Family history is only one part of your personal heritage - there's more to
your background than just who your ancestors were.
'Nick Barratt's Guide to Your Ancestors Lives' differs from most books
on the market as it places this process on an equal footing with the social
history that surrounds each generation, as much as the technical know-how on
which records to examine, and where.
Nick's book takes you on a unique journey back in time, examining the houses,
streets, communities and ways of life that shaped the world around us, and in
particular the precise circumstances that made us who we are today.
Furthermore, this book will not just explain how and where to undertake this
personal detective process - it shows you how to organise and shape your
findings, and create your own personal archive using the latest technology and
online resources, and how to add to your store of knowledge to the emerging
social networks that allow us to create a People's Archive and tell the
forgotten story of the past that never makes it into the textbooks.
Contents:
Section 1. Tracing Your Family Tree
Introduction
1. Gathering Information
2. Your First Family Tree
3. Where to Find the Basic Sources
4. Using the Basic Sources
5. Fleshing Out the Family Tree
Section 2. Tracing Your Ancestral Home
6. Introduction to House History
7. Using Maps and Plans
8. Tracing Ownership of the Ancestral Home
9. Contested Ownership: Legal Disputes
10. Tracing Occupancy of the Ancestral Home
Section 3. Tracing the History of Your Area
11. Landholding and Rural Communities
12. Trade and Industry
13. War and Peace
14. Transport and Communications
15. Mind, Body and Soul
Section 4. Creating and Online Personal Archive
Index
