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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
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… 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
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