Tracing Your Rural Ancestors: A Guide For Family Historians
by Jonathan Brown /
2011 / English / EPUB
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Many family historians will come across direct links to ancestors
who lived and worked in the countryside as farmers, laborers,
landowners, village tradesmen and professionals - for most of us
have rural ancestors. Yet despite the burgeoning interest in
genealogy, these people have rarely been written about with the
family historian in mind. No previous book has provided a guide to
the documents and records, from medieval times to the twentieth
century, that researchers can use to find out about their rural
ancestors and the world in which they lived. That is why this
accessible and informative introduction by rural historian Jonathan
Brown is so important.He describes the make-up of country and
village society - the farmers, large and small, the farm-workers,
the landowners and estate-owners, and the local business people,
the tradesmen and merchants. At the same time he identifies and
discusses the relevant national and local records, indicates where
they can be found, and offers essential advice on how this
information can be used to piece together the lives of distant and
not so distant relatives. Tracing Your Rural Ancestors is essential
reading for anyone who is looking for an insight into the history
of rural life, work and society.REVIEWS "...a good introduction to
the subject, socially and genealogically, pointing the reader in
the direction of where to find the records and more advanced
readings." FGS Forum
Many family historians will come across direct links to ancestors
who lived and worked in the countryside as farmers, laborers,
landowners, village tradesmen and professionals - for most of us
have rural ancestors. Yet despite the burgeoning interest in
genealogy, these people have rarely been written about with the
family historian in mind. No previous book has provided a guide to
the documents and records, from medieval times to the twentieth
century, that researchers can use to find out about their rural
ancestors and the world in which they lived. That is why this
accessible and informative introduction by rural historian Jonathan
Brown is so important.He describes the make-up of country and
village society - the farmers, large and small, the farm-workers,
the landowners and estate-owners, and the local business people,
the tradesmen and merchants. At the same time he identifies and
discusses the relevant national and local records, indicates where
they can be found, and offers essential advice on how this
information can be used to piece together the lives of distant and
not so distant relatives. Tracing Your Rural Ancestors is essential
reading for anyone who is looking for an insight into the history
of rural life, work and society.REVIEWS "...a good introduction to
the subject, socially and genealogically, pointing the reader in
the direction of where to find the records and more advanced
readings." FGS Forum