Tracing your Yorkshire Ancestors on the Internet: A Guide For Family Historians

Bellerby, Rachel

Parenting & Relationships

Pen and Sword Family History

Explore the lives of your ancestors in the ‘city of 1,000 trades’ in this family and local history guide, dedicated to the city of Leeds. Learn how to find out more about the streets where your ancestors lived, where they would have gone to school and church and chapel, how they’d have spent their leisure time, what life would have been like for immigrants in the city, and discover more about the different trades in which your family members were involved. Leeds is home to many different archives and collections, from records of major companies such as Joshua Tetley &amp; Sons, Burtons Tailors and Marks &amp; Spencers, to street plans, photo collections and records of theaters and football clubs. Rachel Bellerby’s handbook shows you how to get started with your research, building up an intriguing and colorful record of the city that your ancestors called home. It is an essential guide for anyone living in Leeds or with family connections to the city.

Tracing Your Leeds Ancestors: A Guide for Family Historians (Tracing your Ancestors)

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This fully revised second edition of Rachel Bellerby’s best-selling guide is essential reading if you want to find out about your Yorkshire ancestors. As well as tracing when your ancestors were born, married and died, she shows you how can explore how they lived, worked and spent their leisure time.She introduces readers to the many sources that hold a wealth of information about Yorkshire's past, and describes the records you can find in archives and online which will bring your research to life. Whatever you would like to discover more about, from fairground travelers to Romany gypsies, from working deep underground in a mine to making a living from the North Sea, there is so much to learn.The many different archives that welcome family history researchers are explored here and explained. A new chapter covering the growing number of Yorkshire family history websites has been added along with a range of new illustrations. The contact details of the sources listed in the first edition of the book have been revised and new sources and relevant organizations have been added.Dozens of places, from tiny museum archives to large research centers, are open for your research, and a wealth of information is now accessible through the internet. Tracing your Yorkshire ancestors has never been more exciting.

Tracing Your Yorkshire Ancestors: A Guide for Family Historians - Second Edition (Tracing your Ancestors)

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Genealogy

If you want to find out about your Yorkshire ancestors, you can visit the many unusual and fascinating archives in England's largest county. As well as tracing when your ancestors were born, married and died, you can explore how they lived, how they spent their leisure time and what their home life was like. Rachel Bellerby's invaluable guide will introduce you to places that hold a wealth of information about Yorkshire's past, and the records you find in these archives will bring your research to life. Whatever you would like to discover more about, from fairground travelers to Romany gypsies, from working deep underground in a mine to making a living from the North Sea, there is so much to learn. The many different archives that welcome family history researchers are explored here and explained. Often these archives are overlooked, yet they contain revealing information about the people who called Yorkshire their home. Dozens of places, from tiny museum archives to large research centers, are open for your research. Tracing your Yorkshire ancestors has never been more exciting. REVIEWS "This is an excellent book for those with Yorkshire connections,but also appropriate for those elsewhere needing ideas on how to put English Ancestors into context." Federation of Genealogical Societies Forum, Fall 2007

Tracing Your Yorkshire Ancestors (Tracing your Ancestors)

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