RESOURCES

Take your research further

ARCHIVES British Library a

96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB w bl.uk

The library holds books, newspapers, journals, electoral registers and manuscripts.

The National Archives a

Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU w nationalarchives.gov.uk

TNA has a wealth of records created by central government.

BOOKS Ancestral Trails, 3rd Edition

by Mark D Herber Genealogical Publishing Co., 2009

This award-winning tome needs an update, but is still vital.

Who Do You Think You Are? The Genealogy Handbook

by Dan Waddell

BBC Books, 2018

This practical pocket guide is packed with hints and tips.

WEBSITES Ancestry

w ancestry.co.uk

Ancestry has unique datasets from the London Metropolitan Archives, Dorset History Centre, Lancashire Archives and the West Yorkshire Archive Service, and smaller bodies like the Institution of Civil Engineers.

Findmypast

w findmypast.co.uk Partnerships have been forged with archives in Westminster, Hertfordshire, Cheshire, Lincolnshire, and North and East Yorkshire, as well as the British Library and the Families In British India Society (FIBIS).