The is a step-by-step guide to using the wealth of online records to trace
your UK family tree from your own computer, without the need to travel to
national and regional record offices.
Whether you are a novice or an experienced genealogist, and whether you plan
to devote just a few hours of your time to embark on a life-time hobby, this
book will guide you through the mass of records available - birth, marriage and
death, the census, and much, much more - so that you can trace your line back
hundreds of years.
You will also learn how to upload your results to the internet, both to
preserve your family's heritage and to connect with relatives, so that you can
exchange photos and reminiscences.
Contents:
Welcome!
1. What the Internet Offers the Genealogist
2. How to Start
3. Finding Records of Birth, Marriage and Death
4. Using Census Records
5. Other Major Sources
6. Military
7. Wills and Where to Find Them Online
8. Migration
9. Newspapers
10. Occupations
11. The Poor and Workhouse Records
12. Noble Ancestors
13. Directories
14. School and University Records
15. Working with the Wider Context
16. Family Medical History
17. DNA
18. Working with Names
19. Recording your Family Tree
20. Online Recording Options
21. Problems of Online Trees
22. Finding Living Relatives
23. Genealogical Miscellany
24. Accent and Dialect
25. Final
Key Websites
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