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Tracing Your Lancashire Ancestors: A Guide for Family Historians

Af: Sue Wilkes Engelsk Paperback

Tracing Your Lancashire Ancestors: A Guide for Family Historians

Af: Sue Wilkes Engelsk Paperback
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If you want to find out about Lancashire's history, and particularly if you have family links to the area and your ancestors lived or worked in the county, then this is the ideal book for you. As well as helping you to trace when and where your ancestors were born, married and died, it gives you an insight into the world they knew and a chance to explore their lives at work and at home.Sue Wilkes's accessible and informative handbook outlines Lancashire's history and describes the origins of its major industries - cotton, coal, transport, engineering, shipbuilding and others. She looks at the stories of important Lancashire families such as the Stanleys, Peels and Egertons, and famous entrepreneurs such as Richard Arkwright, in order to illustrate aspects of Lancashire life and to show how the many sources available for family and local history research can be used. Relevant documents, specialist archives and libraries, background reading and other sources are recommended throughout this practical book. Also included is a directory of Lancashire archives, libraries and academic repositories, as well as databases of family history societies, useful genealogy websites, and places to visit which bring Lancashire's past to life. Sue Wilkes's book is the essential companion for anyone who wants to discover their Lancashire roots.
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If you want to find out about Lancashire's history, and particularly if you have family links to the area and your ancestors lived or worked in the county, then this is the ideal book for you. As well as helping you to trace when and where your ancestors were born, married and died, it gives you an insight into the world they knew and a chance to explore their lives at work and at home.Sue Wilkes's accessible and informative handbook outlines Lancashire's history and describes the origins of its major industries - cotton, coal, transport, engineering, shipbuilding and others. She looks at the stories of important Lancashire families such as the Stanleys, Peels and Egertons, and famous entrepreneurs such as Richard Arkwright, in order to illustrate aspects of Lancashire life and to show how the many sources available for family and local history research can be used. Relevant documents, specialist archives and libraries, background reading and other sources are recommended throughout this practical book. Also included is a directory of Lancashire archives, libraries and academic repositories, as well as databases of family history societies, useful genealogy websites, and places to visit which bring Lancashire's past to life. Sue Wilkes's book is the essential companion for anyone who wants to discover their Lancashire roots.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 221
ISBN-13: 9781848847446
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1848847440
Udg. Dato: 1 mar 2013
Længde: 15mm
Bredde: 165mm
Højde: 233mm
Forlag: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Oplagsdato: 1 mar 2013
Forfatter(e): Sue Wilkes
Forfatter(e) Sue Wilkes


Kategori Familiehistorie og slægtsforskning


ISBN-13 9781848847446


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 221


Udgave


Længde 15mm


Bredde 165mm


Højde 233mm


Udg. Dato 1 mar 2013


Oplagsdato 1 mar 2013


Forlag Pen & Sword Books Ltd

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