The Oxford Companion to Family and Local History

The Oxford Companion to Family and Local History is the most comprehensive and authoritative guide available to all things associated with the family and local history of the British Isles. It provides practical and contextual information for anyone enquiring into their English, Irish, Scottish, or Welsh origins and for anyone working in genealogical research, or the social history of the British Isles. This fully revised and updated edition contains over 2,000 entries from adoption to World War records. Recommended web links for many entries are updated via the Family and Local History companion web site. This edition advises how to research your family tree using the internet and details the full range of online resources available. Newly structured for ease of use, thematic articles are followed by the A-Z dictionary and detailed appendices, which include further reading. New articles for this edition are: 'A Guide for Beginners', 'Links between British and American Families', 'Black and Asian Family History', and an extended feature on 'Names'.With handy research tips, a full background to the social history of communities and individuals, and a special updated appendix listing all national and local record offices with their contact details, this is an essential reference work for anyone looking for guidance on the availability of records and advice on how to approach genealogical research, as well as a fascinating read for anyone interested in the past.

ISBN 0199532982   Pages 704 ISBN13 9780199532988 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Oxford University Press   Weight (grammes) 1192 Imprint Oxford University Press   Published in Oxford Format Hardback   Series title Oxford Companions Publication date 09 Oct 2008   Height (mm) 241 Library of Congress CS414   Width (mm) 164 DEWEY 941.0072   Spine width (mm) 42 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Undergraduate, General

		Thematic Essays		1
		Family History		3
		Tracing a Family Tree: Getting Started by David Hey		3
		Surnames by David Hey		8
		Britain and America: A Common Heritage by George Redmonds		17
		African-Caribbean Genealogy by Guy Grannum		26
		South Asian Genealogy by Abi Husainy		33
		Family History by Anthony Camp		39
		Family and Society by Ralph Houlbrooke		47
		Local History		59
		The Antiquarian Tradition by David Hey		59
		Local and Regional History: Modern Approaches by David Hey		66
		Irish Local and Family History by Kevin Whelan		73
		Scottish Local and Family History by David Moody		81
		Welsh Local and Family History by D. Huw Owen		90
		Women Local and Family Historians by Joan Thirsk		100
		Landscape and Culture		111
		Place-Names by Margaret Gelling		111
		Landscape History: The Countryside by H. S. A. Fox		120
		Towns by David M. Palliser		130
		Domestic Buildings by Malcolm Airs		138
		Historic Churches by David Hey		147
		Popular Culture by Charles Phythian-Adams		156
		Folklore, Customs, and Civic Ritual by Charles Phythian-Adams		167
		Themes		177
		Population Levels and Trends by David Hey		177
		Agricultural History by David Hey		183
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