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Good Genealogy book?

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Sylvie

Sylvie Report 12 Oct 2003 15:06

Anyone got the title of a good basic genealogy - how to do it - for idiots? I think I must be one - I have about 6 brick walls! Sylvie

Researching:
Brown. Paddington, Marylebone, Westminster Middlesex

Patricia

Patricia Report 12 Oct 2003 15:21

The readers digest is fabulous it is very informative and gives you surgestions for everything, It is the only book i would recommend.

Kay

Kay Report 12 Oct 2003 17:10

I got one free with my Family Tree software...really good for beginners. Its called "How to research your Family Tree - Everything you'll need to know to get started" by Joanna Skelt. Also Practical Family History magazine is useful too. Kay

N

N Report 13 Oct 2003 09:58

I liked 'Who was your Granny's Granny' by Paul Blake and Audrey Collins. List price £7.99 Paperback 192 pages (21 May, 2003) Publisher: Foulsham; ISBN: 057202875X Synopsis: Genealogy made easy, exciting, sociable, inspiring and accessible to everyone. This fantastically useful new guide refreshingly side-steps the uninspiring tasks of traditional genealogical research. Beginning with mapping the immediate family in clear, easy steps, it opens up the subject to every reader. Packed with useful information and a common-sense approach, it advises on everything from websites to war records, how to organise research and the joy of knitting it all together. I borrowed mine from the library.

CelticShiv

CelticShiv Report 13 Oct 2003 10:07

It's not a book but it is a really good magazine, ith as helped me with my research already. Your Family Tree- Out once a month priced £4.99

Researching:
Ashford-Smith, Smith, Clarke - England and Scotland, Anderson & Marr - Midlothian & East Lothian, Bennett - Devonport, Catleugh & Shiells - East Lothian, Cullen & Dowling - Waterford, Ireland, Littlejohns - Plymouth & London, Mansfield - Benfleet & St Pancras, Michelin - London, Newlands - Midlothian & Fife, Paterson - Canongate, Midlothian, Paulin - Northumberland, Rutherford - Roxburghshire, Taylor - East Lothian & Berwickshire, Thomson - Leith & Muthill, Thorney - Herefordshire, Small - Northumberland,

Sylvie

Sylvie Report 13 Oct 2003 10:19

Thank you all

Researching:
Brown. Paddington, Marylebone, Westminster Middlesex

Maz (the Royal One) in the East End 9256

Maz (the Royal One) in the East End 9256 Report 19 Oct 2003 17:36

For your Xmas list - look at it in the library or Smith's - Ancestral Trails by Mark D Herber. Costs about £20 but covers EVERYTHING to do with British Genealogy. Maz. XX

Penny

Penny Report 19 Oct 2003 18:05

Highly recommend 'Succeeding in Family History, helpful Hints and time saving Tips by John Titford pricw £6.95 I bought this recently from a National Trust bookshop, it is fascinating I read it all in one go and now just look up when I have a problem with something. Penny

Rosalind in Madeira

Rosalind in Madeira Report 19 Oct 2003 18:27

Also by Jean Cole and John Titford I would recommend "Tracing You Family Tree", also "The Family and Local History Handbook" is very useful, and i will second Mark Herber's Ancestral Trails. Ros

Unknown

Unknown Report 19 Oct 2003 18:29

One that I find extremely useful is an American publication by Paul Milner and Linda Jonas, "Discovering your English Ancestors", a Betterway Books publication ISBN #1-55870-536-8. There's lots of information about civil registration and it's indexes, analysing civil registation, libraries and family history societies, parish registers and probate records and much more. It was US$18.99,(Ca$29.99), and I should imagine would be available on the internet, book stores in UK, or the library. Well worth looking for! Di.