Title Our Village Ancestors: A Genealogist's Guide to Understanding the English Rural Past
Author Helen Osborn
Publisher Crowood Press (UK), 2021
ISBN 0719814162, 9780719814167
Length 192 pages
Price on Amazon.ca $46.08
"This book will be a source of help for anybody researching their farming and countryside ancestors in England. Looked at through the lens of rural life, and specifically the English village, it provides advice and inspiration on placing rural people into their geographic and historical context. It covers the time from the start of parish registers in the Tudor world, when most of our ancestors worked on the land, until the beginning of the twentieth century when many had moved to the towns. Helen Osborn demonstrates how genealogical records are integral to their place of origin and can be illuminated using local newspaper reports, and the work of local historians. She explores the stories of people who lived in the countryside in the past, as told by the documents that record them, both rich and poor. The book will be particularly valuable to anyone who is looking for a deeper understanding of their family history, rather than simply collecting names on the tree."
Helen Osborn is the author of the popular Genealogy: Essential Research Methods, former proprietor of Pharos Tutors and a former featured lecturer at a BIFHSGO annual conference.
The publication date for this hardcover book, according to amazon.ca, is 28 June 2021. Strangely, it's not listed on the publisher's website.
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