DISCOVER YOUR FAMILY HISTORY DVD: A detailed guide to discovering the secrets of everyone s family past, introduced by HRH Prince Michael of Kent. Co-produced by the world s leading family history research organisation, the London-based Society of Genealogists, Discover Your Family History is a comprehensive, step-by-step guide. The DVD is perfect for anyone who wants to delve into their genealogy and needs to know precisely how to get started. Beginning with information from an individual s own relatives it takes the researcher on a journey through the basics of Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths), Census returns, Parish Registers, Local and National Record Offices, the International Genealogical Index (the Mormon Church collections) and much more. It also provides a tour of the Society of Genealogists own unique London library, filled with more useful and exclusive information on the subject than anywhere else in the world. DISCOVER YOUR FAMILY HISTORY LITTLE BOOK: Who at some time or other hasn t wanted to know more about where they came from? Family history has traditionally been handed down from generation to generation but there is now an amazing amount of archive material to be found on the internet: the trick is to know how and where to look. Discover Your Family History, written by genealogy enthusiast Chris Mason, shows you how to dig deep into the roots of your own family tree using web-sites and national genealogy societies. Written from a practical viewpoint it is packed full with examples of birth and death certificates, census material and real-life histories. This brilliantly researched book is your key to the past and will inspire anyone who wants to know more about their ancestors. Genealogy is habit formed so be warned, there is always more to discover!
