Grow Your Own Family Tree Penguin Books
This book shows you how you can trace your ancestors in England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. I also cover the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
Grow Your Own Family Tree was one of Family History Monthly‘s Top Ten Books of 2008: “Alan Stewart goes above and beyond here, providing much more than the usual basic information.”
The full list of chapters is:
Introduction
1. Gathering it all together
2. Archives and libraries in Britain and Ireland
PART ONE: Family Roots
Britain and Ireland
3. General historical introduction
England and Wales
4. Historical introduction
5. Births, marriages and deaths
6. Census returns
7. Parish and other church registers
8. Wills and administrations
9. More sources for Welsh ancestry
10. Example English county: Cornwall
Scotland
11. Historical introduction
12. Births, marriages, deaths and census returns
13. Parish and other church registers
14. Wills and inventories
15. Records online
Ireland
16. Historical introduction
17. Births, marriages, deaths and census returns
18. Church registers and wills
Isle of Man and Channel Islands
19. Manx and Channel Islands records
PART TWO: Extra Branches
20. Immigration to Britain and Ireland
21. Emigration from Britain and Ireland to the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa
22. The East India Company
23. Records of the British Army, Royal Navy, Royal Marines and Royal Air Force
24. Military records and memorials online
25. Electoral rolls
26. Background information
27. Online family history portals
28. Making contact with your cousins online
29. Family history societies
Conclusion: the past, present and future of family history
Appendices
A. Free online family history resources and information
B. Pay-per-view/subscription charges for online databases, fees for certificates and charges for genetic tests
C. British and Irish website addresses
D. Addresses of family history societies
E. Addresses of major archives and libraries in Britain and Ireland
F. Addresses of LDS Family History Centres in Britain and Ireland
G. Addresses of Irish Genealogical Research Centres
Select bibliography
Index
