Product Description: Over the past 400 years thousands of people have moved to settle in Britain, and thousands more left its shores for life overseas. This practical and accessible guide shows how to explore migration records - and ancestors featured in them - through the wealth of records at The National Archives and elsewhere...read more

Deals with British social history and commonwealth history.

Describes how people have moved into, within and out of Britain from the sixteenth century. This book shows readers which records to consult to track down their mobile ancestors. The chapters are interwoven with practical features on issues that could drop up during research and case studies to illustrate the source.

This is a research guide for those tracing ancestors who came to Britain from overseas. Using case studies, the book guides readers through the records, including lists of arrivals, naturalization papers and records of religious dissenters.

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