Tracing German Speaking Ancestors

Description

Research Guide No. 2 - 7th edition (November 2011). A beginner's guide to researching German ancestry from UK, designed for newcomers to the hobby. Contains an outline history on why Germans came to UK; details of the main British records to use and where to find them; when civil registration started in Germany; draft letters on German to use in writing to Germany; and advice on basic German sources. NB More detailed advice is given in An Introduction to Tracing Your German Ancestors, by Peter Towey, listed in page 5. The books were designed to be complementary and there is little overlap. 48 pages (A5).