Dimensions
190 x 250 x 20mm
About two-thirds of this book deals with the social and historical background and the subject matter of English genealogy. The remaining third is concerned with the study, literature and the techniques of the subject relating to the recorded evidence. Having shaken off its snobbish image, genealogy now concerns itself more with the roots of ?everyman?. ?The dynamic portraiture of a people, tracing the growth and decline not only of families but of classes and callings.? The Times
