296 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

1. Introduction: in pursuit of your family's past -- 2. You and your relatives -- 3. Compiling your family tree -- 4. Hunting for your ancestors' births, marriages and deaths: England and Wales -- 5. Hunting for your ancestors' births, marriages and deaths: The Channel Islands, Isle of Man, Scotland...

16. Tracking estates elsewhere in the British Isles, Ireland and United States of America -- 17. Fred Karno's Army -- 18. Called to account: writing up your family's history -- App. 1. A checklist of questions to ask your family -- App. 2. Abbreviations commonly used in compiling pedigrees.