SOLVING GENEALOGY PROBLEMS
How to break down ‘brick walls’ and build your family tree Dr Graeme Davis PRICE EXTENT BINDING FORMAT ISBN PUB DATE
£12.99 256 pages Paperback 234 x 153 mm 978-1-84528-477-0 28th October 2011
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CATEGORY
Genealogy
TERRITORIES
World Rights
Dr Graeme Davis is a genealogist and author of university course materials for genealogy, as well as Your Family Tree Online and Research Your Surname and Family Tree by How To Books.
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KEY POINTS This book is for those who have done some work on their family tree but have hit the inevitable problem of ‘brick walls’ – an established term. • Unlike most genealogy books this one starts with the 1801 census – others imply that that the census started in 1841. • Includes varied illustrations and lots of worked examples. •
CONTENTS 1. RECOGNISING BRICK WALLS 2. FRAMING THE QUESTIONS 3. CHECKING FOR ERRORS 4. WORKING WITH ORIGINALS 5. ADVANCED BMD TOOLS 6. CENSUS SOLUTIONS 7. PARISH REGISTER PROBLEMS 8. IRELAND – PROBLEM AND INSPIRATION 9. PARISH REGISTERS AFTER 1837 10. NEWSPAPERS, WILLS AND WITNESSES 11. ALTERNATIVES TO THE CENSUS
ISBN: 978-1-84528-344-5
12. OCCUPATIONAL ANSWERS: MILITARY, MARINERS, CLERGY, LAWYERS AND DOCTORS 13. PRINTED SOURCES 14. MEMORIAL INSCRIPTIONS 15. NATIONAL ARCHIVES 16. CLUSTER GENEALOGY, COLLATERAL LINES AND COMMUNITIES 17. FINDING COLLATERAL DESCENDANTS 18. ONE NAME STUDIES AND SURNAME ORIGINS
19. DNA STUDIES AND SURNAME ORIGINS 20. GENEALOGY OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE 21. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT AND THE GENEALOGIST 22. COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS FOR THE GENEALOGIST
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