Who Do You Think You Are?

TRACING YOUR MARGINALISED ANCESTORS A GUIDE FOR FAMILY HISTORIANS

MARGINALISED ANCESTORS

Janet Few

Pen & Sword, 208 pages, £14.99

Many of us have disempowered ancestors in our family tree and it can be difficult to uncover information about their lives, because their paper trail is often limited. Tracing Your Marginalised Ancestors from regular Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine contributor Janet Few is a comprehensive and unique guide to discovering more about those individuals in the past who lived under the radar, due to social stigma, discrimination, intolerance or alienation.

Few's well-researched and sensitively written sourcebook discusses a wide range of thought-provoking and significant topics, including criminality; immigration and ethnicity; illegitimacy;

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