Download or read book The Oxford Guide to Family History written by David Hey and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2002 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading family historian David Hey offers practical guidance on how to trace family origins through the basics of research - how to get started, where to find records, and how to decipher early styles of handwriting. He also uses social history to suggest where to begin this search: such as inthe networks of kinship and inheritance, and the stability or mobility of certain families. Containing more than a hundred black and white illustrations showing family groups, houses, monuments, archive records, and family trees, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in tracing theirlineage.