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Oxford companion to family and local history / edited by David Hey.
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Oxford Reference Online Premium Collection- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Great Britain--Genealogy--Encyclopedias.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--History, Local--Encyclopedias.
- Genre:
- Encyclopedias.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxxix, 661 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Other Title:
- Companion to family and local history
- Family and local history
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This bestselling guide is helpful for anyone wishing to learn more about his or her ancestors. Written by a leading expert on family history, it offers authoritative advice on tracing your family tree and suggests ways of broadening your research.
- Contents:
- Thematic Essays
- Family History
- Tracing a Family Tree: Getting Started / David Hey
- Surnames / David Hey
- Britain and America: A Common Heritage / George Redmonds
- African-Caribbean Genealogy / Guy Grannum
- South Asian Genealogy / Abi Husainy
- Family History / Anthony Camp
- Family and Society / Ralph Houlbrooke
- Local History
- The Antiquarian Tradition / David Hey
- Local and Regional History: Modern Approaches / David Hey
- Irish Local and Family History / Kevin Whelan
- Scottish Local and Family History / David Moody
- Welsh Local and Family History / D. Huw Owen
- Women Local and Family Historians / Joan Thirsk
- Landscape and Culture
- Place-Names / Margaret Gelling
- Landscape History: The Countryside / H.S.A. Fox
- Towns / David M. Palliser
- Domestic Buildings / Malcolm Airs
- Historic Churches / David Hey
- Popular Culture / Charles Phythian-Adams
- Folklore, Customs, and Civic Ritual / Charles Phythian-Adams
- Themes
- Population Levels and Trends / David Hey
- Agricultural History / David Hey
- Industrial History / David Hey
- Labour History / John L. Halstead
- The Poor / David Hey
- Central Government, Courts, and Taxation / R.W. Hoyle
- Local Government / R.W. Hoyle
- Education / David Hey
- The Twentieth Century / Brian M. Short
- A-Z
- App. Record Offices and Special Collections.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780191735042
- 0191735043
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