Sources for Research in English Genealogy
Compiled by Judith P. Reid
Introduction
This guide has been prepared primarily
as an aid to finding information about English genealogy at the
Library of Congress, but it will also be useful for those searching
in other large libraries. It is not comprehensive and is intended
to supplement P. William Filby's American & British Genealogy &
Heraldry: A Selected List of Books (Z5311.F55 1983). The Library's
British collection is so vast that the number of volumes it has
ranks second only to those relating to the United States, but this
is not surprising. Since the 1700s, British local history societies
have had active publishing programs and produced hundreds of parish
registers and other local records, many of which are available in
the Library of Congress.
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