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    Aug 24, 2021 4 minutes

    OUR VILLAGE ANCESTORS

    A GENEALOGIST’S GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING THE ENGLISH RURAL PAST

    Helen Osborn Robert Hale, 192 pages, £15.99

    Anyone who has rural ancestors will find this book enlightening. Aimed mainly at genealogists, it will also be of interest to a local historian keen to find out more about life in rural communities, from the Tudor times when most of our ancestors lived in rural areas, up to the early 20th century.

    The book addresses two important topics. Firstly, it places our rural ancestors fairly and squarely in their contemporary environment, explaining both historical and geographical influences. Secondly, it describes and explains the research methodology using relevant

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