Product Description

Are you curious to know what your village, town, or county was like many years ago? Do you wish to uncover the every day lives of your ancestors? This Oxford Companion gives the most detailed, authoritative, and useful guidance available today. Bringing together the very latest findings across a broad spectrum of related subjects the Companion provides:

Practical guidance: complete help on where to find and how to use documentary sources

Research tips: which books and journals to consult

Clarification of jargon: full explanation of technical terms that may puzzle beginners in the field

Comprehensive background: the full background to the social history of communities and individuals, including agriculture, industry and trade, buildings, popular culture, religions, and many more topics

Special records office appendix: an extensive information source to all the national and key county record offices, with addresses

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #731912 in Books
• Published on: 1998-04-09
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 527 pages

About the Author
David Hey is Professor of Local and Family History and Dean of the Faculty of Educational Studies at the University of Sheffield.