Tracing Your Ancestors' Parish Records: A Guide for Family and Local Historians

Parish records are essential sources for family and local historians, and Stuart Raymond’s handbook is an invaluable guide to them. He explores and explains the fascinating and varied historical and personal information they contain. His is the first thoroughgoing survey of these resources to be published for over three decades.

In a concise, easy—to—follow text he describes where these important records can be found and demonstrates how they can be used. Records relating to the poor laws,...