Family Tree Detective: Tracing Your Ancestors in England and Wales [Paperback]

Colin D. Rogers (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0719052130 | ISBN-13: 978-0719052132 | Publication Date: February 15, 1998 | Edition: 3rd

Welcomed worldwide on its first publication, this practical and lively guide for the amateur genealogist has now been fully revised and updated. The new material includes a section on medieval genealogy which targets the increasing numbers of family historians who have reached back as far as the sixteenth century and wish to go further. Heraldry is introduced for the first time. There is detail on the location and genealogical content of military records and the records of Poor Law Unions and their workhouses. Details are also included of the latest changes to the location and cost of civil registration sources. A problem-solving manual rather than a simple how-to guide, The family tree detective explains what to do when the usual methods fail and provides invaluable assistance for those without access to London’s vast resources of genealogical information.

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About the Author

Colin D. Rogers is a Fellow of the Society of Genealogists and was Honorable General Editor of the Lancashire Parish Register Society for thirty years. He runs a consultancy which specializes in tracing missing beneficiaries for banks and solicitors.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 180 pages
• Publisher: Manchester University Press; 3rd edition (February 15, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0719052130
• ISBN-13: 978-0719052132
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,092,118 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Go elsewhere - that's what the author does!, July 12, 2010

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K. Nott "sunsetsgrand" (Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Family Tree Detective: Tracing Your Ancestors in England and Wales (Paperback)

This book constantly refers you to magazine articles, other peoples books etc. Want to know where a great list of web sites are - look in FTM AUG 07 or some such info. Very useful if you have that around, useless otherwise. Just when the information is getting detailed enough to be useful, he refers you to another source for more information. Opening at a random page, the first paragraph has 7 references to magazines and phamplets and 4 web site references, all of which I had previously found with google. If you had all these books and sources around you would not need this book!!

There is a lot of information here, heaps of statistics, but there are other books to use to get started and much better ones for if you are stuck. This does not bring the subject to life at all.

5.0 out of 5 stars A "working" book, March 1, 2009

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Lisa S (NH, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Family Tree Detective: Tracing Your Ancestors in England and Wales (Paperback)

This book is exactly as described. It is not a story about the author's tracing his own genealogy. The author tells you what resources exist and how to find them and use them. Very, very helpful to those with roots in England and are just starting to research them. The few anecdotes included only add to your knowledge. Covers 16th century and forward.