Genealogy Books and Aids
- A family history kit is available from S&N which includes three books on research (How to research your family history, Young Persons Guide, Computer Aided Genealogy), three A2 Colour charts including the 'Ancestral Oak' and research aides. Everything you need to research and present your work. It comes in a large parchment style tube making it an ideal gift for oneself or others. £12.95 inc.
June 1997 Family Tree Magazine Review of Family History Kit
- "This basic kit is ideal for the person who wants to try to research their own family history and contains everything needed to get underway." "I would thoroughly recommend it to someone about to start their own research and it would also make an original gift idea."
- 'How to research your family history' - J.Watkinson' £3.95 inc. P&P
This book describes all the sources for researching genealogy in the U.K. It gives practical information about how to go about creating a family history and drawing up trees manually or by computer.
- The Family History Activity Book - A young persons guide to genealogy. £2.95
This book will create an interest in Family history in the 7 to 14 age group. It includes a Family Tree Kit, and projects such as designing a family seal, making a quill pen and how to write in gothic script. This will help to create an interest in your family history in young members of the family.
- Internet for Genealogy - David Hawgood £2.60 inc.P&P
A practical guide showing what genealogists can obtain from the Internet, with examples and addresses.
- Computer Aided Genealogy - Nigel Bayley £4.95
A guide to using Computer Software for Family History. This book was recently reviewed in Family Tree Magazine by David Hawgood "I recommend it to anyone considering buying a genealogy package, and also anyone who has used one package for a few years and wants to know what developments have been made in genealogy software.". The book also contains a discount voucher against software.
- Netting Your Ancestors - A guide to research using the Internet. Cyndi Howells £12.99
- GEDCOM Data Transfer - David Hawgood £3.50
- Making the most of Brother's Keeper - Joe Houghton - £5.50
- Genealogy on the Internet - Joe Houghton - £5.50
- Spreadsheet Family Trees - Guy Lawton £3.50
- Record Offices and how to find them - Gibson £3
- Dating Old Photographs £4.50
- An Introduction to Irish Research - Bill Davis £6
- Tracing your Scottish Ancestors - FFHS - £6.95
- Scottish Roots - FFHS - £5.95
- Marriage, Census and other Indexes £3
- Beginning your Family History - George Pelling £3.75
- All book prices are inclusive of P&P for orders outside the U.K. please add £1 for extra P&P.
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The Ancestral Oak
Our Colour A2 Chart is ideal for recording your Pedigree. It also makes the perfect gift at only £4 inc U.K.. and £4.95 for Europe. (This item is included in the Family History Kit.)