEMEN

QUICK REFERENCE

BUSINESSES

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES

FREEMASONS

FRIENDLY SOCIETIES

TRADES UNIONS

WHERE TO SEARCH. BUSINESSES

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES. FREEMASONS

FRIENDLY SOCIETIES

TRADES UNIONS

QUICK REFERENCE

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO FIGHTING FORBEARS

THE ARMY

WHERE TO SEARCH. THE ARMY. GENERAL RECORDS

MILITIA RECORDS

MILITIA MEN

PUBLISHED LISTS OF SOLDIERS

THE CIVIL WAR

QUICK REFERENCE

WHERE TO SEARCH. THE STANDING ARMY

THE ARMY’S REGIMENTS

MUSEUMS

MEDALS

QUICK REFERENCE

LIFETIMES: WILLIAM ALLEN

WHERE TO SEARCH. OFFICERS

OTHER RANKS

Muster rolls and pay lists

Description books

Discharge and pensions

Regimental returns

Attestation and discharge papers

CASUALTIES AND DESERTERS

DESERTERS AND COURTS MARTIAL

QUICK REFERENCE

WHERE TO SEARCH. PRISONERS OF WAR

THE FIRST WORLD WAR

QUICK REFERENCE

COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION

WHERE TO SEARCH. RECORDS AFTER 1926

THE SECOND WORLD WAR

HOME GUARD

SCOTSMEN

THE ARMY OVERSEAS. AUSTRALIA

INDIA

NEW ZEALAND

QUICK REFERENCE

A HARD-WORKING SUBADAR

THE ROYAL NAVY

FIRST FIND YOUR SHIP

WHERE TO SEARCH. THE ROYAL NAVY. GENERAL

OFFICERS

RATINGS

Pay books

Ships’ logs

Seamen’s effects papers

Pensions

Courts martial

QUICK REFERENCE

WHERE TO SEARCH. RESERVE SAILORS

DOCKYARDS

TRINITY HOUSE PETITIONS

QUICK REFERENCE

LIFETIMES: A MARINERS MASQUERADE

THE MERCHANT NAVY

WHERE TO SEARCH. THE MERCHANT NAVY. GENERAL

CREW LISTS AND AGREEMENTS

DIED AT SEA

SECOND WORLD WAR

LOG BOOKS

CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY

SHIPS

SHIP OWNERS

EAST INDIA COMPANY

QUICK REFERENCE

THE ROYAL MARINES

WHERE TO SEARCH. THE ROYAL MARINES

QUICK REFERENCE

THE ROYAL AIR FORCE (RAF)

WHERE TO SEARCH. THE ROYAL AIR FORCE

QUICK REFERENCE

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE TAX & OTHER FINANCIAL MATTERS

WHERE TO SEARCH. TAX RECORDS AND GENEALOGY

QUICK REFERENCE

THE MAIN TAX LAWS

LAY SUBSIDIES

POLL TAX (1377–1703)

SHEEP TAX (1549)

SHEEP TAX

WHERE TO SEARCH. THE MAIN TAX LAWS. LAY SUBSIDIES

POLL TAX

QUICK REFERENCE

LIFETIMES: AN ARQUEBUSER IN THEIR ANCESTRY

SHIP MONEY (1634–40)

CONTRIBUTIONS FOR IRELAND (1642)

COMMITTEES FOR ADVANCE OF MONEY AND COMPOUNDING (1642–60)

FREE AND VOLUNTARY PRESENT (1661)

SPINNING WHEEL PREMIUMS

WHERE TO SEARCH. SHIP MONEY

FREE AND VOLUNTARY PRESENT

QUICK REFERENCE

HEARTH TAX RETURNS (1662–89)

LAND TAX (1693–1963)

MARRIAGE DUTY ACT (1695–1706)

WINDOW TAX (1696–1851)

OTHER FINANCIAL RECORDS

WHERE TO SEARCH. COMMITTEES FOR ADVANCE OF MONEY AND COMPOUNDING

HEARTH TAX RETURNS

LAND TAX

MARRIAGE DUTY

WINDOW TAX

QUICK REFERENCE

TITHE APPLOTMENT BOOKS & GRIFFITH’S VALUATION

TAXING THE RICH

WHERE TO SEARCH. OTHER FINANCIAL RECORDS. BANK ACCOUNTS

FIRE INSURANCE

TONTINES AND ANNUITIES

LOTTERIES

QUICK REFERENCE

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR SWEARING OATHS

THE MAIN OATHS

PROTESTATION RETURNS AND THE COVENANT (1641–2)

TEST AND CORPORATION OATHS (1661–1823)

ASSOCIATION ROLLS (1695/6)

WHERE TO SEARCH. THE MAIN OATHS. PROTESTATION RETURNS

TEST AND CORPORATION OATHS

ASSOCIATION ROLLS

QUICK REFERENCE

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE LEGAL ACCOUNTS

WHERE TO SEARCH. LEGAL ACCOUNTS

QUICK REFERENCE

WHERE TO START

CRIMINAL COURTS

LIFETIMES: KENT ASSIZE RECORDS. A SMART MOVE TO SMARDEN

BETWITCHED

WHERE TO SEARCH. CRIMINAL COURTS. GENERAL

EYRE

ASSIZES

WELSH COURTS

SCOTTISH COURTS

IRISH COURTS

FORFEITED ESTATES (1715)

QUICK REFERENCE

CIVIL COURTS

COURT OF CHANCERY RECORDS

WHERE TO SEARCH. CIVIL COURTS. CHANCERY RECORDS

EXCHEQUER RECORDS

KING’S COUNCIL

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

PLEA ROLLS

COURT OF KING’S BENCH

COURT OF REQUESTS

STAR CHAMBER

PALATINE COURTS

COURT OF WARDS AND LIVERIES

HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY

PALACE COURT

COURT OF DIVORCE & CAUSES

COURTS AFTER 1875. HOUSE OF LORDS

PRIVY COUNCIL

COUNTY COURTS

COURT OF AUGMENTATIONS

CIVIC COURTS

SCOTTISH COURTS

QUICK REFERENCE

COURTS AFTER 1875

BANKRUPTCY

LIFETIMES: PERRY NURSEY GOES BANKRUPT

SALE OF POSSESSIONS

STARTING OVER AGAIN

ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS

WHERE TO SEARCH. ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS

QUICK REFERENCE

QUARTER SESSIONS

THE RECORDS USUALLY COMPRISE THE FOLLOWING:

LIFETIMES: A LITTLE OF WHAT YOU FANCY

WHERE TO SEARCH. QUARTER SESSIONS

QUICK REFERENCE

CRIMINALS

PRISONERS

LIFETIMES: BAPTISED ON THE 4TH OF JULY

TRANSPORTEES

WHERE TO SEARCH. CRIMINALS. PRISONERS

TRANSPORTEES

QUICK REFERENCE

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX EDUCATION! EDUCATION! EDUCATION!

LIFETIMES: JOSEPH ADOLPH

SCHOOLS

OVERSEAS STUDENTS

UNIVERSITIES

WHERE TO SEARCH. SCHOOLS

UNIVERSITIES

QUICK REFERENCE

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN IMMIGRATION & EMIGRATION

BOUNDARY CHANGES

WHERE TO SEARCH. FAMILY OVERSEAS

QUICK REFERENCE

INCOMERS

NATURALISATION AND DENIZATION

NATURALISATIONS AND DENIZATIONS. NATURALISATIONS

DENIZATIONS

WHERE TO SEARCH. NATURALISATION AND DENIZATION

ALIENS

SHIPPING LISTS

QUICK REFERENCE

BRITISH NATIONALITY ACT

LOOKING EAST

EUROPEAN ANCESTRY

WHERE TO SEARCH. EUROPEAN ANCESTRY

QUICK REFERENCE

NON-EUROPEAN ANCESTRY

FINDING AN ANCESTOR’S PLACE OF ORIGIN

LIFETIMES: SHILPA MEHTA/1

THE NAGAR BRAHMINS

THE FAMILY BACKGROUND

MOVING ON

SHILPA’S MATERNAL ANCESTRY

EMIGRANTS

WHERE TO SEARCH. EMIGRANTS

POPULAR DESTINATIONS FOR EMIGRATION. THE AMERICAS

QUICK REFERENCE

WHERE TO SEARCH. AUSTRALIA

CANADA

NEW ZEALAND

SIERRA LEONE

SOUTH AFRICA

QUICK REFERENCE

PASSENGER LISTS. AMERICA

AUSTRALIA

CANADA

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS IN BRITAIN

CATHOLICS

SEMINARY PRIESTS

WHERE TO SEARCH. CATHOLICS. GENERAL

16TH AND 17TH-CENTURY CATHOLICISM

19TH-CENTURY CATHOLICISM

SCOTLAND

IRELAND

QUICK REFERENCE

PROTESTANT NON-CONFORMISTS

CONGREGATIONALISTS, BAPTISTS AND PRESBYTERIANS

DR WILLIAM’S LIBRARY

LIFELINES: LOUISA JENKINS

LIFETIMES: THANK GOODNESS FOR DR WILLIAM

WHERE TO SEARCH. CONGREGATIONALISTS, BAPTISTS AND PRESBYTERIANS

QUICK REFERENCE

QUAKERS

SPOTTING A QUAKER ANCESTOR

WHERE TO SEARCH. QUAKERS

SCOTLAND

IRELAND

QUICK REFERENCE

LIFELINES: THE SON OF A PREACHER MAN

MORAVIANS

METHODISTS

WHERE TO SEARCH. MORAVIANS

METHODISTS

QUICK REFERENCE

OTHER DENOMINATIONS

MORMONS

SALVATION ARMY

WALLOONS AND HUGUENOTS

LIFELINES: BORN BEYOND THE SEAS

WHERE TO SEARCH. OTHER DENOMINATIONS. MORMONS

SALVATION ARMY

WALLOONS AND HUGUENOTS

PALATINES

QUICK REFERENCE

JEWS

LIEFLINES: COMMANDER TIMOTHY LAWRENCE

LIFELINES: RUBY WAX

WHERE TO SEARCH. JEWS

QUICK REFERENCE

PART FOUR BROADENING THE PICTURE

CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE GENETICS

HOW GENES OPERATE

GENES FOR DNA TESTS

THE LIMITATIONS OF DNA

TAKING A DNA TEST

SOME TEST CASES

DNA GUIDES

LIFETIMES: VIKING DNA

DEEP ANCESTRY TESTS

LIFETIMES: HEMOPHILIAC HERITAGE

OUR EARLIEST ANCESTORS

EXHUMATION

CHAPTER THIRTY WHAT’S IN A NAME?

FORENAMES

NAMING PATTERNS

THE MEANINGS OF NAMES

SURNAMES

LIFETIMES: SUPRISE!

WHERE TO SEARCH ONLINE

TYPES OF SURNAME

Patronymic or matronymic surnames

LIFETIMES: THE PUDWELL FAMILY

Occupational or metonymic surnames

Locative surnames

Topographical surnames

Sobriquets or nicknames

CLAN LOYALTIES

GAELIC SURNAMES

EVOLVING LANGUAGE

A FINAL WORD OF WARNING

WHERE TO SEARCH. NAMES

CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE ROYALTY, NOBILITY & LANDED GENTRY

ROYALTY

INTER-CONNECTIONS

ROYAL ANCESTRY

GATEWAY ANCESTORS

LIFETIMES: JAMES CHALMERS

WHERE TO SEARCH. ROYAL CONNECTIONS

NOBILITY

BURKE’S PEERAGE

WHERE TO SEARCH. NOBLES

NON-NOBLES

KNIGHTS

THE GOSSIP FAMILY HANDBOK

WHERE TO SEARCH. NON-NOBLES

QUICK REFERENCE

CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO HERALDRY

HISTORY OF HERALDRY

COATS OF MANY COLOURS

HOW HERALDRY WORKS

CREST CONNOTATIONS

WHERE TO SEARCH. HERALDRY

SCOTLAND

IRELAND

QUICK REFERENCE

CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE PSYCHICS

PSYHIC INVESTIGATIONS

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

USEFUL ADDRESSES

MAIN SOURCES

IRELAND

SCOTLAND

GENERAL. A

B

C

D

F

G

H

I

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

U

V

W

IRELAND. EIRE

SCOTLAND

CHANNEL ISLANDS. ALDERNEY

GUERNSEY

JERSEY

SARK

ISLE OF MAN

INDEX

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J, K

L

M

N

O

P

Q, R

S

T

U, V

W, Y

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. AUTHOR’S THANKS

Copyright

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‘Who begot whom is a most amusing kind of hunting’ Horace Walpole

For our friend’s daughter Kim Van Trier, who completed her journey from conception to birth in marginally less time and with considerably less fuss than the writing of this book, and for Scott Crowley, whose quiet support and encouragement throughout have been unfaltering.

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Britain and Europe used to use the old-style Julian calendar, whereby the year began on Lady Day, 25 March, not the new-style Gregorian calendar, which starts the year on 1 January. The Julian calendar started to die out among lay people in the Tudor period, and by the 18th century it is often hard to tell whether a date is being given in old style or new style.

A member of Pop Gregory’s commision on the calendar pointing out the backslide of the Julian calendar.

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