Tracing Your Ancestors’ Childhood

Tracing Your Ancestors

by Sue Wilkes

Every family historian has child ancestors, and childhood experiences and records are an essential aspect of research into a past life. That is why Sue Wilkes s detailed and accessible handbook is such a useful guide for anyone who is trying to find out about the early years of their forbears. In Tracing Your Ancestors Childhood, she explores the history of childhood and education and brings together information about relevant records and archives into one handy reference guide. She outlines ancestors childhood experiences at home, school, work and in institutions, especially during Victorian times.In the opening chapter, she reviews basic family history sources, and then she discusses records of childhood in detail. Specialist archives, published sources, recommended reading and other resources and documents are covered. She focuses primarily on England and Wales and covers the years 1750 1950. The second part of her book is a directory of archives and specialist repositories. Databases of children s societies, useful genealogy websites, and places to visit which bring the social history of childhood to life are all included.

Genres: Nonfiction

224 pages, Paperback

First published September 19, 2013

About the author

Sue Wilkes has lived in Cheshire with her family since 1981. She grew up in Salford, just as many of the great relics of the Industrial Revolution were being demolished. Her grandfather and great-grandfather were Lancashire miners. Her great-grandmother was a mill-worker, and her grandmother was a weaver at a mill.
Sue is a regular contributor to print and online magazines in the UK and USA. She is a fact-checker for a UK history magazine. Sue is married, with two children, and is a member of the Society of Authors.