Family History Publications

Family History for Beginners

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Advanced Family History

A pack of 16 leaflets to help researchers take their investigation further, and add greater detail and interest to their Family History, plus a helpful introduction and booklist.

Family History Packs

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Guide to Sources No.1 - Parish Registers and Bishops' Transcripts

 Download Guide to Sources No.1 - Parish Registers (285kb)

Guide to Sources No.2 - Nonconformist Registers

This guide lists the Nonconformist registers of births, baptisms, marriages and burials held at Staffordshire Record Office, Lichfield Record Office and Stoke on Trent City Archives. It also indicates which registers are available on microform.

Format: A4 paperback
Pages: 30
Publisher: Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Archive Service

Index of Parish, Nonconformist and Roman Catholic Register Transcripts

An index of transcripts held in the offices of the Archive Service and the William Salt Library.

Format: A4 bound leaflet
Pages: 40
Publisher: Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Archive Service

Registration Districts

This leaflet provides a list of Staffordshire Registration Districts, sub-districts and constituent parishes and townships. It has been recently revised to include an alphabetical listing of townships.

Format: A4 leaflet
Pages: 16
Publisher: Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Archive Service

Staffordshire Census Returns available in Libraries and Local Studies Centres

This is a list showing the local availability of census returns for Staffordshire in microform format.

Format: A4 leaflet
Pages: 12
Publisher: Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Archive Service

Places in Peculiar Jurisdictions within the Diocese of Lichfield

This is a list of places exempt from diocesan jurisdiction: an invaluable aid to using other peculiar records.

Format: A4 leaflet
Pages: 12
Publisher: Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Archive Service

Writing Up Your Family History  (John Titford, 2003, reprinted 2005)

This book explains how to turn your research notes into a published work, looking at writing, illustrating and printing it along the way.

Format: A5 Paperback
Pages: 128
Publisher: Countryside Books

The Female Line  (Margaret Ward, 2003, reprinted 2005)

This illustrated book looks at tracing your female ancestors, an area often overlooked in Family History. Covering the main sources, the book also examines the lives and roles of female forebears.

Format: A5 paperback
Pages: 176
Publisher: Countryside Books

Tracing Ancestors in North Staffordshire (H. Eva Beech, 2000)

This is a useful source for Family Historians, especially those with links to North Staffordshire. It includes maps and illustrations.

Format: A5 paperback
Pages: 48
Publisher: Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry

Air Force Record for Family Historians (William Spencer, 2000)

This book is a useful guide for family historians wishing to trace the records of ancestors who served in Britain's Air Force.

Tracing Your Naval Ancestors (Bruno Pappalardo, 2000)

This is a useful source guide to records of the Royal Navy held at the National Archives. Among the subjects explored is the history and organization of the Royal Navy, service records and pension records.

Tracing Your Second World War Ancestors (Simon Fowler, 2006)

This book explores the sources available to Family Historians in their search for ancestors who lived through this momentous event.

Army Service Records of the First World War  (William Spencer, 2001)

This third, expanded edition examines the sources available for ancestors who served in the British and Dominion Forces between 1914 and 1918.

Format: Paperback, 24.5cm x 19cm
Pages: 120
Publisher: The Public Record Office

Staffordshire Advertiser - Index to Births, Marriages and Deaths 1795-1820

This is a facsimile reproduction of the first volume of the Index, the original of which is held at the William Salt Library. The Index is arranged alphabetically by surname.

The Parish Chest (W. E. Tate, reprint 1983)

This is the third edition of W.E. Tate's classic study of "Parish Chest" records - those generated by the church and its administration, and a useful source for Family History.

£20.00
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A List of Families in the Archdeaconry of Stafford, 1532-3  (Ann J. Kettle, 1976, reprinted 2008)

Transcribed from a unique document at Lichfield Record Office, this book lists some 51,000 Staffordshire people five years before the earliest parish register. This is a fascinating and invaluable source for family and local historians.

Format: Paperback, 22cm x 15.5cm
Pages: 242
Publisher: Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Archive Service