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Family Tree Magazine September 2016

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Family Tree Magazine July 2016

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Family Tree June 2016

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Family Tree Magazine May 2016

A mix of family and social history covering the period 1800 to 1950, with an extensive bibliography.

B&A FHS Journal No. 163

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Family Tree - March 2016

This book is both a social history of the period 1800-1950 and a practical guide on how to set about tracing and better understanding the relationships between members of your own family.

Antiques Diary, Spring 2016

This book is quite different - you should buy it, read it thoroughly, and let it reshape and inspire your ideas about your own family history... This is both an exciting historical exploration and an eminently practical manual that asks provocative questions and poses interesting challenges... Among its great strengths is that it takes current analyses and interpretations from academic historians, medical researches and sociologists, and presents them in a brilliantly accessible and comprehensible fashion... I have been a family historian for more than 40 years, and a professional historian for over 30, but as I read it I was constantly encountering new ways of looking at my family. It's a great book - essential reading I would say.

Who Do You Think You Are? - Alan Crosby

This is a fascinating mixture of social philosophy, exploring our ancestors' experiences from within (as much as we can), and new angles on research techniques.

Your Family Tree - February 2016

Familiarise yourself with the social context of the times in which your ancestors lived and the relationships they shared with regular Family Tree contributor Ruth Symes's latest book. Covering 1800 to 1950, you can read up on such gems as what a typical fatherhood was like, how first names were chosen for children, and commonly-held ideas about wives and mothers. Not simply a social history, this is also a practical guide to tracing your family relationships and contemporary attitudes, looking behind official personal records to bring the lives of our forebears into sharper focus.

Find out how you might identify an ancestor's missing father or godparents, why (and how) your relative survived multiple pregnancies, and whether your ancestor's position in the 'family pecking order' was significant. There's a rich seam of knowledge and know-how to tap into that should help you put flesh on the bones of names on your tree, and gain a better understanding of your ancestors' own relationships.

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