Unearthing family tree mysteries / Ruth A. Symes.

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TitleUnearthing family tree mysteries / Ruth A. Symes.Alternative titleStories from your family tree. Researching ancestory within living memoryDescriptionThe intriguing characters in these real family history mysteries include an agricultural labourer who left secrets behind in Somerset when he migrated to Manchester, a working-class woman who bafflingly lost ten of her fourteen children in infancy, a miner who purportedly went to 'live with the Red Indians' and a merchant prince of the Empire who was rumoured to have two wives. This book shows how a variety of sources including birth, marriage and death certificates, censuses, newspaper reports, passports, recipe books, trade directories, diaries and passenger lists were all used to uncover more, and how much can be detected by setting the characters from your family tree in their proper historical backgrounds.Personal authorSymes, Ruth A., authorImprintBarnsley, England : Pen & Sword History, [2016]; Â©2016.LanguageEnglishDate2016-2016Collationix, 198 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.ISBN9781473862944Bib. formatBooksNotesThis book is an updated edition of Ruth Symes' previous book, titled Stories From Your Family Tree: Researching Ancestors Within Living Memory (2008).; Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-192) and index.

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Library of Congress (keywords)Symes, Ruth A. -- FamilyGenealogyGreat Britain -- GenealogyGreat Britain -- Social conditionsGreat Britain -- History

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