Welsh Family History A Guide To Research

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Welsh Family History
A Guide to Research. Second Edition
John Rowlands and Sheila Rowlands, eds.
Softbound   volume totaling
325
pages. Book is in new  condition. Per the publisher.
This handbook on Welsh genealogy deals primarily with those  aspects of family history research that are unique to Wales. Originally  published by the Association of Family History Societies of Wales, it is  considered the best book ever written on Welsh genealogy. It is certainly a very  comprehensive handbook, with over twenty chapters treating the essential  elements of Welsh genealogy. Each of the chapters is written by a specialist and  is designed to guide the reader through the pitfalls and challenges of Welsh  family history research. Chapters include: Archives in Wales, Family History  Societies of Wales, Parish Registers, Civil Registration and the Census,  Nonconformity, Surnames of Wales, Place Names, Basic Welsh for Family  Historians, the IGI for Wales, Estate Records, Maritime Records, Wills,  Education, and Parochial Records, Court Records, and Manuscript and Printed  Pedigrees.
For this new second edition, each author was given the  opportunity to update his or her text in the light of recent developments,  particularly in the area of local government and archives. While this has led to  significant changes in a number of chapters, the aims and objectives of the  first edition have been carefully preserved.
EDITORIAL REVIEWS
"If I had Welsh ancestry, I would want this book."--FEDERATION OF GENEALOGICAL  SOCIETIES FORUM, Vol. 7, No. 2, p. 23.
"It is an excellent addition to foreign research manuals."--AMERICAN REFERENCE  BOOKS ANNUAL (1995), p. 205.
"Readers with 18th and 19th century Welsh ancestry will find this book to be of  immense value in providing necessary background information...Highly  recommended."--THE NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD, Vol. 125, No.  4.
"This book is strongly recommended as an educational tool for genealogists who  work at broadening their knowledge of research, as well as an essential guide  for anyone who has difficult Welsh lines or plans a trip to Wales itself."
--NATIONAL  GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY, Vol. 82, No. 3.
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Michigan Military Records
The D.A.R. of Michigan Historical Collections: Records of the Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Michigan; the Pensioners of Territorial Michigan; and the Soldiers of Michigan Awarded the "Medal of Honor"
Softbound volume totaling
244
pages. Book is in new condition. Just what you need for genealogy research. Per the publisher.
The major portion of this valuable source is devoted to a listing of Revolutionary soldiers buried in Michigan, giving for each soldier: his full name, date of birth, and date and place of death and burial; parents' names; names of wife and her parents and the wife's date and place of birth and death; names of children and their dates of birth; a record of Revolutionary War service; and a variety of biographical information. The section devoted to Michigan pensioners includes such information as the pensioner's rank, when placed on the pension roll, service, commencement of pension, allowances and sums received, applicable pension act, important editorial notes referring to biographical and genealogical data, and so on.
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