Books

Drake, M. (ed) Time, Family and Community: perspectives on family and community history (Oxford: Blackwell, 1998).
A volume of essays that sets family and community history in context to develop a wider understanding of historical patterns and interactions.

Davidoff, L., Doolittle, M., Fink, J. and Holden, K. The Family Story: blood, contract and intimacy, 1830-1960, (London: Longman 1999).
This study looks at dimensions of family life which are often overlooked by historians, for example: fatherhood, singleness, illegitimacy, lodgers and servants and broadens our understanding of family life in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Higgs, E. A Clearer Sense of the Census (London: HMSO, 1996).
A no nonsense guide to using the census which explores the history of this form of official record keeping.

Hilda Kean, London Stories (Rivers Oram Press, 2004)
One historian's search for her own family's history in the East End of London.

Weblinks

1901 Census Website
You can search the 1901 Census for England and Wales on line. The initial information is free but there is a charge for more detailed information.

Family history project
A family history site from the History Channel, with information on research techniques and sources

Family Records
Created by the familyrecords.gov consortium, this site aims to provide information about and links to all the main UK family history web sites. The main focus is on using UK and Irish government resources for family history research.

National Archives: Family History
Information about resources for genealogy and family history.

The UK and Ireland Genealogical Information Service (GENUKI)
GENUKI contains genealogical information that is of particular relevance to the UK & Ireland. Information is provided by enthusiasts in cooperation with the Federation of Family History Societies. The material on their website relates to primary historical material. It has links to other Internet sites on family history.

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