Genealogy Australia

Many of us have a curiosity about our family history, and may even have dabbled in research online or through our own family network. But for those of us who want to know what our ancestors were really like, how they lived and what their daily struggles and experiences were, the key often lies in our own county.

In Worcestershire: Family History Guidebook, professional local genealogist Vanessa Morgan takes us on a fascinating and easy-to-follow journey from deciding to research your Worcestershire ancestors right through to discovering more about how they lived and worked. What influence did industry have in their lives? Who were their employers? What historical events would have affected them? Family history isn’t just about names and dates; this book will help you to put the flesh on bones.

Contents:
Introduction
The County of Worcestershire
Registration Districts of Worcestershire
Census Records
Inside the Parish
- Parish Registers
- Poor Law Records
Poor Law Union and the Workhouse
Non-conformist
- Catholics
- Baptists
- Methodists
- Presbyterians
Other Records of Use to the Family Historian
- Newspapers
- Cemeteries and Monumental Inscriptions
- Wills
- Directories
- Electoral Registers
- Land Tax Assessments
- Hearth Tax Returns
- The Victoria County History of Worcestershire
- Court Records
- Bishops' Transcripts
- Maps and Enclosures
- Manorial Records
- Oddments Among the BAs
Militasry Records
The Worcester Exhibition of 1882
The Towns: Their Industries and their People
- Alvechurch
- Belbroughton
- Beoley
- Berrow and Birtsmorton
- Bewdley
- Blockley
- Bredon
- Broadway
- Bromsgrove
- Droitwich
- Dudley and its Environs
- Evesham
- Feckenham
- Halesowen
- Hanbury
- Inkberrow
- Kidderminster
- Kings Nortpon, Northfie;d and Selly Oak
- Malvern
- Oddingley
- Oldbury
- Pershore
- Powick
- Redditch
- Stourbridge and Old Swinford
- Stourport
- Tardebigge
- Tenbury
- Worcester
Directory of Family History Centres, Libraries and Other Useful Sources
Your Family Histiry Notes