Books
Teach Yourself Tracing Your Family History by S Colwell (McGraw Hill, 1997). A comprehensive guide aimed at beginners.
The Family Tree Detective: Tracing your Ancestors in England and Wales by Colin D Rogers (Manchester UP, 1997). An excellent guide.
Ancestral Trails by M Herbert (Sutton, 2000). A beginner's guide to the sources that a genealogist will need to use to compile a family history.
Tracing Your Ancestors at the PRO by A Bevan (Public Records Office, 1999). An excellent summary of some of the most popular family history sources at the National Archives.
Links
: This is an excellent resource, which combines practical advice with links to specialist sites throughout the UK.
: A religious organisation that compiles the International Genealogical Index, including details from English parish registers (the website permits a search for relatives on the index). The organisation also publishes the entire 1881 census on CD.
: A national magazine, with useful articles on tracing ancestors plus links to many other sites concerning research and genealogy.
: Another site that provides links to a vast network of genealogical and personal name index sites around the world.
: Provides access to over 200 family history societies.
Places to visit
, 14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road, London EC1M 7BA. An organisation for genealogists of all levels of experience, you can obtain advice and access to a wide range of genealogical sources and union name indexes.
, 1 Myddelton Street, London EC1R 1UW. A major genealogy resource and an important institution in its own right. You can pick up research leaflets, or view their introductory exhibition on family history sources.
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Published: 14-09-2004
