Birth, Marriage and Death Records : A Guide for Family Historians

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Annal, David.

Contributor:

Collins, Audrey.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--Archival resources--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Great Britain--Genealogy--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Registers of births, etc. -- Great Britain--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Registers of births, etc--Great Britain--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Registers of births, etc.

Great Britain.

Local Subjects:

Great Britain--Archival resources--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Great Britain--Genealogy--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Registers of births, etc. -- Great Britain--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Birth, Marriage and Death Records

Place of Publication:

: Pen and Sword, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Birth, marriage and death records are an essential resource for family historians, and this handbook is an authoritative introduction to them. It explains the original motives for registering these milestones in individual lives, describes how these record-keeping systems evolved, and shows how they can be explored and interpreted. Authors David Annal and Audrey Collins guide researchers through the difficulties they may encounter in understanding the documentation. They recount the history of parish registers from their origin in Tudor times, they look at how civil registration was organized

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1: Parish Registers, Part 1: �Every Weddyng Christenyng and Buryeng�""; ""Chapter 2: Parish Registers, Part 2: �A True and Just Account . . . of All Sorts of Persons within the Commonwealth�""; ""Chapter 3: Parish Registers, Part 3: �The Imperfect Method . . . Generally Pursued�""; ""Chapter 4: Civil Registration, Part 1: �A Complete Register of the Births, Deaths and Marriages of His Majesty�s Subjects in England�""

""Chapter 5: Civil Registration, Part 2: �It is Expedient to Amend the Acts Relating to the Registration of Births and Deaths in England�""""Chapter 6: Civil Registration, Part 3: �Indexes of the Registers to be Made and Kept in the General Register Office�""; ""Chapter 7: Nonconformist Registers: �That All Registers and Records Deposited in the General Register Office by Virtue of this Act Shall be Receivable in Evidence in all Courts of Justice�""; ""Quakers""; ""Presbyterians, Congregationalists and Baptists""; ""Methodists""; ""Other Protestant Denominations""

""Roman Catholics""""Non-parochial Registers""; ""Other Registers""; ""Chapter 8: Overseas and at Sea: �Any Child of an English Parent Born at Sea on Board of a British Vessel�""; ""Chapter 9: Military Sources: �The Registration of Deaths, Births and Marriages Among Officers and Soldiers of Her Majesty�s Land Forces�""; ""Chapter 10: Scotland: �A Complete and Uniform System of Registration of Births, Deaths, and Marriages Should be Established and Maintained in Scotland�""

""Chapter 11: Ireland: �A Complete System of Registration of Births and Deaths Should be Established in Ireland�""""Chapter 12: The Channel Islands and the Isle of Man""; ""Channel Islands""; ""The Isle of Man""; ""Chapter 13: Divorce: �Every Person Seeking a Decree of Nullity of Marriage, or a Decree of Judicial Separation, or a Dissolution of Marriage�""; ""Chapter 14: Adoption: �The Registrar-General Shall Establish and Maintain a Register to be Called the Adopted Children Register�""; ""England and Wales""; ""Scotland""; ""Northern Ireland""; ""Republic of Ireland""

""Chapter 15: Unexpected Sources""""Chapter 16: Accessing the Records""; ""Civil Registration""; ""Online Access""; ""Parish Registers""; ""Nonconformist and Other Registers""; ""Roman Catholic Records""; ""Jewish Records""; ""Appendix: The Legislation""; ""Bibliography""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-78340-408-6

1-78346-136-5

OCLC:

854974633