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Table of Contents of
Worldwide Family History

by
Noel Currer-Briggs

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Contents


   Preface and acknowledgments  viii

   
PART ONE

 1 The structure of Europe 3
   The pattern of languages; the evolution of nations; Medieval Europe:
   some formative aspects; The changing pattern of states; Europe as a whole

 2 France 21
   Parish registers and state registers; Minutes of notaries public; Registers
   of 'Insinuations'; Nobility; Heraldry; Bibliotheque Nationale and Archives
   Publiques; Huguenot records

 3 Germany 29
   Registration; Surnames; Jewish names; Internal registration of births,
   marriages and deaths in German-Jewish communties; Wills

 4 Austria 40
   Archives; Censuses; Church registers; Civil registration; Other
   genealogical sources; Nobility; Heraldry

 5 Switzerland 46
   Political structure and history; Archives; Cantonal records; Liechtenstein

 6 Italy 51
   Surnames; Church archives; Notarial records; National Archives; Local
   archives; Jewish and Protestant archives; Nobility; Heraldry

 7 Spain 66
   General registration; Censuses; Church registers; Cathedral archives;
   Diocesan archives; Land records; Legal records of the civil courts; Nobility;
   Heraldry; Public archives; Military archives

 8 Portugal 75
   Parish registers; Civil registration; Academic and professional records;
   Genealogical and heraldic institutions

 9 Holland 78
   History; Civil registration; Parish registers; Notarial and judicial records;
   The Central Bureau for Genealogy; University records; Names

10 Belgium 84
   Parish registers; Civil registration; Wills; General archives; Heraldic
   archives and genealogical societies; Luxembourg

11 Sweden 86
   Names; Personal documents; Public records; Parish records; Probate
   records; Censuses; Public and military service records; Research aids

12 Norway 91
   Whereabouts of sources; Names; Parish registers; Censuses; Probate
   records; Court records; Registers of conveyances and mortgages; Real
   estate books; Emigrant lists; Tax records; Military records; Miscellaneous
   records

13 Denmark 97
   General information; Family documents; Emigrants; State Archives;
   Parish registers; Land records; Nobility and heraldry; Iceland and Faeroe
   Islands

14 Finland 102
   Parish registers; Wills; Genealogical Society; Heraldry

15 Poland 105
   History; Public registration; Parish registers; Land records; Nobility and
   heraldry; Professional directories

16 Russia and the Balkans 112
   USSR; Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Albania; Romania; Greece

17 Islam 116
   History and background; Islamic genealogy today; Ancient Islamic
   ancestries; Genealogy in Islamic literature

18 China and Japan 122
   Names; Chia Pu; Destruction of records; Family customs; Japanese
   historical background; Family registration


    
PART TWO

19 Ships and shipping 129

20 Anglo-Saxon settlement of America 134
   Virginia; New England; Forced emigration; Southern and northern
   fringes; Scots and Irish; Welshmen

21 German migration to America 146

22 Dutch settlements in America 151

23 Scandinavian migration to America 153

24 Frenchmen in America 158

25 Spanish-speaking groups in the United States 164

26 Italians in America 165

27 Polish migration to America 168

28 Croat and Slovene migration to America 171

29 Greek migration to America 174

30 The settlement of Canada 176

31 The settlement of Australia and New Zealand 179

32 Genealogical sources in Australia and New Zealand 184

33 South Africa 196
   History; General registration; Cape Province; Land Records; Legal records;
   Cape archives and other genealogical sources; Natal; Archives depots and
   other addresses

   Appendix 1 Heraldry and genealogical research 207
   Familial heraldry; Individual heraldry; Territorial heraldry;
   Augmentations and additaments; Corporate heraldry

   Appendix 2 Chief sources of information 219

   Index 224

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