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  My Ancestor was in Service: A Guide to Sources for Family Historians
  My Ancestor was in Service

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Media: BOOK - paperback, 152 pages
Author: P. Horn
Year: 2009
Other Data: b&w photos, sketches, further reading, index
ISBN: 9781907199011

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In the late nineteenth century many families in Britain were involved in the world of 'Upstairs Downstairs'. Either they had a family member who was in service of the household itself included at least one maid, so that by the end of the Victorian era approaching a third of all women in England and Wales had been a domestic worker at some time in their lives. Yet although the occupation employed so many people, it is difficult in the twenty-firth century to discover just what their lives were like.

This book seeks to give guidance to researchers wishing to find out about relatives who were in service of who had themselves employed domestic staff.

Contents:
Foreword
Figures
1. Servant Keeping
 - Introduction
 - Who Were the Servant Keepers
2. The Daily Round: Indoor Servants
 - General Background
 - The Daily Round of the Female Servants
 - The Daily Round of the Male Servants
3. The Daily Round: Outdoor Workers
 - Landed Estates
 - Garden Staff
 - Stable Workers
 - Gamekeepers and Foresters
4. Hiring, Firing and Moving On
 - Getting a Place and Keeping It
 - Registry Offices
 - Training
5. Social Relationships
 - Leisure and Pleasure
 - Misfortunes, Misdoings and Misconduct
A Summary of Sources
Suggested Reading
References
Index
 

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