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Price: $32.95

Format:
Paperback 704 pp.
156 mm x 234 mm

ISBN-10:
0199532974

ISBN-13:
9780199532971

Publication date:
March 2010

Imprint: OUP UK

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The Oxford Companion to Family and Local History

Second Edition

Edited by David Hey

Series : Oxford Paperback Reference

The Oxford Companion to Family and Local History is the most authoritative guide available to all things associated with the family and local history of the British Isles. It provides practical and contextual information for anyone enquiring into their English, Irish, Scottish, or Welsh origins and for anyone working in genealogical research, or the social history of the British Isles.

This fully revised and updated edition contains over 2,000 entries from adoption to World War records. Recommended web links for many entries are accessed and updated via the Family and Local History companion website. This edition provides guidance on how to research your family tree using the internet and details the full range of online resources available. Newly structured for ease of use, thematic articles are followed by the A-Z dictionary and detailed appendices, which include further reading. New articles for this edition are: 'A Guide for Beginners', 'Links between British and American Families', 'Black and Asian Family History', and an extended feature on 'Names'.

With handy research tips, a full background to the social history of communities and individuals, and an updated appendix listing all national and local record offices with their contact details, this is an essential reference work for anyone wanting advice on how to approach genealogical research, as well as a fascinating read for anyone interested in the past.

Readership : Anyone interested in family or local history, professional and amateur historians, and students, researchers, and genealogists.

Reviews

  • Reviews for this edition: "substantial and invaluable"

    --Times Literary Supplement
  • "all historians working in the field of British history should have the book on their shelves ... a most companionable volume"

    --History
  • "an essential guide for going back to your roots"

    --Dundee Courier and Advertiser
  • "a compact and comprehensive handbook"

    --The Oxford Times
  • "Fascinating to dip into, immediately accessible for reference - essential for your bookshelf."

    --Who Do You Think You Are?
  • "An invaluable companion to research."

    --Family History Monthly
  • "full of practical information"

    --Family Tree Magazine

Preface
Contributors
Thematic Essays
A-Z Dictionary
Appendix

Companion website

David Hey is Emeritus Professor of Local and Family History at the University of Sheffield. His many publications include The Oxford Guide to Family History (1993), Family Names and Family History (2000), How Our Ancestors Lived: a history of life 100 years ago (2003), and Journeys in Family History: Exploring Your Past and Finding Your Ancestors (2004).

A Dictionary of English Surnames - Edited by P. H. Reaney and R. M. Wilson
A Dictionary of British Place-Names - A. D. Mills

Special Features

  • Over 2,000 entries.
  • Informative thematic articles, including 'A Guide for Beginners', 'Links between British and American Families', 'Black and Asian Family History', and an extended article on 'Names'.
  • Fully revised and updated edition with a new structure for ease of use: the A-Z dictionary follows the section of thematic articles.
  • Recommended web links for hundreds of entries, accessed and updated via the Family and Local History companion website.
  • Ideal tool to help trace the family tree; and invaluable for overseas researchers tracing their origins to England, Ireland, Scotland, or Wales.
  • Appendices include contact information for every national and local records office.
New to this Edition
  • Revised and fully updated with a new structure for ease of use: thematic articles are followed by the A-Z dictionary.
  • Authoritative and topical feature articles: 'A Guide for Beginners', 'Links between British and American Families', 'Black and Asian Family History', and an extended article on 'Names'.
  • Entry-level web links for hundreds of entries updated via the Family and Local History companion website.
  • Thematic listing of entries to guide readers to information quickly and easily.
  • Extensive appendices include further reading and contact details for all national and local records offices.
  • Valuable information about researching your family tree using the internet - full details of online resources.