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Family History - Next Steps
Specialist Research
Localising Your Ancestor
If your search has gone cold, you might pick up fresh leads in your local archive. By Else Churchill.
- What's Been Done Before? by Else Churchill
- Using Libraries by Else Churchill
- 19th Century Immigration by Else Churchill
- Directories and Periodicals by Else Churchill
- Church Courts by Else Churchill
- 17th and 18th Century Sources by Else Churchill
- Crime by Dr Nick Barratt
- Family Secrets by Dr Nick Barratt
- Nations and Regions by Dr Nick Barratt
- Professions by Dr Nick Barratt
- Representation by Dr Nick Barratt
International Research
Tracing your Asian roots in Britain
Find out how to investigate your Asian family history using British archive sources
- Tracing your Asian roots on the Indian subcontinent - Find out how to investigate your Asian family history in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka
- Researching African-Caribbean Family History - Tracing your family history back to the Caribbean, by Guy Grannum
- Africa - Uncovering the history of your African ancestors.
- India - Researching your Indian family origins.
- The Far East - Uncovering your Far East family history.
- European Migration by Dr Nick Barratt
- The British Overseas by Else Churchill
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