Tracing your Birmingham ancestors : a guide for family historians
Birmingham, the cradle of the industrial revolution and the world's first manufacturing town, is an important focus for many family historians who will find that their trail leads through it. Rural migrants, Quakers, Jews, Irish, Italians, and more recently people from the Caribbean, South Asia and China have all made Birmingham their home. This vibrant history is reflected in the city's rich collections of records, and Michael Sharpe's handbook is the ideal guide to them. He introduces readers to the wealth of information available, providing an essential guide for anyone researching the history of the city or the life of an individual ancestor. His work addresses novices and experienced researchers alike and offers a compendium of sources from legal and ecclesiastical archives, to the records of local government, employers, institutions, clubs, societies and schools. Accessible, informative and extensively referenced, it is the perfect companion for research in Britain's second city.
Record details
- ISBN: 1473833442
- ISBN: 9781473833449
- Physical Description: 181 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Barnsley : Pen & Sword Family History, 2015.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: the workshop of the world -- 1. The city and its people -- 2. Church and politics -- 3. City of a thousand trades: industry -- 4. Transport -- 5. Education, health and institutions -- 6. Law and order -- 7. Migration and housing -- 8. Entertaining the town: leisure time -- 9. Before industry -- 10. Birminham at war -- Annex 1. Timeline of Brimingham genealogy -- Annex 2. Directory of archives and resources. |
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Subject: | Genealogy. Birmingham (England) > Genealogy. Genealogy. England > Birmingham. |
Genre: | Genealogy. |
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