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Arthur J. Willis.
Genealogy for Beginners; second edition.
Published Chichester: Phillimore, 1969 (previous edition was Ernest Benn, 1955).
[No ISBN].
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printer: the Pitman Press, Bath.
Size: 142x221x15mm.
Page count: text 183pp; plates 8pp; 4 foldouts.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: the dustjacket on this copy is rubbed and ragged; boards somewhat bumped and discoloured at the edges and corners; foxing to the page edges, extending inside in places; previous owner’s name on the front endpaper, and at least 8 pages have some marks in the margins, ink and pencil.

This item £2.50
plus P&P £3.00 within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

Weight without packaging: 389g.

How to order this book

Emphasis post-medieval, but the principles outlined are mostly good for earlier periods.

Contents: How to begin; Keeping records of searches; Parish registers; Other parish records; Wills & administrations; Public Record Office; Society of Genealogists' Library; British Museum Library; Other libraries; Ecclesiastical records; Other evidences; A bibliography for beginners; Regnal years; Some problems solved; Conclusions; A genealogical adventure [describes the author’s researches into his own family].
Appendix: foot of a fine.

Illustrations: 8 pages of monochrome plates
Maps & plans: 1

Notes: none
Genealogies: 3
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 8pp, annotated, but references are given in short form
Indexes: general; table of statutes

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