Tracing Your Lancashire Ancestors

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Tracing Your Lancashire Ancestors

Tracing Your Lancashire Ancestors
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Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Total Pages : 325
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ISBN-10 : 9781783035649
ISBN-13 : 1783035641
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Book Synopsis Tracing Your Lancashire Ancestors by : Sue Wilkes

Download or read book Tracing Your Lancashire Ancestors written by Sue Wilkes and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2013-01-19 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you want to find out about Lancashires history, and particularly if you have family links to the area and your ancestors lived or worked in the county, then this is the ideal book for you. As well as helping you to trace when and where your ancestors were born, married and died, it gives you an insight into the world they knew and a chance to explore their lives at work and at home.Sue Wilkess accessible and informative handbook outlines Lancashires history and describes the origins of its major industries - cotton, coal, transport, engineering, shipbuilding and others. She looks at the stories of important Lancashire families such as the Stanleys, Peels and Egertons, and famous entrepreneurs such as Richard Arkwright, in order to illustrate aspects of Lancashire life and to show how the many sources available for family and local history research can be used. Relevant documents, specialist archives and libraries, background reading and other sources are recommended throughout this practical book. Also included is a directory of Lancashire archives, libraries and academic repositories, as well as databases of family history societies, useful genealogy websites, and places to visit which bring Lancashires past to life. Sue Wilkess book is the essential companion for anyone who wants to discover their Lancashire roots.


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