Tracing Your Trade and Craftsmen Ancestors A Guide for Family Historians

Almost all of us have a tradesman or craftsman û a butcher, baker or candlestick maker û somewhere in our ancestry, and AdÞle EmmÆs handbook is the perfect guide to finding out about them û about their lives, their work and the world they lived in. She introduces the many trades and crafts, looks at their practices and long traditions, and identifies and explains the many sources you can go to in order to discover more about them and their families. - Chapters cover the guilds, the merchants, shopkeepers, builders, smiths and metalworkers, cordwainers and shoemakers, tailors and dressmakers, coopers, wheelwrights and carriage-makers, and a long list of other trades and crafts. The training and apprenticeships of individuals who worked in these trades and crafts are described, as are their skills and working conditions and the genealogical resources that preserve their history and give an insight into their lives. A chapter covers the general sources that researchers can turn to û the National Archives, the census, newspapers, wills, and websites û and gives advice on how to use them. - AdÞle EmmÆs introduction will be fascinating reading for anyone who is researching the social or family history of trades and crafts. -

ISBN:	9781473823624
Publisher:	Pen & Sword Family History
Imprint:	Pen & Sword Family History
Published date:	30 Apr 2015
DEWEY:	929.1
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	x, 214
Weight:	500g
Height:	237mm
Width:	160mm
Spine width:	15mm

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