Media: BOOK - paperback 416 pages
Author: R. & E. Blatchford
Year: 2001

The 5th edition of this remarkable handbook. Well over half the content is taken up with articles covering a wide range of topics. The directory section is very comprensive. Though not all will be up to date

CONTENTS

Feature Articles

• Family & Local History - Alan Crosby
• Starting Out - A Beginners Guide to Family History - Doreen Hopwood
• There’s a whole world out there - Carolynn Boucher
• Catholics in England and Wales - What to read - Michael Gandy
• Newspapers for Family & Local Historians - Simon Fowler
• Criminal Ancestors - 17th to 19th Century Criminals Chapman County Codes - Colin Chapman
• Parish Registers - Pauline Litton
• Ag labs, fwks & other anachronisms - Kate Thompson
• The Coroners Courts - Doreen Hopwood
• Parliamentary Papers - Simon Fowler
• Apprenticeship and the new Poor Law - Kate Thompson
• Man of Kent or Kentish Man ? - Veronica Craig-Mair
• Drawing Up Your Family Tree - Marie Lynskey
• Identifying the Unknown - Audrey Linkman
• Plastic - that will do nicely ! - Colin Parkinson
• .... on the use and abuse of books - Sue Callaghan
• Clothing the Past - Jayne Shrimpton
• The Horwoods and the Pecks - Jill Groves
• Post Office Heritage - Andrew Perry
• York Minster Archives - a hidden treasure ? - Louise Hampson
• Lloyd’s Register of Shipping - Barbara Jones & Emma Taaffe
• Local Register Offices & Family History - Doreen Hopwood
• The Jewish Victorian and the Victorian Jews - Doreen Berger
• Serendipity - Cecil R Himphery-Smith
• Places of Belonging - Gabriel Alington
• Indexing Public Records The Public Record Office The Family Records Centre - Stuart Tamblin
• The Professional Genealogist - Cecil R Humphery-Smith
• Voices from the Past - Anne Batchelor
• Do I really need a Computer ? - David Tippey
• Registry of Shipping & Seamen - Neil Staples
• Special Collections in the Society of Genealogists - Sue Gibbons
• Ancestral Occupations; A guide to literature - Stuart A Raymond
• The National Library of Wales - Eirionedd A Baskerville
• A Walk on the Dark Side General Register Office for Scotland & Scots Origins - Eirionedd A Baskerville
• Digital Imaging of the 1891 Census for Scotland - Bruno Longmore David Brown
• The National Archives of Scotland -
• National Library of Scotland - Janice McFarlane
• Family History in Ayrshire - Jim Steel
• The Genealogy of Archives - Iain Flett
• The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland - Anne McVeigh
• National Library of Ireland - Colette O’Flaherty
• National Archives of Ireland The Church of Ireland - Genealogy and Family History Dublin Archives - Aideen M Ireland
• Irish Genealogical Project - Kathleen Neill
• Irish Genealogy in Review - Jim Ryan
• Census Returns in Canada - Sherry Irvine & Dave Obee
• New Zealand treasures await .... - Elizabeth K Parkes

• Local History
• The Grateful Thanks of Our Descendants
• Peter Christie Abiding Strength - Alan Crosby
• Late 20th Century Ritual Structure - Alan Crosby
• Babes and Sucklings - Alan Crosby
• Phoenix Revisited - Alan - Crosby
• Not So Empty Landscapes Alan Crosby All in a Norfolk Name - Alan Crosby
• Regional Perspectives - Alan Crosby
• The History of Our Own Times - Alan Crosby
• The Faversham Society - Arthur Percival
• Pembroke Dock - a 19th Century New Town - Basil H J Hughes
• Local History Societies - Listings
• Victoria County History - Dr Jane Batchelor
• Port Sunlight Village

Military History

• Imperial War Museum - Department of Printed Books
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• Civilian Roll of Honour
• National Inventory of War Memorials
• The National Army Museum - Julian Humphreys
• Imperial War Museum – North - Ann Carter
• Register of Men Fallen at Gallipoli 1915 - 1916
• White, Red & Blue or in Search of Heroes - Fred Feather
• Military & Regimental Museum – Listings

Family History Societies

• The Romany & Traveller Family History Society
• Doncaster & District Family History Society
• Weston Super Mare Family History Society
• Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society
• Central Scotland Family History Society
• Family History Societies - Advertising & Listings

Record Offices and Archives

• The Record office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland - Pat Grundy
• Lancashire Record Office - Bruce Jackson
• Central Index of Decrees Absolute The Land Registry - Ken Young
• Certificate Services – Southport - Carol M Clarke
• Probate Records - The Probate Service
• Probate Records in the Borthwick Institute - Professor D M Smith
• Record Offices & Archives - Listings

Libraries

• Libraries & Genealogical Research - Stuart A Raymond
• Libraries – Listings
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Ancestral Research

• Professional Researchers, Research & Support Services
• State Library of New South Wales, Australia
• The United States Library of Congress
• The National Archives United States of America
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
• Family History Centres

Registrars of Births Marriages & Deaths

• England
• Wales
• Scotland

Heritage Sites & Museums

• English Heritage
• CADW Welsh Heritage
• Historic Scotland
• Royal Armouries - Nicholas Boole
• Museums – Listings

Family History Fairs, Events Diary Jndex