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Tracing Your Family History in Hertfordshire This practical and comprehensive guide provides an introduction to family historians to trace their ancestors in Hertfordshire. Every aspect of our ancestors' lives has been considered, from their birth and baptism to their death and burial. Examples of source material, together with photographs and drawings from the collections at Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies, illustrate the text. The book is thematic in approach, the chapters incorporating related material on subjects as broad as military ancestors and the poor and the sick. In each chapter a brief background to the subject is followed by a description of the kind of records you can expect to find, including their usefulness to family historians, and details of where those records are held. The emphasis is on sources available in Hertfordshire, and particularly those held in the Family History Centre at Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies (HALS) in Hertford, but other sources are also covered. A wealth of experience from family historians and the staff at HALS is passed on in the form of tips and vital information. Appendices have been used to provide useful addresses and websites, and also to list in detail the availability of essential sources such as parish registers and other records, nonconformist registers, and the whereabouts of wills before 1858. This should be of interest to anyone researching their Hertfordshire ancestors.

Population, Economy and Family Structure in Hertfordshire in 1851: St.Albans and Its Region v. 2 This title is the second volume in a series based on the work of the University of Hertfordshire Centre for Regional and Local History which with the help of local historians and genealogists has computerized the records for the 167,298 individuals recorded as living in Hertfordshire in the 1851 Census. In addition to the detailed study of the city of St Albans itself, this second volume in the 12-volume series covers the surrounding hamlets of Sleapshyde, Smallford, Tyttenhanger, the Colneys, Bricket Wood, Park Street, Frogmore and Leverstock Green, and the neighbouring villages of Harpenden, Redbourn, Sandridge and Wheathampstead, a total population of 17,991. Part One presents an historical analysis of the census, covering topics such as population, age, sex and marital structure, cottage industries, the straw and Brazilian hat trade, the employment of women and children, regional farming economy, migration, and the composition of the family and household. It pays particular attention to the urban/rural contrasts that existed within an essentially symbiotic relationship. Part Two contains the census returns themselves. This data provides opportunities for further historical analysis, some insights into the circumstances of particular individuals and their families, and should be of interest to both the family historian and genealogist.

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