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Most family historians will agree that the Georgian period takes them out of their comfort zone. However, as John Wintrip reassures us, there are plenty of sources providing useful information in the period before civil registration. He is no stranger to the subject for he is a professional genealogist and author of the companion volume entitled Tracing Your Pre-Victorian Ancestors (Wintrip, 2017) (RR 2018/029) which examines research methodology.
A thoughtful introduction sets the scene and discusses likely problems that family historians may encounter, such as the change to the Gregorian calendar in 1752. This requires vigilance in...
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