he web is a wonderful thing! And thanks to digitisation, census schedules and most parish registers – two of the basic genealogical sources – are now available online for researchers everywhere. Libraries are wonderful too, and are the place to turn for printed collections of other records. That does not, however, mean that all genealogical sources have been digitised or printed. Far from it. County archives/record offices hold many more documents than are ever likely to be digitised or printed. If you are serious about tracing your family history, you really need to visit a record office. Before you do, of course, you
