The Beginner's Guide to Tracing Your Roots 2nd Edition

A four-year diary of the author, which takes the reader through the frustrating and all consuming obsession of tracing one's family history.

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The author's four-year diary takes the reader through the exciting, frustrating and all consuming obsession that is tracing your family history.

Contents: Acknowlegements; Introduction; 1. The beginning; 2. Discovering the Census; 3. On a roll; 4. Back on the case; 5. Where are you, Maggie?; 6. The workhouse; 7. Meet the Pudwines; 8. Looking for william; 9. French ancestors; Epilogue; Tips worth remembering; Family trees; Outline of the life of Martino Marelli; Useful research resources.